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[Kenji80]

Anyone knows of any invertebrates that feast on this type of algae?

[Gouldian]

Anyone knows of any invertebrates that feast on this type of algae?

Not sure about inverts but you can try rabbitfishes Siganus Spp.. They vare known to feed on wide variety of algae, especially brown algae.

But you sure you have positively identified them as Lobophora Sp.?? If, I have THEM in my tank, I sian 1/2 liao.

HTH

[Kenji80]

Its like dry leaves encrusted on the rock and some of it can be peel off, so I guess most probably is brown wafer.

[Gouldian]

Its like dry leaves encrusted on the rock and some of it can be peel off, so I guess most probably is brown wafer.

Could it be Sargassum spp.?

[Kenji80]

Its dark chocolate brown, it doesn't look like that.

[Gouldian]

Can post a full tank shot?

[Kenji80]

Bo camera leh sianzzzz.

[Living_Stones]

Its dark chocolate brown, it doesn't look like that.

Truly one of the most difficult to rid off algae. They grow all over, on snails shells, over coraline, on my tunzes and even on some areas of my glass bottom. I used to think of them as some sort of indestructible cyanobacteria and even experimented with antibiotics. I had to cook my LRs to get rid of it, after 2 weeks of 'cooking', in the absolute darkness and clean seawater, did they start to melt away.

and if all else fail, try this.

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[zeus]

and if all else fail, try this.

i hv those on a small area of my LR.i bought a algea blenny to control them but it didnt even touch it.instead it turn from algea eating fish to mysis/brine eating fish only then i tried to use those small metal brush n brushed the affected part till turns white! but then it came back a week later. so i just leave it alone....cooking is another choice if it goes out of control.
or try a bigger flame torch! hehe

[Kenji80]

Some pics from Reefcentral.

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[Kenji80]

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[Kenji80]

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[Living_Stones]

yup, those are the same ones I hv... now not so extensive, but still around. Kenji, I got one black urchin last time, which would eat the coraline algae around the edges of the algae, but avoid the Lobophora sp. like plague.

Over in the sgreefclub forum, Hondaker (sorry if I misspelled his id), experiment with iron sulphate as an alternative to reduce PO4 and he found that it had some +ve effects in getting rid of Lobophora. I'm not sure if he has gotten it down to an exact science or not. But that was what he noticed.

[Gouldian]

Someone posted in wetwebmedia that Naso is the solution to Lobophora sp.

Also A. Calfo stated that "Some Diadema urchins will eat it"

Ref: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/brnalgcomp.htm

HTH

[Kenji80]

Is Diadema urchins those long spined urchins?


Maybe will try a Naso Blonde Tang, urchins tend to topple corals.