aglae question

[Penny]

I have some algae on the back of my tank that looks exactly like cobwebs. I've been looking, and I can't find anything that looks like it. It really does look just like cobwebs, color and all. Does anyone know if this is bad stuff? I have no cleaning crew, just a clown and a bunch of pods. What eats it? Thanks.

 

[Scooterman]

Can you post up a pick?
You might be over feeding or not extracting enough nutrients?

 

[Penny]

I'll try to get a pic when I get home tonight. I read there are some plants that help suck out nutrients. Do you recommend those? Thanks again.

 

[Scooterman]

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3920

 

[Penny]

sorry it took so long to post a pic, my daughter took my camera to environmental school...

 

[Scooterman]

Looks like the starts of Hair to me, I have some brown hair algae in my overflow trough, I just harvest it.
Normally, cleaning, nutrient reduction, good quality Ro/DI, less feeding, GFO phosphate remover helps, It won't be cured overnight.

 

[Beesgonewild]

Looks like dying hair algae to me (derbersia). I would scrape it off and suck it out during a water change. Just in case you should also run some sort of phosphate removing media.

Cheatomorpha is a good nutrient competing macro algae that you may want to look into.

 

[Penny]

Thanks everone!