bacteria

Hey guys, i’ve been getting this browny slimy coating over my glass but predominantly where my zoa is. I initially thought it was the zooxanthellae since it was sort of similar in colour, but now it’s in many more places. It comes right off when i clean the glass, but anyone have an idea to what...

Heyy guys, i need some help identifying what is on my sandbed. I have attached some picture od some sand grains under the digital microscope. Especially the red stuff if anyone knows please help id.

Pretty new tank, started to get a build up of detritus a few days ago and now there are small bubbles forming on the sand and the rock as well. Any ideas what this is and how to fight it before they blow up?

I am planning on purchasing the Reef Casa Studio 12 aquarium kit.. Ive heard TONS of great reviews, however It come with 6lbs of dry aquarium sand and a bottle of bacteria. I am wondering if anyone has purchased this kit and purchased live sand instead... IF you did that route, did you have to...

Hello, I've just noticed this in my tank in two small areas. The red seems to floresce under blue light. Is it the dreaded cyano or maybe some algae. Any information would help. The video to me looks the best so hopefully you can open the file.

Hey guys, I have a bottle of Algae Barn Nitrocycle that I barely used to cycle my aquarium. I feel bad throwing it away and figured I’d see if someone was interested. I’m willing to give it away but the lucky person will need to cover the shipping cost or local pickup in the Bay Area. Cheers!

Bacto Reef Balls are the first fully available marine bacteria to feature nutrient control through the use of time release technology; depot controlled nutrient control. High Efficiency Nutrient Control BACTO REEF BALLS contain highly effective bacteria cultures that control nutrient levels...

Hello all, I manage the saltwater section at a LFS here and have been having some issues with eye infections that seem to be targeting only specific species of fish and I am wondering if anyone here may have experienced anything like this. Rabbitfish, anthias, and angelfish seem to be the only...

Hey there, Somewhere I read that salinity level has an influence on the microbiome. It said that higher levels (above 1.025) limit advantageous bacteria's diversity/ability to reproduce and remain active. There's surely something about it, as one of the best aquarium bacterias product - Microbe...

I am waiting for my IM 15 to ship and arrive, and in the mean time have started cycling my aqua scape in a brute trash can. I was wondering if there was an agreed upon method for continuing to grow the bacteria culture until my tank arrives. intuition tells me that dosing to 2 ppm with...

[Little bit of info/background]: I had this 16g tank running, empty, for months. It never had lights on, only sunlight, and I thought it was cycled based on the ammonia/nitrate being none or low. A couple weeks ago my poor clown was dying and I tried to save him, so I put him in this tank (the...

This stuff showed up almost instantly, 7 week old tank and last few days I've been adding PurpleUp to help the corraline grow. I cant get a good pic but its a layer ontop of my rock and its VERY WHITE. I read it may be bleaching but this is new growth. I have very little flow in the areas...

Located in Mass, pickup only, not shipping Selling as a WHOLE LOT. Must buy the whole thing as I am not splitting up. Cheap enough to buy the lot and sell or discard or keep the rest. ******Not splitting up don't ask ****". The whole LOT Is priced at ONLY 49!!!!!!! Lots of great stuff to keep...

I have 4 cromis and a few other fish and I need help identifying this outbreak. All the fish are fine except these dang cromis. One got very bad very quickly I think it go hit by a shrimp bullet or cleaner. But the other one has weird markings on it and it’s got no red and doesn’t look like...

Heyy guys and gals, did any one ever try soaking their bio pelletes in some sort of bacteria fluid ( microlift special blent for example) for a couple of hours before placing them in the reactor? I ve read somewhere that it can been done however i dont know if its indeed beneficial or can cause...

Hey guys so I was testing out putting bio blocks in my tank’s back compartment where the skimmer use to be since someone in a different thread recommended I didn’t truly need a skimmer for a 13.5 gallon, I want to add I previously have added live rock to the display, I have the little bag of...

With my last tank it took ages to get biopellets going: Two little fishies Bactiv8 was a failure for me. Zeobak seemed to take ages, maybe because of the barebottom? I now have 90G barebottom with newly cycled dry rock. What are the best products to introduce the bacteria needed for carbon...

Hello, My tank is currently 2 months old, problems started a month ago, when I though that Dino appeared in the tank (phosphates bottomed to 0) and I did 5 day black out and dosing bacter7, but recently I discovered that algae on rocks turning green. Here are some photos: 1. During water...

Hi y’all, my Biocube has recently been pounced on by some sort of algae or Dinos i think. I wasn’t able to get the best pictures but it’s like brownish color and at first I thought it was just diatoms but now it’s long and grasslike and billows in the current. It’s all over my glass but only a...

Has anyone used API’s Marine Stress Zyme? It says it cleans life rock with bacteria and doesn’t harm corals but just trying to look for someone’s experience with it.

I have 3 LPS corals currently, and all of them are slowly losing flesh along their sides, but seem to show no ill effects. I JUST received this NY Knicks torch. It acclimated almost immediately and looks awesome, but you can clearly see where the flash has gone up in ONE day. I also have this...

Hello, So I have been fishless cycling my BC29 for a couple weeks now and I went through an ammonia spike, nitrite spike, and… not a nitrate spike? [USING API TEST KIT— I know, it’s junk] I may sound delusional but literally, my ammonia was so high that the tests were robin-egg blue. Everyone...

So I'm looking to get back into the hobby (after 15 years away, had a small reef tank in college...finally have a house to dedicate to a big tank) and have been doing a lot reading and one thing that stood out to me is 1) Live rock is hard to get nowadays and is expensive and has issues with...

Hi Guys, i started cycling my new aquarium 40 days ago. I first used dr tims one and only but it seems that bottle was dead as i saw no reduction in ammonia 17 days. Went to my LFS and they suggested adding the Red Sea reef Mature kit as they believe the bottle of dr times could have been dead...