Need help identifying Algae

[Chex_Mix]

Hi! I need help figuring out what this Algae is, it has been in my tank for a while and I thought it was my lights. However, it wasn't because I got rid of my junky LEDS and got T5's. I have been running GFO for about 8 months now and still have this Algae in my tank. Its like white hair algae? But I do not know... It has a brown base and then like a white hair. I have not found anything online about it...

I did the 3 days lights out and it helped the glass and the powerheads/overflow. But the rocks stayed the same and 2 weeks later it came back. Plus I only feed 1 block of mysis every other day and seaweed on off stays. So I definitely don't think it is phosphates.


Any ideas? Or tricks to get rid of this?

 

[Sunny]

Does it look like a string attached to an air bubble? If so, it is dino.

H202 - Hydrogen Peroxide is a known solution. 1 ml/ 10G of water every day for 2 weeks should take care of it.

 

[Chex_Mix]

Maybe like 4 months ago it looked like it had very very small air bubbles on it but not anymore. It is just stringy and white. Plus i think the air bubbles came from my sump which is why it might have stuck to it. It brushes off when i run my finger over it

 

[Chex_Mix]

I do have a lot of Vermetid snails but would they be able to get there stringy stuff everywhere ??

 

[Hawkeye]

just seems like regular algae bloom. I honestly don't tinker the tank that much and let such events cycle thru - unless it's a mature tank and the blooms are getting worse. btw - those freaking vermetid snails get their strings everywhere - but it's localized. Pita and ugly if you ask me.

 

[Chex_Mix]

Yeah I guess it seems like a algae bloom. Im going to try to starve the algae by changing GFO every 2-3 days. Hopefully that works. And yeah the Vermetid snails are annoying... populated my tank in less than a month and now there everywhere. Always stabs my hand when I fixing rocks :/ have 2 wrasses that are finally eating them though Dance

 

[Hawkeye]

what kind of wrasse? I'm at wits end with these vermatids. Everything in my tank was killed by Sandy except for these snails! Go figure.

 

[Chex_Mix]

It is a Halichoeres argus [Argus wrasse]. Only comes out from like 9 to 5 for some reason and does work on some of the snails each morning. I don't know why but he eats them a lot. He destroyed my snail population in 2 days haha!