Need help! I have somthing new growing very fast!!

[cpd7767]

who eats it?

 

[Krish]

who eats it?

My 1 year old!!!! :lol: I have no idea what that is! Is it actually black??? . Let us know a bit more about it like where it is growing, how it feels to the touch (brittle, soft etc). Give us as much info you can on it in the meantime.


Also, I fixed the title for you!

 

[cpd7767]

it is darke red and very stif groing on my rock it feals like a scrub brush have to pull it off the rock cant scrub it off

 

[returnofsid]

Well, we need to positively ID it, before giving much useful advice. We also need more information about your particular tank. For instance, some algae are eaten by Tangs or Rabbit Fish. However, we don't know if we could suggest that to you, as we don't know what size tank you have, or what other/how many fish, are in the tank.

To help with IDing this algae, can you get photos of it, IN your tank?

Also, look through our libraries, for photos that you can compare.

Also, Google "Red Macro Algae" and look through the images, trying to find something similar.

In particular, look at Gracilaria algae, as I have a suspicion that's what you're dealing with. If so, it's actually a great algae to grow, IF you have the fish to eat it. It's very healthy and devoured by herbivorous fish. It's a great algae to culture, in a refugium or separate tank, specifically to feed Tangs, as they treat it like "CANDY!"

 

[psb]

It looks like some form of macro algae look at pictures also of caulerpa forms of macro algae.

 

[Chichas01]

No idea what it is. I had a problem with some tough reddish algae that 3 turbo snails wiped out in a couple months. You could try that route. Other than that, depending on tank size, like Sid said a tang or rabbit fish might like minching on it.

 

[flogar]

Cyano bacteria

I have treated my tank on three separate occasions with Red Cyano RX. The cranberry colored muck is gone for a few weeks and then I see a small patch starting again. I have tried 1/4 tank water changes once a week in my 55 gallon tank with 8 small fish and 3 shrimp , snails and crabs with live rock and mostly lps corals. Are there any secrets out there to share?

 

[returnofsid]

I have treated my tank on three separate occasions with Red Cyano RX. The cranberry colored muck is gone for a few weeks and then I see a small patch starting again. I have tried 1/4 tank water changes once a week in my 55 gallon tank with 8 small fish and 3 shrimp , snails and crabs with live rock and mostly lps corals. Are there any secrets out there to share?

flogar, welcome to Reef Frontiers! Ummm, did you look at the picture? It's definitely NOT Cyanobactieria.

 

[flogar]

I really liked my Turbo snails, but there were like a wrecking crew, moving corals, live rock and mowing over newly glued frags. I gave them back to the store I bought them at. Too much trouble.

 

[flogar]

Sid, I don't know what pictures you are talking about? It does look exactly like the picture on the box. I have a Rabbit fish that won't eat it but eats at the few tufts of green algae on the rocks. After I have treated it it turns brown and I use a toothbrush to remove dead Cyano and then do a water change.

 

[Krish]

Welcome to RF Flogar! :welcome:

I have treated my tank on three separate occasions with Red Cyano RX. The cranberry colored muck is gone for a few weeks and then I see a small patch starting again. I have tried 1/4 tank water changes once a week in my 55 gallon tank with 8 small fish and 3 shrimp , snails and crabs with live rock and mostly lps corals. Are there any secrets out there to share?

I really liked my Turbo snails, but there were like a wrecking crew, moving corals, live rock and mowing over newly glued frags. I gave them back to the store I bought them at. Too much trouble.

Sid, I don't know what pictures you are talking about? It does look exactly like the picture on the box. I have a Rabbit fish that won't eat it but eats at the few tufts of green algae on the rocks. After I have treated it it turns brown and I use a toothbrush to remove dead Cyano and then do a water change.

Flogar, I think Sid is talking about the picture in post#1 which is what this thread is about. Not sure if you can see it or not with only having three posts, but you are referring to cynobacteria in your posts, but the picture in post 1 clearly isn't cynobacteria so the methods you are describing in eradicating this algae doesn't really apply...

 

[akunochi]

I was originally thinking red flame tongue macro algae but that is def not it. Let me do some digging and see if I can't come up with something.