Need ID please

[MustangMx]

Hey guys i have no clue what this is it looks like a vine with some green peddles, not sure where it came from. Sorry for the bad pics my cam is not working so had to use my phone,

 

[Bifferwine]

Hard to tell from the pic, but I would guess caulerpa, which is a macroalgae. Bad to have in your display tank, as it quickly takes over all your rocks and grows out of control.

 

[MustangMx]

Is there anything i can do to kill it? Fish or chem?

 

[VAreef]

I'm with Biff it does look like Caulerpa even with the bad pics. You'll have to just pull it out. If you can get it growing in your sump it won't grow in your DT as much.

Edit: Don't Sally Lightfoot crabs eat this stuff??

 

[d.french]

red spot everywhere look like bad case of flatworms, sixline wrasse will take care of them.

 

[Bifferwine]

Darrick caught something the rest of us missed -- it does look like you have flatworms everywhere. Good eye!

 

[MustangMx]

Ya the flatworms are starting to take over i have 2 sixline wrasse and they dont eat them... iv tried some other stuff from the lfs and still never worked. Im in the prosses of making a vacuum to suck them up and put them in a bag

 

[d.french]

Melevsreef.com - Flatworms | How to eliminate them!

do this for a couple weeks and vacuum out as many as possible than use flatworm exit.

Melev's Reef - Visual Identification

 

[dcantucson]

Damn that's scary looking. Good luck in killing them.

 

[Bifferwine]

You will need to use chemicals to kill that many flatworms. I don't think even the biggest, hungriest sixline in the world could take care of that kind of infestation. Flatworm Exit is the way to go.

 

[d.french]

best way to do it, cause i've had them almost that bad, is to vacuum as many as possbile cause when they die they release a ton of toxin into the water and can nuke your tank.

use airline tube and siphon them out into a filter bag until you don't see to many left, i did this for a week or two.

than dose with flatworm exit and if possible have a carbon reactor full of carbon ready to go cause after about 1 hour after treating you need to start running carbon and skimmer.