I think a lot of those pics you're showing are diatoms. The green round things look to be something else. Can you post a picture of your tank or the growth in your tank?Also, anyone know what these 3 leg star things are in the second shot? I have a couple dozen of them on my slide as well.
Sure thing... Good thing I didn't finish cleaning my glass. In the glass photo you can see my kole tang has taken a liking to it - something that wasn't going on when it was a lot closer to a 100% dino/0% everything else ratio. I still have a few osteos in my slides, but only a handful compared to a heavy amount of them before.
Ok the growth on the glass looks similar to what I had on my glass. Tiny dinos moving fast though the images on the slide suggest a cyano or chrysophytes. Hard to tell. Are they motile? If it is in fact dinos on the glass, just daily cleaning and stable nutrients should clear it out in a couple or three weeks.Sure thing... Good thing I didn't finish cleaning my glass. In the glass photo you can see my kole tang has taken a liking to it - something that wasn't going on when it was a lot closer to a 100% dino/0% everything else ratio. I still have a few osteos in my slides, but only a handful compared to a heavy amount of them before.
This is where a microscope would be handy. Its not unusual to see cycles of different dinos. This is where IDing it can help with going forward.
I'm on the same as far as dinos. I originally had Ostreopsis and UV handled them quickly. 2 to 3 days tops and tank looked incredible! Now I'm dealing with Amphidinium (sp?) and losing big time. Now GHA has set in and is going to over take my entire rock work in the next week or two. I pull out what I can by hand and have increased my CUC significantly. I need to test my PO4 tonight and see where I'm at currently. If GHA and film algae growth are any indication, my PO4 is definitely elevated at this point. My glass can be scraped multiple times a day if I want.
GHA took over my tank and thats where my treatment changed. Once that happened, I stopped dosing N and P. Letting the gha starve out provided whatever died would get recycled into the column. Negative effect was Cooloa that obtained its nutrients from the algae. So it seemed logical to allow the algae to starve itself thus eventually getting rid of coolia. Which did happen in my case.
Yeah GHA isn't terrible in the grand scheme of things but it's super annoying. Just tested and my PO4 is at .18ppm so I'm well above the target range. I'll back off my P dosing for a couple days and see what it drops to.
Whatever you do, dont buy up all the 6lb bins of fiji mud from BRS! I'm purchasing mine tomorrow lol
I dont have a spot for it either. Its packed with organisms and thats all I need. I plan on broadcasting a tablespoon into the water column with the return pump turned off. I'll probably do that once or twice a week for maybe 3 weeks. I really want to monitor progression so it may not be that long.
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@rtparty and @Denisk Do you guys at least have the cheapie $10 toy scope mentioned here? Also have you guys been adding to your CUC? Once your nutritents get in the right range or shortly thereafter it should be safe to add more snails without worrying about toxins. (I'd still make that first addition of snails a small group just in case.) Definitely recommended to keep on top of the greens and cyano's. If you have room for a tang, one of the Bristletooth group can be about ideal.
@Denisk I looked back and can't find pics of your dino's in this thread...more would be nice, but can you re-post your old ones at least? (Pics through a toy scope are usually fine!
@promptcritical How old is this tank? Did the initial hair algae outbreak happen after adding your initial livestock? Have you done the dino test or looked at what you have under a microscope yet?
I've posted about 15 photos and 5 videos here and on my own thread to document all of this.@rtparty and @Denisk Do you guys at least have the cheapie $10 toy scope mentioned here? Also have you guys been adding to your CUC? Once your nutritents get in the right range or shortly thereafter it should be safe to add more snails without worrying about toxins. (I'd still make that first addition of snails a small group just in case.) Definitely recommended to keep on top of the greens and cyano's. If you have room for a tang, one of the Bristletooth group can be about ideal.
@Denisk I looked back and can't find pics of your dino's in this thread...more would be nice, but can you re-post your old ones at least? (Pics through a toy scope are usually fine!
@promptcritical How old is this tank? Did the initial hair algae outbreak happen after adding your initial livestock? Have you done the dino test or looked at what you have under a microscope yet?
