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Might just be diatoms again then keep an eye on it like I say it will go away it's just part of the cycle you would know if you had green hair algae just cross your fingers hard that you never do lol

Is the "hair" green? Can't really see on your pic

Also keep your phosphates at 0 and nitrates should really be lower than 10 which is easier said than done!

I had a constant battle with it in my old system I don't really know where it came from but I think I was running my lights too long which accelerated the growth. You might find that tiny bits come in on new rock or even the bases of corals from your lfs I removed most with my hands and scrubbed...

Never knew it could look like that you learn something new everyday in this hobby. Thanks a lot guys :-)

Is it? It has a stalk and is domed like a mushroom/toadstool shape

Look more like a fire worm from the coloration be careful not to touch they have a powerful sting!

If your refering to the rusty patches that's diatoms you get these in a new set up and it comes and go's again so don't panic if your whole tank go's brown. It's normal. Hair algae however is a different story it can quickly take over a tank and is horrible to get rid of,remove it by hand and...

Bottom to middle with moderate to high flow and lots of light! It is a finger but not sure if it's a gold.

Hi. I've had this for a few weeks now and it's got bigger and developed the little spots that you see. Was just wondering what it was.thanks

I did think that it just seems to have really bedded in to my hammer flesh and don't know if that could cause my hammer harm long term?

Think we're getting somewhere I'm gonna try remove it tomorrow when I move my duncan and get a closer look will update pic. Thanks for the help

Yeah I was thinking along the lines of a clam of some sort this one has very small "hairs" growing off it like a fuzzy look is this normal?

I think by your pics it's a Stomatella snail they are related to turbos and are reef safe and will graze on algae good things to have in your tank. Nice find :-)

terrible drawing I know but that's the basic shape and it's flat too

It's not a cucumber or a bristle worm I have a couple of bristles and the only way I can describe what it looks like is a moth wing furry ish I have seen it a few weeks ago before it latched itself to the coral itself I'm really stumped on this one!

I thought a f.d at first but I've seen it when it's not been so close to the flesh of my hammer and it's wafer shaped and my copperband leaves it be and he eats everything like that like the clam I had growing in my Aussie torch the bugger! Lol

I too have a little cyano but seems to be dispersing now many things can contribute to getting it eg too much light too low flow and over feeding are the main causes your test kits may read nitrate and phosphate at very low levels but only because the bacteria is absorbing it for food try...

Had a wrasse hide for three weeks they can hide for very long periods of time if scared don't worry I'm sure he's fine :-)

Hi guys I spotted this on my hammer coral base it has moved so know it's living is it a kind of clam or something similar..looks like a moth!! Cheers

I said it's what works best for me I haven't lost a single fish in 3 years using this method but I have when I've dripped them over three years ago I have manderins copperband wrasses clowns bennies dwarf angels all added straight to tank and are thriving as are my corals

Best way I've acclimatised fish is got them home and put them straight in the tank no drip at all always had success more so than the drip method I think this adds more stress to the fish rather than giving them somewhere to hide instantly but just my method I wouldn't say this is the best...