I need help identifying and destroying this algae

[JuicyFry]

Ok so my tank it about 4 months old and I just got a break out of what I think is dino but want your advice on it. My coral is very unhappy. please help I am kinda scared for the coral.

 

[brandon429]

See our tank redo thread a few below this one, about fixing nutrient imbalanced tanks. It shows examples of how to take apart and clean a system without losing anything. Study time~

Yours is just perfect for the method

Clean tank, early invasion action is good vs waiting, adjusting water params, waiting etc

You should consider installing large costly uv after cleaning, not before, it's a crucial interceptor for dino prone systems. Really important to consider, the recommend comes from using them years and years in thread tank algae/ dino fixes.

Manual cleaning is safer for your corals. After the tank is cleaned of all invaders, as much water changed as you're willing to do in export, then you have an uninvaded palette to start from. Manual cleaning is perfect for your system vs a sustained parameter alteration. UV plumbed in, tb used as needed, is core if you are serious, must be installed in the cleaned/exported condition


If not going to use uv, then impart the full uninvaded condition to the tank and apply whatever nutrient adjustments or competing organisms packs you like

 

[brandon429]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/s...r-a-full-rework-skip-cycle-reassembly.525310/

 

[JuicyFry]

See our tank redo thread a few below this one, about fixing nutrient imbalanced tanks. It shows examples of how to take apart and clean a system without losing anything. Study time~

Yours is just perfect for the method

Clean tank, early invasion action is good vs waiting, adjusting water params, waiting etc

You should consider installing large costly uv after cleaning, not before, it's a crucial interceptor for dino prone systems. Really important to consider, the recommend comes from using them years and years in thread tank algae/ dino fixes.

Manual cleaning is safer for your corals. After the tank is cleaned of all invaders, as much water changed as you're willing to do in export, then you have an uninvaded palette to start from. Manual cleaning is perfect for your system vs a sustained parameter alteration. UV plumbed in, tb used as needed, is core if you are serious, must be installed in the cleaned/exported condition


If not going to use uv, then impart the full uninvaded condition to the tank and apply whatever nutrient adjustments or competing organisms packs you like

Thank u any uv systems that I should get

 

[brandon429]

In my opinion it's any of the ~$175 pond sterilizers off Amazon that run about 55watts or so. Find returnable ones, give it a try.

Also, you can try cleaning first see if it comes back before buying uv. The really good ones are $800 but that above w do