Strange Alqae Byrosis?!?

[dibbleyuk]

Hello guys,

I posted in another thread regarding the problems i had been having thanks to you guys alot of them had been solved. But one thing I raised the magnesium in my tank last week slowly over the week to around 1800 hoping it would kill of what we through to be byrosis but it doesnt seem to be affected at all. Its like think grass and its stuck to the rock so well i can lift the rock without it comming off!

here are the pictures again please help i dont know what to do and i hate the stuff! i dont want a green tank

 

[Colin_T]

increasing the magnesium shouldn't make any difference to algae.
Most alga need to be removed manually. You can pull it off by hand or use vegetarian fishes to eat it. Angels, tangs/ surgeonfish & rabbitfish will all graze on various algae.
If you can remove the rock then you can soak it in freshwater for a few minutes, or just blast it off with a hose.

 

[seffieuk]

both Trod and I have the 'grass' growing in our tanks, I think it is some sort of macro algae - well I say both have, that should be had, I still have mine and I like it but Trod's emerald crab made short work of hers

Seffie x

 

[Trod]

Yes as seffie has said my emerald crab munched day and night on mine and it soon went

Have just noticed you are close to me in colchester (I won't hold that against you, I'm a Southend utd fan ) If I can catch him you are more then welcome to try him out to see if he can help, but I'll warn you, he can be like a mini bulldozer with your LR.
PM me if you're interested .