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[shadow_k]

Hey all
So I was having issues with cyano for a while now and decided to take care of it with chemi clean. Now I’m cyano free but now I have this ! Any idea on what it is ?

 

[shadow_k]

Hey all
So I was having issues with cyano for a while now and decided to take care of it with chemi clean. Now I’m cyano free but now I have this ! Any idea on what it is ?

 

[BostonReefer300]

Can't quite tell from the pic. Maybe dinos and/or diatoms. Can you get a picture under white light? Too much blue in the current one. Also, please zoom in

 

[Gtinnel]

I agree that it looks like dinos.

 

[shadow_k]

It blows away kinda easily

 

[BostonReefer300]

OK thanks for the new pics. My best guess is that you have a couple things going on. I think the brown stringy/goopy stuff looks like dinos. Although, I don't see any air bubbles trapped in the goop AND dinos are light hogs so they're usually found high up in the tank (unless you have pretty good PAR at your sand level). Those two caveats are preventing me from saying dinos for sure. The other thing going is that green/brown stuff on the sand. That kind of looks like diatoms, but it could be other things.
Can you let us know what your parameters are? Temp, salinity, pH, Alk, PO4, NO3, and (less important here) Ca and Mg? Also, what are you using for lights and what intensity/program are you running? Other tank details (size, major equipment, etc.) would also be helpful.

 

[shadow_k]

OK thanks for the new pics. My best guess is that you have a couple things going on. I think the brown stringy/goopy stuff looks like dinos. Although, I don't see any air bubbles trapped in the goop AND dinos are light hogs so they're usually found high up in the tank (unless you have pretty good PAR at your sand level). Those two caveats are preventing me from saying dinos for sure. The other thing going is that green/brown stuff on the sand. That kind of looks like diatoms, but it could be other things.
Can you let us know what your parameters are? Temp, salinity, pH, Alk, PO4, NO3, and (less important here) Ca and Mg? Also, what are you using for lights and what intensity/program are you running? Other tank details (size, major equipment, etc.) would also be helpful.

Np also
Salinity .026
Alk is 10 (reef crystal salt)
Ph is 7.8
Nitrates: undetected
Po3- .02
Calcium is 500+
I don’t have a text for magnesium
AI prime for my lights they are running the brs schedule for 120 par through out tank
Temp is about 77°
20 gallon AIO
Chemi pure blue and filter floss
No skimmer
Nero 3 wave maker
I just battled cyano with chemi clean

 

[vetteguy53081]

Its known as Lyngbya spp. which is a type of cyanobacteria. Even though it looks just like string algae, it is filamentous rather than slimy. It dislodges easily from the rock, has no discernible root or mat structure and grows fast. Lyngbya species seem to grow very faster in warmer tanks, and spread quickly once attached to a powerhead, suggesting they can replicate by fragmentation easily. Nevertheless manual removal over time can be effective using a turkey baster, and siphon and lowering white light intensity 5-10 days. If on the rocks, use a toothbrush and scrub off the rock and glass and capture floating mass in nets.
For the most part treat it as you would red slime algae which is also a type of cyano. Adding cleaners such as Nerite and astrea ssnails, Cerith snails, Chitons, and Carribean Blue leg hermits will eat some of it.

 

[BostonReefer300]

Its known as Lyngbya spp. which is a type of cyanobacteria. Even though it looks just like string algae, it is filamentous rather than slimy. It dislodges easily from the rock, has no discernible root or mat structure and grows fast. Lyngbya species seem to grow very faster in warmer tanks, and spread quickly once attached to a powerhead, suggesting they can replicate by fragmentation easily. Nevertheless manual removal over time can be effective using a turkey baster, and siphon and lowering white light intensity 5-10 days. If on the rocks, use a toothbrush and scrub off the rock and glass and capture floating mass in nets.
For the most part treat it as you would red slime algae which is also a type of cyano. Adding cleaners such as Nerite and astrea ssnails, Cerith snails, Chitons, and Carribean Blue leg hermits will eat some of it.

Thanks vetteguy53801! I've never dealt with that type of cyano before so I was scratching my head at the OPs pictures. Is Lyngbya both the brown stringy stuff and the greenish fuzz stuff?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thanks vetteguy53801! I've never dealt with that type of cyano before so I was scratching my head at the OPs pictures. Is Lyngbya both the brown stringy stuff and the greenish fuzz stuff?

Yes. They both love light for growth hence the reduction of white light or light intensity

 

[BostonReefer300]

Yes. They both love light for growth hence the reduction of white light or light intensity

Interesting thanks! Would you mind taking a look at this other thread?
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/what-is-wrong-with-my-tank.844417/page-3#post-9183440The OP on that thread has a bunch of green fuzz on his sandbed. Is that Lyngbya too? Thanks!

 

[PeterC99]

Its known as Lyngbya spp. which is a type of cyanobacteria. Even though it looks just like string algae, it is filamentous rather than slimy. It dislodges easily from the rock, has no discernible root or mat structure and grows fast. Lyngbya species seem to grow very faster in warmer tanks, and spread quickly once attached to a powerhead, suggesting they can replicate by fragmentation easily. Nevertheless manual removal over time can be effective using a turkey baster, and siphon and lowering white light intensity 5-10 days. If on the rocks, use a toothbrush and scrub off the rock and glass and capture floating mass in nets.
For the most part treat it as you would red slime algae which is also a type of cyano. Adding cleaners such as Nerite and astrea ssnails, Cerith snails, Chitons, and Carribean Blue leg hermits will eat some of it.

How do you know so much???

Your knowledge base is very impressive!!!

Now following you so that I may pickup some of that knowledge!

 

[vetteguy53081]

How do you know so much???

Your knowledge base is very impressive!!!

Now following you so that I may pickup some of that knowledge!

35 years in hobby and former full line pet store owner 12 years

 

[PeterC99]

35 years in hobby and former full line pet store owner 12 years

Yea but most pet store owners never learn a fraction of what you know And share!

 

[shadow_k]

Its known as Lyngbya spp. which is a type of cyanobacteria. Even though it looks just like string algae, it is filamentous rather than slimy. It dislodges easily from the rock, has no discernible root or mat structure and grows fast. Lyngbya species seem to grow very faster in warmer tanks, and spread quickly once attached to a powerhead, suggesting they can replicate by fragmentation easily. Nevertheless manual removal over time can be effective using a turkey baster, and siphon and lowering white light intensity 5-10 days. If on the rocks, use a toothbrush and scrub off the rock and glass and capture floating mass in nets.
For the most part treat it as you would red slime algae which is also a type of cyano. Adding cleaners such as Nerite and astrea ssnails, Cerith snails, Chitons, and Carribean Blue leg hermits will eat some of it.

Awesome thank you ! O