treesprite January 18, 2010 Share January 18, 2010 (edited) Curious about this because of my current situation. I have never seen bryopsis and hair algae growing at the same time in the tank, it's always been one, the other, or nothing. A couple years ago I had tufts of bryopsis all around the tank, which the little yellow tang I had eliminated. Several months after the little tang was traded to Guy, hair algae started growing badly in certain regions of the tank, but there was no return of the bryopsis. I have not had any hair algae now since summertime, (I think is because water quality is not as bad), but suddenly this past week some tufts of bryopsis have popped up. I was going to wait until the 75 is up to get a new tang, but may get one sooner to eat this stuff up (not all tangs eat it, but zebramosa does). Edited January 18, 2010 by flowerseller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quazi January 18, 2010 Share January 18, 2010 (edited) What is GHA? Green Hooded Acro? Edited January 18, 2010 by quazi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k January 18, 2010 Share January 18, 2010 as far as I know, nothing eats bryopsis except ultra high levels of magnesium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite January 19, 2010 Author Share January 19, 2010 gha = green hair algae Zebramosa does eat bryopsis. There's another tang species that sometimes eats it, but I can't remember which one... I'll have to look it up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite January 19, 2010 Author Share January 19, 2010 http://fish.suite101.com/article.cfm/bryop...pest_in_aquaria http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=16330769 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k January 19, 2010 Share January 19, 2010 (edited) I'll give you or anyone else for that matter $100 if you provide me with a fish that eats bryopsis guaranteed. I'll even pay for the fish. I maintain an SPS tank that has near perfect water chemistry, but still have a bryopsis problem. If it all died, I wouldn't worry about the potential to release all of its stored nutrients- before the bryopsis the N03 was 4ppm, now it's zero. Magnesium is at 1700ppm and still have bryopsis. Edited January 19, 2010 by zygote2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite January 19, 2010 Author Share January 19, 2010 I'll give you or anyone else for that matter $100 if you provide me with a fish that eats bryopsis guaranteed. I'll even pay for the fish.I maintain an SPS tank that has near perfect water chemistry, but still have a bryopsis problem. If it all died, I wouldn't worry about the potential to release all of its stored nutrients- before the bryopsis the N03 was 4ppm, now it's zero. Magnesium is at 1700ppm and still have bryopsis. I think I would rather keep such a valuable fish! The tang I had went to Guy - if he still has it, maybe he can experiment for you. None of the discussion on tangs answers my question about bryopsis versus hair algae, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf January 19, 2010 Share January 19, 2010 An orange Spotted rabbit fish is suppose to eat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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