Is this Aiptasia or Feather duster?

[sammy50]

1.Is the first picture is of aiptasia or feather duster?
2. I am seeing brown/reddish film like layer on few few sand areas and also on the GSP. Is this cyano?

 

[Sharkbait19]

First pic is definitely a feather duster.
Not sure on the algae, but red like that is possibly cyano. If it is slimy and comes up easily it likely is.

 

[Duffer]

1. Feather duster
2. cyrano

 

[sammy50]

First pic is definitely a feather duster.
Not sure on the algae, but red like that is possibly cyano. If it is slimy and comes up easily it likely is.

Yes i can blow off with turkey baster. So i guess its Cyano.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Sounds like cyano.
I had luck using chemiclean to kill mine, but it won’t do much unless you can isolate the root causes.
I assume this is a newer tank? If so, the tank is still in the maturing phases where it is going through the “uglies,” where all kinds of nuisance algaes come and go.

 

[sammy50]

Sounds like cyano.
I had luck using chemiclean to kill mine, but it won’t do much unless you can isolate the root causes.
I assume this is a newer tank? If so, the tank is still in the maturing phases where it is going through the “uglies,” where all kinds of nuisance algaes come and go.

Yes tank is only 6 months old. Do you suggest to use chemiclean or just focus on keeping tank stable and wait ?

 

[Sharkbait19]

For now I’d just focus on keeping it stable. I wouldn’t do chemicals to kill it unless it gets really bad.