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Cyano can be red-purple-green and yellowCyano is often a very bright red when it first starts aggressively proliferating ime
No need to tear up your tank. It appears to be a green hair algae outbreak and gas bubbles likely displaying that luminescence you describe. Pull off as much as you can by hand and with a pipette, you can squirt some some 3% hydrogen peroxide at the base of the algae. Then reduce white light intensity and number of hours of white lighting and add some snails such as :
ok il do that , but waiting for results from ati , the water test i sent has my ro water as well and my phos is .03 my whole tank bleached, after bottoming out(i believe and having some fluctuations which made all but one cerith and a few fish and hermits survived so im starting from scratch and my lfs now asking $5 a snail no matter the size which isn’t crazy but im looking for a new spot to buy a crewNo need to tear up your tank. It appears to be a green hair algae outbreak and gas bubbles likely displaying that luminescence you describe. Pull off as much as you can by hand and with a pipette, you can squirt some some 3% hydrogen peroxide at the base of the algae. Then reduce white light intensity and number of hours of white lighting and add some snails such as :
Astrea
cerith
turbo grazer
trochus
Nassarius
A Pencil urchin
8-10 Caribbean blue leg hermits
Are you using RODI water or tap water from the faucet ?
What is your phosphate level?
Is tank at or near a window?
Algae Barnok il do that , but waiting for results from ati , the water test i sent has my ro water as well and my phos is .03 my whole tank bleached, after bottoming out(i believe and having some fluctuations which made all but one cerith and a few fish and hermits survived so im starting from scratch and my lfs now asking $5 a snail no matter the size which isn’t crazy but im looking for a new spot to buy a crew