Take is slow let it grow - but what is it?

My turbos don't eat that kind of algae at all.....at allllll. Neither does my algae blenny. Time to hire new CUC LOL.

 

Hello Surf Rider.

As mentioned the first is a colony of button polyps – but they do not look very happy to me. What is your water parameters?

The second “eggs” appear to be a white flat worm, hard to tell from the picture, see if this site helps you:

Ron Shimek's Website... Flatworms

The third looks like hair algae to me, look at this algae ID page and see if you can ID it:

trial page, algae ID

You might want to make sure your water column is healthy prior to adding the fish as you run the chance of developing a worse problem.

 

emerald crabs will get rid of that algea in no time...

 

Thanks for the links. The eggs are definitely not flat worms. The bubble the eggs are in do not move. Also, the bubbles are clear and round with about 5-6 eggs inside. I could see where eyes and a mouth seem to be in the picture.

From the Algae ID page it appears to be Acetabularia or Mermaid's Wineglass. Although my picture does not show any there are several "wineglass" growths. The ID site does not mention good/bad/neutral as a concern for the tank.

My water parameters are good, PH 8.3, Salinity 30ppm, Ammonia, Nitrate, and Nitrite at zero. I have not done a Phospate or calcium test for a while but will get to that today but they are usually in the target zone. My lighting is only two 4 ft T5s, the length about six hours. A friend of mine has the same polyps in his tank and they look the same. He has additional types of lights. He also does not know what they are. I think they may have hitch hiked with a Zenia he gave me. The Zenia and Colt I have seem to be doing fine.

 

lol – I thought you added some sort of magnifier on the glass to show the white spots ! Yup, not flat worm.

Acetabularia is a macro algae that feeds on excess nutrients in the water. I suspect that your nitrates are in the system but are being consumed by this algae at the same pace they are being produced – thus your test returns zero’s. I would manually extract as much as possible and continue testing the water.

I think they are Palythoa, Button Polyps.

 

Ya know what...read up here:

Beyond the Refugium: A Macroalgae Primer by Sarah Lardizabal - Reefkeeping.com

and here:

Aquarium Invertebrates

 

You are correct. I found them here Joe Martin's Zoanthid (Protopalythoa Sp.)

And, I am not sure I want to get rid of all the Algea now that I know what it might be. It is actually pretty cool looking once the wine glass starts growning. http://www.gettysburg.edu/~rcavalie/bda_i/090.html

I will double check my nitrates. Thanks for your help.