2 types algae problem

[funkshun23]

can someone tell me what they are and what i can do about it. i have 2 clarks one seabae anenome and one yellow tang. and just got 5 XL mexican snails. unfortunately this problem happened over a period of 2-3 months before adding these fich anyway, my water quality is real good ( i know you guys are gonna ask what good mean) so i mean that my nitrates nitrites phosphates amonia and ph are are within normal limits if not perfect my salt content is at 1.024 and ihave a larg quarts uv sterilizer and sump skimmer. now what? thanks John

ahhh how do i insert a pick? i see the icon but it wont let me browse for it?

[funkshun23]

heres the pic

[Reefland]

Looks like a case of hair algae to me which means there is a nutrient problem. You might not see it because the hair algae is utilizing the excess nutrients thus making your test appear ok.

Things to do.
1. Find the source (source water, too much food, etc.).
2. Fix the source.
3. Manually remove the hair algae (as much as possible) and perform some water changes.

Scott Z.

[funkshun23]

well from the pick you can see that there is two types of the algae, the hair one whioch i assume is the one which looks like hair but then there is the other one which is really taking over the tank. it actually looks like the tenacles on a sebae anenome except in green. you see it right? its all over the coral in the pic. anyway, alot of it was on the substrate which was full of tiny feather dusters which unfortunately i had to get rid of because it was too hard to remove them from the algae. anyway do you know which algae im talking about ther than the hair algae? and what type of animals will eat it as it is nearly IMPOSIBLE TO REMOVE FROM THE CORAL ROCKS thanks again. John

Looks like a case of hair algae to me which means there is a nutrient problem. You might not see it because the hair algae is utilizing the excess nutrients thus making your test appear ok.

Things to do.
1. Find the source (source water, too much food, etc.).
2. Fix the source.
3. Manually remove the hair algae (as much as possible) and perform some water changes.

Scott Z.

[funkshun23]

anyone know? someones gotto know on this forum right? help.

[Leddy]

Check here, see if you find something like it. Hope it helps.
http://wetwebmedia.com/marinvind1.htm


Leddy