ID help please

[TexasState]

Would breaking them from the rocks kill them, or will help them to spread?

[MikeP]

They are not a problem - mostly filter feeders. If you have tons appearing it likely means you have excess nutrients in your system but a few of them are not harmful IMO.

[DeletedAccount]

Thanks for the link, Pete. That is what mine are....

[alexwolf]

i looked, and it seemed that i really dont have a million.......i have a few, the other 8 gazillion are feather dusters

[TAXMAN]

I havent counted but I would guess 100 of them. I just hate the stringy junk all over my corals.

Now if I run my skimmer full time, will this affect the feeding of the corals with Invert Banquet and Phytoplankton? Also will it remove any needed trace elements that the Softies need? If not I will just run it and hope it slows down the mucus.

I do know that my hair algae is gone as well as just about all other types of algae since I put in a Yellow Tang last wee. I do have Coraline algae growing on my glass and equipment though. So at least it is growing and spreading ok. But I have noticed that my encrusted LR has been losing the coraline. Both in color loss and flaking off. But the Base rock has new spots of growth on them. Kinda strange to me. What might be causing this?

[TexasState]

Corallin have to get adjusted to where they're at. So the corallin that can't stand the place where it's at why bleach off, and die. While new corallin will grow where it's desirable for them.

[TAXMAN]

Ok. thats cool.