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Thanks for the response. It was thicker before the first treatment of red slime remover. My nitrates are 10ppm but I suspect higher cause I have some hair algae that must be consuming it. I cut back on my feeding, I use to feed heavy and i only have a pair of clowns and a pintail wrasse. I don’t have a test kit yet to check po4 , thinking of getting a Hanna .Have you checked your NO3 & PO4? Also, that doesn't fully like cyano so are you sure it is? I can't really tell by the pics but cyano is usually more jelly-like and almost like a carpet.
Flagellates- not yet quite dino
Siphon up, clean filters and empty skimmer cup next 5 days and add liquid bacteria for the next week at 1.5ml per 10 gals and also reduce or turn off white lights for the next 5-6 days
Flagellates are dingle cell biflagella that is photosynthetic and thread likeWhat do you mean when you say flagellates but not yet quite dino?
The only way to say for certain what that is would be to look at it under the microscope. Prorocentrum dinoflagellates can sometimes look like that. If you have or can gain access to a microscope take about a tablespoon of the sand that contains that stuff, just enough tank water to cover it and shake it vigorously. One drop on a slide and add a cover slip.
Thank you guys for the responses. The tank in an innovative marine 30L and I just ordered the innovative marine UV sterilizer with hopes that will help clear it up. I had Dinos in my previous tank which also lead me to get out the hobby for awhile so I’m praying it isn’t dinos again. In my last tank when I had it there were air bubbles on the slime and on the rock work , this time it’s just slime so fingers crossed .
Oh man just my luck lol . Thankfully the UV wasn’t that expensive so I’ll give it a shot. I’ve also read that slowly raising my nitrates might help get rid of it? Something about other algae competing for nitrates and P04Honestly that doesn't look like one of the dinos that's most responsive to UV. Hate for you to spend money on something that may very well not help.
Oh man just my luck lol . Thankfully the UV wasn’t that expensive so I’ll give it a shot. I’ve also read that slowly raising my nitrates might help get rid of it? Something about other algae competing for nitrates and P04