Algae identification please

[epleeds]

I have the red type of hair algae growing throughout my tank. No idea what caused it to bloom. All my bulbs are new and I'm about to change out my RODI filters (TDS is 2) coming out of the last stage.

 

None of my tangs will eat it and it grows like bushes.

 

[epleeds]

Anyone have a clue as to what kind of algae this is

[gmerek2]

No never seen it. But I will say it will be gone when it's done eating the stuffs in your rock. I have noticed I get algaes or cyano once a year from nutrient build up on rock. I don't know what opens the door but it happens and goes crazy. Then after awhile when it has nothing left to eat it goes away. I don't think your tank has a nutrient problem so I think it will go away after a good fight.

[madweazl]

Poking around the interwebz I stumbled across this. I dont recall yours being quite as long as this but is it similar? I've seen a couple posts stating turbo snails were effective for removing it, blackspine urchins (diadema urchins) as well.

Edited June 29, 2017 by madweazl

[AlanM]

No idea what it is, but maybe Morgunda would like to try feeding it to his lettuce nudibranchs.  8)

[Origami]

Red hair algae of either Polysiphonia or Asparagopsis variety? According to Sprung's Algae Problem Solver Guide, Polysiphonia would be palatable to some herbivorous fishes. Asparagopsis, apparently, is not. Sprung does mention urchins (Diadema spp.), Turbo fluctuosus, and two seaslug varieties (Aplysia and Hermaea) as other herbivore options.

[epleeds]

I found a much better picture online for this algae.  Has anyone encountered it before.  All my readings are pretty much 0 but this stuff is getting out of control.  

 

https://goo.gl/images/QZvR6C

[WheresTheReef]

I have that red hair algae in my tank. It grew out of control for a while. In my case it died back once I added carbon in a reactor. It still grows a little on my algae scrubber's mesh, but green hair algae it's starting to out compete it on the mesh.

[epleeds]

I just put in two small tuxedo urchins. Hopefully they decide they like to eat it.

 

I have a black small spine urchin in my frag tank and there isn't any algae in there. I have been trying to find some more small spine urchins but no one has had any instock.