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[Weetabix7]

6 minutes ago, fishfreak0114 said:

Are the little crawling things copepods or amphipods?

 

This was my immediate thought. 

 

As for the hairy stuff, we'd need a pic to really diagnose. 

I'd say google a pic of bryopsis to make sure it isn't that. 

[CharlesFoxtrot]

Okay, the crawlies may in fact be pods, and I'm going to just believe that they are because I can think of no way to exterminate them. So it makes me feel better to think that they aren't a problem. 

 

Googled bryopsis, and that doesn't really look like it. Tried to get a picture, but it's just like a long single hair, not like a bush or patch at all, and I can't get focus on it for a good usable pic. I cut the photoperiod by half since I have no corals, and it might be helping. I do think the single hair is some kind of algae, because it looks the tiniest bit feathery along just some parts of its length. Length is about 4 to 5 inches or so from where it's attached to the rocks to the hair's end. 

 

Any ideas on where I can find the really high test peroxide? Hardware stores don't seem to have it with the cleaning supplies, and nobody will ship it that I can find. What's its intended purpose, other than algae killing? 

 

Thanks for your advice, especially about the probably-pods, and sorry about the lack of picture on the hair. If anyone knows photography magic to get things in focus through glass and water, I'm willing to try it. 

[Weetabix7]

Hydrogen Peroxide: https://www.amazon.com/Discounts-Certified-Hydrogen-Peroxide-Dropper/dp/B01AKIGJXI/ref=sr_1_13_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1495048852&sr=8-13&keywords=food+grade+hydrogen+peroxide

 

You can also get it at some health food stores. (has natural health applications)

I got mine off Amazon.