Anyone know what kind of algae this is?? Or is this a type of cyano??

[Gwitness]

What is the yellowish/green algae on the rocks?? My phosphates are at 0.02...it's not all cost the tank but I just don't know what it is...it is in a high flow area also

 

[deerhunter06]

looks like the start of GHA, Turn them reds down brother!

 

[Gwitness]

Haha got it!! What should the Reds peek at on the radions? Just curious....I think I have them at 80% for 4 hours and then they go back low again

 

[deerhunter06]

im using the same one as you man lol, I dunno. It might not even be GHA, pic is kinda blurry does it have air bubbles in it?

 

[Gwitness]

Lol I know u r! No air bubbles at all...

 

[deerhunter06]

google green turf algae is that it?

 

[Gwitness]

It blows right off with a turkey baster if that helps any with identifying it

 

[Gwitness]

Anyone else with an idea ?

 

[mrcoffee2]

I had that. I beat it by running GFO and beefing up my CUC with more hermits and turbo's. If you are not running GFO already start very slowly.

 

[Gwitness]

I had that. I beat it by running GFO and beefing up my CUC with more hermits and turbo's. If you are not running GFO already start very slowly.

Will do!! Did you ever figure out what kind it was? Is it gha? Or a type of cyano or what? I need to get a good clean up crew anyways so now might be the time

 

[mrcoffee2]

I cant say for sure what it was but it was like a combination of GHA and some other algae. The crabs went to town on it and the GFO turned it brownish in about a week.

 

[Gwitness]

Okay thanks man

 

[glb]

Will do!! Did you ever figure out what kind it was? Is it gha? Or a type of cyano or what? I need to get a good clean up crew anyways so now might be the time

Following. I have the same thing. I just got some nerite snails and they're going to town chowing on it.

 

[Gwitness]

Following. I have the same thing. I just got some nerite snails and they're going to town chowing on it.

So Nerite snails are the way to go then??

 

[glb]

So Nerite snails are the way to go then??

I'll let you know. I just got them yesterday so I'll give updates.

 

[Gwitness]

I'll let you know. I just got them yesterday so I'll give updates.

Okay great thanks

 

[glb]

Here's the algae I have. It's green without the blue lights and it's getting worse every day. Should I brush it off daily or is that going to cause a dieoff that will stress my biofilter?

 

[glb]

Also, one of the snails died. The other two are groovy on the glass and back of the tank, but they're not eating the algae. I thought that's what they were supposed to do?

 

[glb]

Oh sorry. I hijacked your thread by accident!!

 

[Gwitness]

Man it's all good and mine isn't the same as yours because mine isn't stringy at ....