Help please alge id.

[nzxtguy123]

I've had this since I turned my lights on trying to figure out how to get rid of it.
Below are my water parameters. And some good pictures best I could get anyway.
Any help would be awesome any questions just ask.




40 Gallon
11/07 Tuesday 08:14 AM
Temperature: 77.9 °F
pH: 7.7
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Phosphate: 0.014 ppm
Salinity: 1.025 SG
Alkalinity: 8.4 dKH

 

[Tyler_Fishman]

If your talking about the orange strands it's likely dinoflagalletes

 

[rtparty]

https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?threads/293318/

Start reading there to see if that is what you have.

We need more info on the tank though. How old? Live or dry rock and how much? What size of tank? How's your clean up crew?

 

[nzxtguy123]

Clean up crew 5-7 hermit crabs
5 astria turbo snails
40 gallon nuvo
Rock was from the previous owner I let it dry out for a month while I was getting the tank ready. Tank is 4 months old.

 

[rtparty]

So dry rock, low nutrients and not enough clean up crew. That falls right in line with dinos and the thread I linked

 

[nzxtguy123]

Great that's the worst news lol I'll read through the 1000 posts lol and see if I can positivly identify it.

 

[rtparty]

Great that's the worst news lol I'll read through the 1000 posts lol and see if I can positivly identify it.

Read the first post for sure. That contains 95% of what you need. Dinos aren't as bad as people have made them out to be IMO

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Great that's the worst news lol I'll read through the 1000 posts lol and see if I can positivly identify it.

It might not be cancer.

To me, it looks like turf alge , hairlage with cyano in it.

If you haven't already , no carbon dosing , aminos , cut back on feeding frozen foods. Add bottled bacteria like a dr tims.
Use some kalk water in the ato.
Upnthe water changes.
Even if it's Dino's that the first steps

The turf alge you'll have to scrub and then toss in a bunch more Anika's or find a an alge eating fish to keep it mowed.


Yea first pic says "snails wanted "

 

[Tyler_Fishman]

A week blackout will certainly kill dinos, 3 days is not enough, my tank still has bouts of dinos here and there

 

[rtparty]

A week blackout will certainly kill dinos, 3 days is not enough, my tank still has bouts of dinos here and there

Blackout is a bandaid and doesn't fix the root of the problem

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Blackout is a bandaid and doesn't fix the root of the problem

Yes. It is.

But. :rolleyes:

With Dino's you do want to discourage a large mass. They breed exponentially and some give off a little toxin. So a lights Mixed other stuff can help.

Attack from all sides.

 

[rtparty]

Yes. It is.

But. :rolleyes:

With Dino's you do want to discourage a large mass. They breed exponentially and some give off a little toxin. So a lights Mixed other stuff can help.

Attack from all sides.

I agree.

I'm just pointing out that blackouts don't fix the problem at hand. I don't think one of the oldest forms of life on Earth is easily killed off because of a lack of light. If that was the case, QT procedures would call for a blackout and you could rid all our tanks of dinos

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I agree.

I'm just pointing out that blackouts don't fix the problem at hand. I don't think one of the oldest forms of life on Earth is easily killed off because of a lack of light. If that was the case, QT procedures would call for a blackout and you could rid all our tanks of dinos

I whole heartedly agree.

Just adding to your though and how to use the method.

 

[Hans-Werner]

I think your problem is cyanobacteria or most probably a combination of cyanobacteria and diatoms. Both frequently occur together for unknown reasons. To be sure you need a microscope.