Higher Thinking Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 What do you folks think it is? The more important question, what would eat it? Lawn mower blenny, kole tang? It used to just grow in one spot, but slowly it has migrated to about 5 patches now. I gotta get this under control before it grows to much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanmike01 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Hard to tell on my phone, but looks like dictoyota. Nasty stuff. Pretty much nothing will touch it. I believe high mag levels will help in killing it off. I'm no expert tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JManrow Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 looks like Dictyota. Rabbitfish and urchins will eat it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JManrow Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 some good info at reefcleaners. http://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Wicked stuff as it is tuff and not much will eat it, I know my sailfin will eat it.your tang won't eat it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanmike01 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I had to tear apart a system just to get a handle on this stuff. If its isolated remove it ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Hard to tell on my phone, but looks like dictoyota. Nasty stuff. Pretty much nothing will touch it. I believe high mag levels will help in killing it off. I'm no expert tho. looks like Dictyota. Rabbitfish and urchins will eat it.Thanks guys, that looks pretty spot on. Time for some aggressive measures.Wicked stuff as it is tuff and not much will eat it, I know my sailfin will eat it.your tang won't eat it?Tang? What tang? I never got one. I was just asking if one would. I decided to just attack it head on to the best of my ability. It had affixed itself to both pumps so I pulled those and gave them a thorough scraping. That picture I posted earlier was actually on a little acan colony. I pulled that and cut it in half (lost some heads) to salvage the non invested portion. Next I covered two patches of the stuff on my rocks with putty. Hopefully this will kill off what is on the rocks. I'm hoping this will stop further development, but I'm sure there are some little stragglers that will take hold. I'm just going to putty them as they appear. Eventually I'll just pull the putty off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanmike01 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Thanks guys, that looks pretty spot on. Time for some aggressive measures. Tang? What tang? I never got one. I was just asking if one would. I decided to just attack it head on to the best of my ability. It had affixed itself to both pumps so I pulled those and gave them a thorough scraping. That picture I posted earlier was actually on a little acan colony. I pulled that and cut it in half (lost some heads) to salvage the non invested portion. Next I covered two patches of the stuff on my rocks with putty. Hopefully this will kill off what is on the rocks. I'm hoping this will stop further development, but I'm sure there are some little stragglers that will take hold. I'm just going to putty them as they appear. Eventually I'll just pull the putty off. Best of luck. I've lost hair over this stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandinga Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) Pincushion Urchins will devour it. They will also devour your coralline, so my urchin was relegated to the sump. Edited February 8, 2015 by Mandinga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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