Hello everyone. My Red Sea Reefer 450 has been set up for about 2 months now and I'm having an absolute terrible struggle with some strange algae. Can you guys help me ID it?
Water Parameters (Tested Today)
pH 8.2
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate 25 ppm
Phosphate 0.1 ppm
Alkalinity 8 dKh
Calcium 460 ppm
I tried a 3 day blackout and it helped but the algae has returned with a vengeance. I've cut back on feeding and have been dosing Vibrant. I did 2 doses the first week and one dose the second week. Tomorrow after a water change I plan on doing another dose. I've also dosed Chemiclean for 48 hours to no avail as well. I'm not sure if this is dinos or just a very evil strain of cyano or something else. Currently I have a Foxface, a purple firefish, an urchin and a sea hare. The urchin doesn't really eat the algae and the sea hare kind of eats it but he hasn't made a dent. The foxface picks around the algae and eats some of it. I don't really have a microscope to ID dinos but I'm thinking of ordering one.
Weird algae
Water Parameters (Tested Today)
pH 8.2
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate 25 ppm
Phosphate 0.1 ppm
Alkalinity 8 dKh
Calcium 460 ppm
I tried a 3 day blackout and it helped but the algae has returned with a vengeance. I've cut back on feeding and have been dosing Vibrant. I did 2 doses the first week and one dose the second week. Tomorrow after a water change I plan on doing another dose. I've also dosed Chemiclean for 48 hours to no avail as well. I'm not sure if this is dinos or just a very evil strain of cyano or something else. Currently I have a Foxface, a purple firefish, an urchin and a sea hare. The urchin doesn't really eat the algae and the sea hare kind of eats it but he hasn't made a dent. The foxface picks around the algae and eats some of it. I don't really have a microscope to ID dinos but I'm thinking of ordering one.
Weird algae