Algae ID in coral Qt!

[Brisay01]

Hi everyone , I set up a coral qt , cycled it and have been keeping my first batch of corals in there for the past 4 months . They are ready to be added to my display FINALLY , but I’m afraid now if bringing in this nuisance algae that I don’t quite know what it is . Pics to follow . Also the bubbles are air bubbles not bubble algae as far as I can tell .

 

[Reeferdood]

Green Cyanobacteria.
Before transferring the corals I would use a toothbrush or similar and brush all of it off, it will come off easy...

 

[Brisay01]

Thanks for the response . Do you think I could do a round of chemiclean to get rid of it or does that only work for red cyano?

 

[Reeferdood]

Do you have it in the display too?
It does work for green but if it isn’t bad I I would not sweat it for now. It will usually go away on its own unless your parameters are off and the flow is too low.

 

[Brisay01]

No , my display is algae/cyano free .
I did have a red cyano issue a few months ago in the DT, but it cleared up with a round of chemiclean. Interestingly ,
The red cyano I had , aside from obviously being red , had very different characteristics . I’m surprised to hear that this is green cyano honestly . I thought it was some form of dinoflagellates due to all the presence of air bubbles . But I’m new to all this and still learning .

 

[Reeferdood]

Not Dino’s, they are usually browner in color. I would not dose the tank with it, if you are worried it might get into your display you can make a dip solution of it and dip the frags for 30 mins after manually removing it from them. H2O2 works wonders killing cyano as well.

 

[Brisay01]

Thank you ! Thats a good idea .
Appreciate the advice .

 

[Reeferdood]

You are welcome, that’s why we are all here.