cyano algae

Hey there! We have been battling a nuisance algae for what feels like forever. I thought I'd post here to get some insight and advice. To give a basic rundown of what we've done so far, we had what we thought was a dino outbreak since we were taught that Cyano is generally red and carpet like...

I have a very bad cyano problem in my tank and I’m looking for any ways to deal with it. I’ve dosed chemiclean four times, my mother and I have spent hours manually removing it for weeks, I’ve lowered my nutrients since I assumed my phosphate being high was the cause (and now my nitrates are too...

I have been dealing with cyano for months. It was horrible and covered all my tank and killed a lot of my corals…. Now the past few weeks my tank is starting to clear up and it’s almost all clear… The past two weeks though my tank can’t seem to get rid of this corner of cyano and some green...

So I ran into a problem recently with my tap water having high levels of phosphate causing quite a lot of cyano in my tank, so to help with that I’m looking into getting my first ro/di system to install. My question is does anyone have any recommendations on a good ro system to start with? I...

i’ve noticed this algae I believe starting to grow in a couple spots in my tank. Wondering what type of algae it is. Is it an issue or ok. Never see it before innky tank i did increase my light schedule recently.

Hi ! I know this thread was already written before, but I didn't find any same as mine ! So thanks in advance for helping! Short description: 20gal AIO, tank run since 3 months and 24 days. Radio xr15 G5, running 10% white the morning only and on blue channel the rest of the day total of 8...

I have a problem with cyano, nutrients NO3 4ppm and PO4 0.04, KH 9,1. What to do? For months, I regularly cleaned, vacuumed and changed the water, without a better effect. Cyano will catch on rocks only where there is the rest of the sand. The flow is in the opposite direction, the discharge...

Hi All, I noticed this morning a very small patch of what I am guessing is a type of algae or cyano that is a vibrant orange under my blue lights. I just finished a round of chemi-clean early last week (~9 days ago) to wipe of the regular maroon colored cyano. The treatment worked as all of...

Last two weeks my take has been taken over by this ugly stuff and I’m not positive what it is and I do not want to take action if it is the wrong ID and course of action. If anyone could help me figure it out I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone, I've been battling with what I believe is cyanobacteria, but was hoping for other input to know if this is actually dinos. I've attached pictures here of my tank. I just did a 5gal water change on this (25 gal tank). I've had this tank for 8 months now and for the last few I...

Weird situation. I’ve got an 8 month old 13.5 evo. I haven’t seen any Aiptasia during those 8 months. However, I recently moved the tank’s location and gave it a good clean. Now all of a sudden a few aiptasia have popped up, including one on the back of a frag plug and looks like it’s...

I've started seeing these bubble-like algae in my reef. The tank's been running for approximately 10 months; 20 Gallon w/ mixed corals and a clownfish. I've had bubble algae in the past, and this doesn't seem to be the same - it more seems like the algae are growing over air bubbles. I've tried...

I don’t know what else I can do! I’ve been struggling with this type of algae (or cyano idk what is this) for some months. I did several water changes in order to stop the development. I spend my weeks quiting the algae of the tank and scrubbing the rocks, idk what else I can do.

This is my first saltwater tank and has been set up for 3 months now. It is a red sea 625xxl This problem started out looking like dino or diatoms. More brown in color with tentacle like balls of gas. I put an mp40 in the tank and the balls of air went away but the color turned more red and...

Algae Anxiety

Hello, first of all, sorry for the low quality of pictures. If anyone has any idea what this may be (algae, Dino’s, cyano?). A little background, I have had this tank for nearly a year now, about 2 months in, this spider web looking stuff (hard to see in the photos but it is a dark brown/reddish...

Noticed this in my refugium today. Not quite sure what exactly it is? Also noticed this brighter red algae top of my Aquascape kind of suspect cyano for that one. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated thanks in advanced I will update with water parameters shortly.

Can someone please help me identify this nuisance alage I am having for the last 2 months now. I have an established 5year old SPS dominant system. My Nitrate is between 0-5ppm and my PO4 is 0.04 checked with Hanna URL checker. All the inhabitants of the tank are doing good. VIDEO:

i've found something interesting, so this is my refugium, i stuffed it with a lot of macroalgae, but since the water flow is lacking, there was intense bloom of cyanobacteria (red slime algae), almost give up on this tank until i put some dead fish there, which a lot of copepods feed into it...

So I woke up yesterday and there was a tiny bit of cloudiness in my tank… I was like great so much for not going thru a second bloom… algae (cyano) kicked up and this time it wasn’t the stringy slimy stuff I had a little over 2 months ago. Well woke up this morning and the tank is super cloudy...

Recently I’ve noticed this reddish looking algae just in this frag rack and on my glass and was wondering if this is cyano?

Hello everyone so clearly by the title I’m new to the hobby and need some help. A little backstory first I took over this tank from my former roommate that moved and didn’t take the tank with him. Before I took over the tank it had been broken down to be moved and set back up 2 times but the...

Hello everyone so clearly by the title I’m new to the hobby and need some help. A little backstory first I took over this tank from my former roommate that moved and didn’t take the tank with him. Before I took over the tank it had been broken down to be moved and set back up 2 times but the...

Im battling some red dusty algae all over the sand and rocks in my tank. I have never seen diatoms or cyano present like this so im not sure what it is or how to treat it. Its a fine dust that settles into a sheet on the rocks. Its not the typical dark purple/red of cyano. Its fire engine red...