bacteria

Hello everyone, This tank has been going since 2002 and I keep it mostly natural aside from once a month water changes and feeding. I give it calcium every so often for the stonese. A week ago I noticed this white substance that seems to be around the rocks. It looks almost like bubble gum in...

I saw that PNSB bacteria can be beneficial for reef tank but I don't have access to it. Can I use PSB instead? And the use of it.

Hi there, i am planning to change my weekly water change bacteria dosing method. I started my tank with prodibio and have been using aquaforest bio s weekly but a lot of people told me that af bio s will not do well. And i need some advices for that. I am trying to choose between *Fauna Marin...

Jbj sf25 - 18” cube I have a filter sock, a small bag of carbon and the original return pump. What should i put in the back any suggestions to start off the bacteria good? I want to put in water this week and want to make sure we start correctly.

I have set up a marine tank for the past 30 days with the wavemaker and filtration running continuously, and I’ve been dosing bacteria(Stability, AF ProBio S, AF NP Pro, AF Bio S and Fritzzyme 9 Nitrifying bacteria) every other day. In between I used StartUp from Prodibio (3 BioDigest Start & 3...

Hello! I noticed this white blobby stuff in my rock cave about 6 months ago, but couldn't find much info on it so I cleaned it out to be safe. It appears its back now though, and after doing some more research it sounds like it could just be sponged/filter feeders? Posting here to get...

Hello folks.. My 25g AIO is on the newer side relatively, but has been mostly stable after an initial cycle. I woke up today and overnight, my tank has exploded with white/clear strands, everywhere and on everything. At first I was worried it was something invasive, looking like individual...

Hello everyone. I have attached 3 pictures of this white stringy stuff that appeared two days ago in my tank. I assume it is bacteria? Can anyone confirm or correct this? Thank you!

I've been thinking on this one for a bit as I have a couple of well-established tanks and I'm starting up some smaller new ones. Typically a decent bit of good live rock and care can jump start the tank pretty well but what if I had a larger media reactor hooked up to one of my larger well...

Hey all, its been 6 months since I shut down my tanks and donated all of my corals and inhabitants along with selling my own home and uprooting my family to move to our paradise! With that being said I think it is fair time to start a new first build in our new home! I have found my passion and...

Took a sample from my sump and saw this under the microscope. They are clear and pretty fast moving. Any idea what they could be? I have large cell dino in the display. Thanks

I recently had an outbreak of Dino's in my sand. I siphoned out the top layer of sand, rinsed it out thoroughly, added fresh saltwater along with the recommended first time dose of Microbe Lift Special Blend and some silicate. One day later and my sand looks pristine---no sign of Dino's other...

Hello my tank has been up for about 6 months now ita a 40 gallon breeder, is this cyano?

Hey guys! I'm sure this question has been asked and discussed here. I have a 2 month old 60 gallon rock only aquarium. 2 clowns and a yellow coris wrasse. Everything with the tank is going great. I do water changes about once every 3 to 4 weeks. About 5 days ago, the water has gotten cloudy and...

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Hey guys, a pink layer is spreading on my biofilters, protein skimmer, main pump, everywhere. It’s on the walls of the sump too. The sump never gets light, unless I am working on it. I only turn on a flashlight for 15 minutes max. So would it be valid to assume it isn’t an algae? Im not sure...

I’ve had my china wrasse for about 3 weeks. He’s been doing great until today, eating mysis and coral frenzy. Noticed earlier today he’s been swimming funny, sometimes almost vertically and his belly seems extremely full. First thought was swim bladder or constipation. 90 gallon tank, 36 gallon...

20 gal reef tank, hob filter, 1 Pixy hawkfish So a few things. 1) I'm super new to the hobby. 2) about a week ago my son dumped an entire bag of food in my tank . 3) I now have these weird patches of white (blue under light) all over my tank. It's on the gravel, rocks, everything. I noticed it...

Hi all! So I have a fresh water planted tank (2 weeks old) and I’ve been very confused on some conflicting information on the internet. My tank is a UNS 16 gallon AIO…using Seachem Tidal Matrix in pouch and two bio blocks that came with the tank, and some Marineland bio balls. I chose to use...

I have this slime on my sand bed and on some of my rock. The slime sticks to the rock and sticks pieces of sand to it. I can’t suck it out with a siphon the sand that sticks to it weighs it down. I have to manual remove the slime and the sand that is attacked to it as well.

I am dealing with something in my tank that I can’t identify. It looks similar to GHA but is white. It flows similar to GHA & comes off objects easily with a toothbrush. It is invading my tank and is killing my corals. It appears to creep up the base of the skeleton and maybe suffocate the polyp...

I’m building a max nano cause a buddy just had it sitting in his garage, no real spacific plans with it, got a little nano sump built and plumbed in. Since Iv just been doing this on free time here and there nothing about it has been urgent. I have some dry live rock I’m gonna put in it. I have...

Symbiodinium (zooxanthellae) extracted from a E. quadricolor and T. Squamosa respectively. Cultured in much the same manner as phytoplankton. These dinoflagellates live symbiotically within corals. - recover coral bleaching - alternative microalgae feed - corals are a bit more receptive to...

So I got a anemone that came with a rock it was attached on. The anemone moved from the rock and when I took at closer look at the rock it looks very strange. Is this some type of algae? It looks like it had tentacles growing from it and some other weird patterns. Please see pictures below and...

Hello everyone, I've been in the hobby for 2.5 years now and have an established 110 gallon with 40 gallon sump. I have a bacteria bloom that seems to be lingering around. I've read conflicting things online wuxj as don't do big water cahabhes as it will prolong the bloom or don't use a UV...