I am having a difficult time identifying the pictured algae / bacteria. Thoughts and advice most welcome.
Background: tank crashed while someone else was looking after it while I was on holidays. Prior to this I had done a bubble algae removal treatment and a bryopsis treatment. I had treated each with Continuum Clean Equation-M and flucanazole respectively. Having cleaned the tank up and restored it to vestiges of its former good condition, I thought this might be Cyanobacteria and I've done a Chemiclean dosing but alas it seems to be lingering. My Anenome is exceptionally unhappy even after a cipro treatment for the tank as well post crash.
I'll clean the rocks, glass and sand. Within 24hrs this green film is back and I've got lots of oxygen trapped.
Reading this thread, I am unsure if it is diatoms but they seem to be a pretty suspicious culprit.
Background: tank crashed while someone else was looking after it while I was on holidays. Prior to this I had done a bubble algae removal treatment and a bryopsis treatment. I had treated each with Continuum Clean Equation-M and flucanazole respectively. Having cleaned the tank up and restored it to vestiges of its former good condition, I thought this might be Cyanobacteria and I've done a Chemiclean dosing but alas it seems to be lingering. My Anenome is exceptionally unhappy even after a cipro treatment for the tank as well post crash.
I'll clean the rocks, glass and sand. Within 24hrs this green film is back and I've got lots of oxygen trapped.
Reading this thread, I am unsure if it is diatoms but they seem to be a pretty suspicious culprit.
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