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ID and advice please

Please ID these. Any word on condition, care ?
I mostly worried about the green plants.
Someone told me that these could be green hair algae.
I think big bush is something else. Is it bad ?
I also have that could be GHA. It is about 1/2 inch long and starts spreading.
Should I add some inverts or fish to take care of it ?
Also, anemona ( I think BTA) is white and started to move down. Any hope there?
Thanks.
 
I will let the anemone answer for someone else.
But if you look up Bryopsis.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=167632
Google images too.
If you have that, that is what it looks like ... get rid of it ASAP. At the moment it is in one spot, take the entire rock out nuke it or if the rock is small just chuck it IMHO. Once it takes over getting rid of it can be verrrry hard. Raising magnesium has been reported to work.
 

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Can you tell us about your tank? Size, lighting, whats in it, water parameters, how long has it been setup? Those things will help us answer your questions in general.
 
GHA = Green Hair Algae
The algae you have is Bryopsis and JWholer said get rid of it asap. Throw the rock out. Chisel underneath it if it's on a big rock and throw the piece away.

The anemone looks bleached, probably from the stress of shipping. Let it move around, it will stop moving when it finds a spot it likes, then leave it alone. Feed it with small bits of food like mysis shrimp or black worms or even small pellets.
 
Jcurry@wesketch said:
GHA = Green Hair Algae
The algae you have is Bryopsis and JWholer said get rid of it asap. Throw the rock out. Chisel underneath it if it's on a big rock and throw the piece away.

The anemone looks bleached, probably from the stress of shipping. Let it move around, it will stop moving when it finds a spot it likes, then leave it alone. Feed it with small bits of food like mysis shrimp or black worms or even small pellets.

Agreed on all counts. Take the good advice.
 
I concur... get the gha out and just let the anemone be. If you have a ton of flow in your tank maybe turn it down a notch to let the nem go where it wants for a night
 
Thanks for your responces.
I will remove the rock with Bryopsis tree. Though I liked it. And it had tons of little critters (little shrimps) living in it, and hermits often were insdie of it.
Still I think of bying some alge eating fish,snails, mangroves maybe, to take care of other green stuff (I guess GHA , about 1/2 inch) in several places in rocks.
Thanks.
 
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