White hair algae???
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Topic: White hair algae???
Posted By: swiftra
Subject: White hair algae???
Date Posted: January 01 2011 at 9:00pm
So not really sure what this is and was hoping for a little help here on the board. It appears to be an algae but I am not sure. It is completely white no color at all almost looks like hair algae very short and spreading very fast. Nothing in the tank is touching it. Tank is a 100g. Have turbo's, cerith, and Astraea snails (probably around 30 total need to replenish  ). Red and blue leg hermits (maybe 10 not a big fan of hermits). Naso and Sailfin tangs, fox face, flasher wrasse and potters wrasse for fish. Also have a serpent star and tiger tail cucumber. Around 110 pounds of utah rock and figi. No idea on how much sand but it's around 2" deep in most places. Sump has an algea turf scubber that's been running for about a month and cheato with ruble rock and dsb. Sump is on reverse daylight. Running carbon and a way under sized skimmer . Lighting is 6 39w T-5's and 2 175w mh's. Water parameters are 1.024 sg alk 8.6 dkh calcium 450 ppm Mag 1250 Haven't checked ph, nitrates or nitrites forever but can if needed. All corals seem to be doing well so I haven't bothered checking. Pics are kinda hard to make out but here we go:   Probably the best one. Look in the upper right hand side  Full tank left side  Full tank right side  Thanks for any and all help. Ryan ------------- If you make it idiot proof, someone will find a better idiot! Well 100g crashed when I moved it. Starting a 50g cube now. |
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Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: January 01 2011 at 10:02pm
| looks like some kind of fungus. I usually get it when i feed to much and it does not get consume |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: January 02 2011 at 4:22pm
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Agreed. Thanks for the detail and pics. It doesn't get any longer than about 1/4-1/2 inch right? Tank conditions have created a bloom which will recede in a month or two. FYI, algae is never white, except when it's dead. Fungus is not bad. Mushrooms that we eat are a type of fungus, so no worries mate.  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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