Can anyone ID?

[vetteguy53081]

Next to certain now which is a relief. Any actual harm to my system? It’s mostly aesthetically annoying to me. I feel like it has slowed down a bit since adding 20 pounds of tbs sand nearly a month ago. I just took my UV off to move to the display to deal with ostreopsis but haven’t reinstalled yet. Curious actually if my Dino’s are that bad now or not, back in may the toxicity was so bad nearly everything died.

Low level toxins can be released and as a nuisance algae can be invasive.

 

[jdpeters]

Some lyngbya can be toxic, but I personally didn't have any issues. That being said, I'm not sure I'd be ordering a big box of new frags.

I would stick to the basics right now - water movement, water changes with manual removal, and increasing biodiversity.

The nutrient balance aspect, in my opinion, does matter too but it sounds like you're taking care of that.

All of this is anecdotal, but just keep after it, you'll get it eventually.

Any merit in h2o2 for dealing with it? Also any opinion on effectiveness of mb7?
Unfortunately I’m not doing WCs right now due to ostreopsis but I’m hoping to have that licked soon.
I have my cart loaded at WWC but there will be other sales I suppose.

 

[jdpeters]

Next to certain now which is a relief. Any actual harm to my system? It’s mostly aesthetically annoying to me. I feel like it has slowed down a bit since adding 20 pounds of tbs sand nearly a month ago. I just took my UV off to move to the display to deal with ostreopsis but haven’t reinstalled yet. Curious actually if my Dino’s are that bad now or not, back in may the toxicity was so bad nearly everything died.

Low level toxins can be released and as a nuisance algae can be invasive.

After seeing many examples of it online, mine isn’t out of control as far as I can tell. Corals are showing signs of growth. I might already be on the path to getting rid of it.

I’m already dosing h2o2 for ostreopsis, is it effective in treating cyano?

 

[vetteguy53081]

After seeing many examples of it online, mine isn’t out of control as far as I can tell. Corals are showing signs of growth. I might already be on the path to getting rid of it.

I’m already dosing h2o2 for ostreopsis, is it effective in treating cyano?

Peroxide is an oxidizer and will address cyano, yes and best applied at night at 1.5ml per 10 gallons

 

[jdpeters]

After seeing many examples of it online, mine isn’t out of control as far as I can tell. Corals are showing signs of growth. I might already be on the path to getting rid of it.

I’m already dosing h2o2 for ostreopsis, is it effective in treating cyano?

Peroxide is an oxidizer and will address cyano, yes and best applied at night at 1.5ml per 10 gallons

Thanks for your help

 

[jdpeters]

After seeing many examples of it online, mine isn’t out of control as far as I can tell. Corals are showing signs of growth. I might already be on the path to getting rid of it.

I’m already dosing h2o2 for ostreopsis, is it effective in treating cyano?

Peroxide is an oxidizer and will address cyano, yes and best applied at night at 1.5ml per 10 gallons

After 3 nights in a row btw there is SIGNIFICANT reduction in what I believe is lyngbya. No scrubbing for 2 days and corals look fine

 

[MeganV]

After 3 nights in a row btw there is SIGNIFICANT reduction in what I believe is lyngbya. No scrubbing for 2 days and corals look fine

Are you using the peroxide method that vetteguy recommended?

 

[jdpeters]

After 3 nights in a row btw there is SIGNIFICANT reduction in what I believe is lyngbya. No scrubbing for 2 days and corals look fine

Are you using the peroxide method that vetteguy recommended?

Correct. I’m so frustrated I didn’t ask for an ID sooner. I’ve been manually scrubbing and blasting for 6~ weeks. Hopefully nothing else takes its place and my tank will finally start cruising.

Any idea how long you can consecutively dose with peroxide before it becomes detrimental? It’s fantastic because it’s also treating the remaining ostreopsis. I moved my UV to circulate only the display 2 days ago so I’m hoping for good marks across the board

 

[jdpeters]

After seeing many examples of it online, mine isn’t out of control as far as I can tell. Corals are showing signs of growth. I might already be on the path to getting rid of it.

I’m already dosing h2o2 for ostreopsis, is it effective in treating cyano?

Peroxide is an oxidizer and will address cyano, yes and best applied at night at 1.5ml per 10 gallons

I’m seeing significant improvement with peroxide dosing but can I use it safely if I continue to dose it? I’m seeing no ill effect on livestock. Is it something I should not plan on using more than a week or two?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I’m seeing significant improvement with peroxide dosing but can I use it safely if I continue to dose it? I’m seeing no ill effect on livestock. Is it something I should not plan on using more than a week or two?

you can apply 1-1.5 m/l nightly for up to 21 days safely

 

[jdpeters]

I’m seeing significant improvement with peroxide dosing but can I use it safely if I continue to dose it? I’m seeing no ill effect on livestock. Is it something I should not plan on using more than a week or two?

you can apply 1-1.5 m/l nightly for up to 21 days safely

Ok thanks. I’m not going for total eradication but some balance. This gives me hope

 

[jdpeters]

I’m seeing significant improvement with peroxide dosing but can I use it safely if I continue to dose it? I’m seeing no ill effect on livestock. Is it something I should not plan on using more than a week or two?

you can apply 1-1.5 m/l nightly for up to 21 days safely

So I had initial immediate success after only two doses of h2o2 but that seems to be over. It’s in a lot of ways worse at this point. I think moving the UV to the display has largely eliminated the ostreopsis but what I think is lyngbya is coming back in full force.
Tank has been nothing but a headache for the 10 months it’s been set up. I have been dosing phosphate daily with generally a very inconsistent reading. Some days it will be steady then bottoms out for a few days. Sometimes I can nearly double the dose and still read zero. I believe the uv is managing the Dino’s well but should I stop playing mad scientist? I haven’t done a water change in probably 6 weeks but nutrients are hard to keep a reading.
Should I keep manually removing every day and starve it out? I have new corals in the tank I’m hesitant to do a black out.

 

[vetteguy53081]

So I had initial immediate success after only two doses of h2o2 but that seems to be over. It’s in a lot of ways worse at this point. I think moving the UV to the display has largely eliminated the ostreopsis but what I think is lyngbya is coming back in full force.
Tank has been nothing but a headache for the 10 months it’s been set up. I have been dosing phosphate daily with generally a very inconsistent reading. Some days it will be steady then bottoms out for a few days. Sometimes I can nearly double the dose and still read zero. I believe the uv is managing the Dino’s well but should I stop playing mad scientist? I haven’t done a water change in probably 6 weeks but nutrients are hard to keep a reading.
Should I keep manually removing every day and starve it out? I have new corals in the tank I’m hesitant to do a black out.

Siphon tank and with lyngbya, you must scrub rock as it wont leave on its own and best done outside of the tank

 

[jdpeters]

So I had initial immediate success after only two doses of h2o2 but that seems to be over. It’s in a lot of ways worse at this point. I think moving the UV to the display has largely eliminated the ostreopsis but what I think is lyngbya is coming back in full force.
Tank has been nothing but a headache for the 10 months it’s been set up. I have been dosing phosphate daily with generally a very inconsistent reading. Some days it will be steady then bottoms out for a few days. Sometimes I can nearly double the dose and still read zero. I believe the uv is managing the Dino’s well but should I stop playing mad scientist? I haven’t done a water change in probably 6 weeks but nutrients are hard to keep a reading.
Should I keep manually removing every day and starve it out? I have new corals in the tank I’m hesitant to do a black out.

Siphon tank and with lyngbya, you must scrub rock as it wont leave on its own and best done outside of the tank

Why is this hobby so heart breaking lol.

Should I still be working on keeping nutrients up? Any merit in maybe trying to tip the scales with manual removal again and then do a short black out?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Why is this hobby so heart breaking lol.

Should I still be working on keeping nutrients up? Any merit in maybe trying to tip the scales with manual removal again and then do a short black out?

black out and manual removal most effective but nutrients are feeding this stuff, So I would not add any at this time but do monitor them

 

[jdpeters]

To anyone following along, I feel like I’m dosing nutrients and it’s hard to maintain stability. I had an initial good response to moving uv directly to display and dosing h2o2. The cyano disappeared fast and no more ostreopsis bubbles. Something changed in the last 2 or 3 days. Now it appears my ostreopsis is back in the swing and I don’t know what to tackle in what order now. I added TBS sand 5 weeks ago and assumed that would be the silver bullet for balance but that doesn’t appear to be the case.


On one hand I want to dose phos and nitrate so it’s not bottomed out but I also want to get rid of the cyano.

 

[jdpeters]

Why is this hobby so heart breaking lol.

Should I still be working on keeping nutrients up? Any merit in maybe trying to tip the scales with manual removal again and then do a short black out?

black out and manual removal most effective but nutrients are feeding this stuff, So I would not add any at this time but do monitor them

In a strange twist of events the tank looks basically perfect today. Honestly I really didn’t do or change anything minus blast the rocks off a few times and change out the carbon. Something kicked off the other day and caused both the cyano and Dino’s to really peak. Even some of corals that had been happy before looked unhappy.

 

[jdpeters]

After seeing many examples of it online, mine isn’t out of control as far as I can tell. Corals are showing signs of growth. I might already be on the path to getting rid of it.

I’m already dosing h2o2 for ostreopsis, is it effective in treating cyano?

Peroxide is an oxidizer and will address cyano, yes and best applied at night at 1.5ml per 10 gallons

I dosed for nearly 5 weeks straight btw but never really fully beat my problems, merely just managed. Once I stopped my tank basically exploded with various hair algae’s but at the same time my corals also took off. I obviously fixate on all the problems but didn’t suspect the extended use of peroxide was any detriment to my corals. Nearly immediately after quitting the peroxide, corals that didn’t do anything really kicked off, like over night. This tank has been a nightmare, it’s nearly 11 months old. I skipped the uglies early on and went immediately into dinoflagellates. Currently I’m trying to not panic and just observe.

I feel dumb but I never equated my corals stalling to the 1.5 ml per 10 gallons of peroxide.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I dosed for nearly 5 weeks straight btw but never really fully beat my problems, merely just managed. Once I stopped my tank basically exploded with various hair algae’s but at the same time my corals also took off. I obviously fixate on all the problems but didn’t suspect the extended use of peroxide was any detriment to my corals. Nearly immediately after quitting the peroxide, corals that didn’t do anything really kicked off, like over night. This tank has been a nightmare, it’s nearly 11 months old. I skipped the uglies early on and went immediately into dinoflagellates. Currently I’m trying to not panic and just observe.

I feel dumb but I never equated my corals stalling to the 1.5 ml per 10 gallons of peroxide.

You wanted to run peroxide at least 3 weeks at night but this is still doable to turn around for you. Any recent pics of tank?

 

[jdpeters]

I dosed for nearly 5 weeks straight btw but never really fully beat my problems, merely just managed. Once I stopped my tank basically exploded with various hair algae’s but at the same time my corals also took off. I obviously fixate on all the problems but didn’t suspect the extended use of peroxide was any detriment to my corals. Nearly immediately after quitting the peroxide, corals that didn’t do anything really kicked off, like over night. This tank has been a nightmare, it’s nearly 11 months old. I skipped the uglies early on and went immediately into dinoflagellates. Currently I’m trying to not panic and just observe.

I feel dumb but I never equated my corals stalling to the 1.5 ml per 10 gallons of peroxide.

You wanted to run peroxide at least 3 weeks at night but this is still doable to turn around for you. Any recent pics of tank?

I will report later with some pictures.
I’m next to certain my slow coral growth and some retracted polyps was from the peroxide.

Tank is a dang mess, I want to water change my way out but of course the Dino’s like that. I honestly think letting it get a little gross will help me get over that hump