Hair algae or what the hell is it?

[marki24]

Ok the first time i seen this was about a month ago. Its growing in a few places one of the places is on my triple reds and other places. Everytime i pick at it it seems to come back stronger and bigger then before. I had it on some other rock and i scraped it off with a toothbrush and it came back. WTF. This algae is very annoying. I dont check my water parameters as i have my SPS to do that for me. Anyone know what the hell this is and if there is anything i can do? Is there a fish that will eat this crap?

 

[nanoreefer22]

I think thats bryopsis, not 100% though.

 

[PhoenixOne]

Looks like caulerpa.​

 

[marki24]

:iamwithst

 

[marki24]

I thought the same but now what do i do about it now?

 

[Davidl919]

Freeze it for 24 hrs then release.
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[marki24]

Freeze it for 24 hrs then release.
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wont this affect my triple reds?

 

[h20 freak]

Well yes it would ,can you seperate the reds from the algae?

 

[nsiegel5]

Borrow something that will eat it from someone, lots of creatures out there that will clean that up for you

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Bought a seahare to eat my hair problem and it doesn't even do that:arg:

 

[tosiek]

Marki, pretty sure thats bryopsis, take it out and manually remove it. Its not hair algae and will spread and nothing eats it. It does turn into a mini plague eventually. See if you can peel off those triple reds and reglue them, then scrape the rock good where the bryopsis is. If its in other places in your tank get ready for some fun because its not going away=0) Its not a parameter problem. Spreads like bubble algae once u break it off in your tank.