[rstroede]

Ok here is my first questionto everyone. Mind this is my first attempt at a reef tank. I have a piece that was my first piece of live rock bought back in december of 2006. It is the bottom front right piece. It is from Fiji and it was cultured and in the store for a while. I get to know the managers and try to deal with them for I want to be able to eventually deal with the more exotic and prettier fish. So I trust what he said is tru for he gave me a nice piece of dead coral that a friend of his had and he recommended it highly. Well on to the question of the day. About 3 months after the piece being in the tank, and after the initial hair algae was removed by the hermit crabs and snails I saw 5 or 6 light green stems starting to grow out of the bottom front of the live rock. They look to me like the beginnings of blades of glass. I would greatly appreciate any possible information. I hope this will show up

[sarha]

can you send a picture? some kind of macro alge i'm sure

[rstroede]

I tried sending a picture it said it was to big of a file. Any suggestions on how I can send it for I have a good picture of it, but I do not know how to post it. [IMG]C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Pictures\Spare Set of Pictures of Family\Copy of picture transfered 3-10-2007 026[/IMG] I just tried sending a copy of the picture that is stored on my computer as an image, but it probably will not show up.

[sarha]

i was directed to photobucket.com followed directions was easy after learning out how to

[rstroede]

Well sarha
Here is a new attempt at showing my photos. I hope this works. These photos show two different rocks the one with the green stems growing out, and where I got my purple mushroom to land. The other one is the piece I bought with the 3 mushrooms attached and a new growing out underneath. This also has red branches comming out of it.

[rstroede]

[Krazy]

Please see this thread for an example of how to post pictures

link : http://www.reefbuilders.com/forums/i...ture-pest.html

-Keith

[rstroede]

I so very sorry everyone here is another attempt at posting a picture. I feel really stupid I hope everyone can forgive me!!!

[rstroede]

Well now that the idiot learned here are two other photos. This first one shows my other set of mushrooms that are abot three weeks old right now.

And this is another picture of them green stems. I am very sorry it took me so long.

[dfurbee]

I have two of those thingies also

[sarha]

Neomeris sp. phylum, chlorophyta, class dasycladophyceae, order dasycladales. this alge can lay dormant on live rock for up to two years before reapearing . it is slow growing and reach a hight of 1 inch or so, needs strong lighting and won't grow in water with a nitrate level of more than 20mg/liter. at times i have had alot of this stuff but my powder brown or my koles tang have made short work of it. [ps i have a book!]

[dfurbee]

Thanks sarah!! I am in need of a good book also!

[rstroede]

Thanks everyone for enlightening me on what it was. Now my only other question is it ok to keep in the aquarium, and I also have two others that have just sprouted up, All of my measurements have been in specification, and I do a 1 gallon water change every two weeks, I also noticed that my purple mushroom that was not attached ahas just attached to a live rock, and it is now bigger than my light brown mushroom. Also can anyone make any comments on Blue Zoanthus Polyps for this is what I am thinking of putting in my tank late next month. I found a nice one with 10 polyp for around $67.00. I am also looking at Aquacultured Red Sea Pink/white Xenia Umbellata which will cost around $50.00. Any recomendations would be greatly appreciated. I also am wondering if a moth and a half is ok time to wait in adding a new corral. I do not want to go to fast and kill anything.

[Krazy]

Its called fuzzy tip algae in the book I have..

I just pluck them off the rock, they feel like vinyl, kinda weird.. my tangs dont touch it...

They grew out of no where like 7 months into it...

Seem harmless to me, not to invasive, havent been growing back as I pluck em neither...

[rstroede]

Thanks againeveryone. I think I will just leave them for now, I have not been getting much algae growth since that first spike after my live rock cycled. I got three blue legged hermit crabs, and two snails as my clean-up crew, and there is not much for them to clean-up. I might have to go and buy algae for then, or I think I might have read somewhere that you can feed them dried seaweed if I am not incorrect. I tend to forget things , due to so much reading. I do not want to put anything else in till late next month.
Randy