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Offline Warhawk937

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fluffy algae need an id please!!!!!
« on: August 05, 2019, 17:12:37 »
Returned from vacation and found this light brown fluffy algae on the top of the rocks.  not seeing bubbles in it.  it has already cost me a corals.  any thoughts???

Offline erky

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Re: fluffy algae need an id please!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2019, 08:00:52 »
how old is your tank, might be the start of Green hair

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Re: fluffy algae need an id please!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2019, 12:00:24 »
Kind of hard to see, almost looks like a sponge of some sort. I’ve had some before, think it was called chicken liver sponge.
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Re: fluffy algae need an id please!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2019, 08:49:38 »
it is almost translucent and brushes off easily.  the tank has been up to 2 years.   

 

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