Frag Rack Snot

[wattson]

just put new black eggcrate on frag rack,,I washed it and scalded with hot water..
all it has done was grow this nasty dino looking snot..
my nutrients are pretty high already and cant figure how to get rid of it..
any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[SneakyTortuga]

Any pictures to see what you’re working with?

 

[wattson]

The snot comes right back after lights come on the next day.
These pictures are taken an hour before lights go out after a 10 hour light cycle

 

[wattson]

I have a another frag tank 6" away on the same sump with halide lights on that one with no snot in that one

 

[Cory]

Is it just growing on the rack? Mayne its eating something from it. Looks like dinos.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Common occurrence for some brands.

Some have used a concentrated peroxide to clean them.

The theory is it’s some form of organic carbon leaching. Like VOCs from paint.

 

[SneakyTortuga]

Common occurrence for some brands.

Some have used a concentrated peroxide to clean them.

The theory is it’s some form of organic carbon leaching. Like VOCs from paint.

With the bubbles it looks like cyano to me. Eventually they should go away. I would siphon as much out as you can when doing water changes

 

[wattson]

With the bubbles it looks like cyano to me. Eventually they should go away. I would siphon as much out as you can when doing water changes

I dont think its cyano,,its more brown like diatoms or dinos,,would love to get rid of it some how without taking all the frags off it ,,if I can

 

[wesman42]

I dont think its cyano,,its more brown like diatoms of dinos,,would love to get rid of it some how without tanking all the frags off it if I can

It's definitely NOT Cyano. Cyano forms mats, whereas this is clearly stringy and bubbly.

 

[jsvand5]

Sure looks like dinos to me. I’d try pulling it and putting white eggcrate just to see if it comes back on the white.

 

[SneakyTortuga]

It's definitely NOT Cyano. Cyano forms mats, whereas this is clearly stringy and bubbly.

i disagree but either way.... good luck with removal

 

[ZoWhat]

Well situations like this kinda boils down to bad water quality combo'ed with excessive lighting.

I would look hard at your water quality and research ways to lower excessive nutrients

 

[5280Reefer]

If it is Dino’s lowering nutrients would make things worse....

 

[wattson]

If it is Dino’s lowering nutrients would make things worse....

Im thinking the same of not lowering nutrients,,im skimming non stop and adding Microbacter 7 trying to use another bacteria to try to out compete it..no skimming the day i dose Microbacter..
wish there was something I could do to fix this besides taking all the corals off of frag rack and taking out the eggcrate..
then again Microbacter might be lowering nutrients too ,,what cha think ?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

It’s very common the grow this snot on egg crate regardless of nutrients.

 

[wattson]

just let it runs its course for now ?? or doesnt it get better with time ?

 

[Rakie]

Take it out and rinse it under fresh water, kills dinos almost instantly like any crustacean. After soaking for awhile, rinse it off, put it back.

Yes, I'm pretty certain those are dinos. Bubbles are characteristic of dinos and some forms of cyano, and yes it will continue leeching. But remove if you can, and wash it off.