Purple algae??

Adam113 · Mar 21, 2017

What is this all over my sandbed? I'm cleaning this stuff up daily with a turkey baster. It seems to have gotten worse since I installed new lights.

My parameters as of today

80 degrees
Salinity - 1.025
PH- 8.2
Ammonia- 0
Nitrite- 0
Nitrate- 5
Calcium- 400
KH- 8 dkh

Jayman · Mar 21, 2017

Ciano bacteria

cloak · Mar 21, 2017

+1 Cyanobacteria

https://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

Adam113 · Mar 21, 2017

cloak said:
+1 Cyanobacteria

https://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

Thanks guys! I'll read up on it.

Adam113 · Mar 25, 2017

Not the best picture, but same stuff? Purple stuff on my rock (which does get some direct sunlight) with bubbles under it. I turkey basted and sucked some of it off.