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I grew up around aquariums with my father but this was my first solo tank in my college dorm. About 1.5-2 months in I got this white slimy growth all over the rocks that quickly turned brown and took over everything. I rebooted the tank because that was my only option to save the corals.
it was a coral only 5g with two trochus snails.
The theories I’ve been presented with are (1) “fluffy” variation of diatom; (2) brown cyano; (3) white slime algae. Im really hoping it was out of control diatoms but people on my thread for rebooting advice felt like my tank was “too clean” without fish and that gave cyano a foothold.
Identifying the issue will help prevent it this time because I’m sure whatever it was will hitch hike on my corals into the new tank (I scrubbed them as best as I could)
it was a coral only 5g with two trochus snails.
The theories I’ve been presented with are (1) “fluffy” variation of diatom; (2) brown cyano; (3) white slime algae. Im really hoping it was out of control diatoms but people on my thread for rebooting advice felt like my tank was “too clean” without fish and that gave cyano a foothold.
Identifying the issue will help prevent it this time because I’m sure whatever it was will hitch hike on my corals into the new tank (I scrubbed them as best as I could)