What is this Algae?

[5280Reefer]

Never ran into this Algae before so any info will help.

 

[5280Reefer]

 

[5280Reefer]

it is on my sand and can get long, but does not look like snot nor does it have air bubbles in it.

params
Salinity 1.025
PH 8.33
Tmp 77-78
ammo 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 0.5-1ppm
phos 0.02
cal 495
alk 9
mag 1300

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Is it dusty like diatoms?
How's your rodi filters.

 

[5280Reefer]

kinda like diatoms, RODI is good got all new filters about 3 weeks ago 000 tds. It is not on my rocks at all, just sand, gyre, frag rack, veggie clip

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Well imo. Algaes do cycle in and out over time but still.
No feeding changes aminos carbon dosing?

How's the snail crew?

 

[5280Reefer]

I do not dose anything but reefroids(very and i mean very little) the day before a WC, no changes and all the snails are good

 

[wilecyote007]

Im following 5280. Im having similar issues. On most of my smooth surfaces. But the stringy ones are on my rocks. I introduced a birds nest with gha a few weeks ago and issues since...stupid move i know. Im about to put it on the main and if i get anything good i will relay it. Salty is always on top of these and is one of our best hopes of solution.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I do not dose anything but reefroids(very and i mean very little) the day before a WC, no changes and all the snails are good

Buy good, what does that mean. Snails eat different stuff so like when a tank gets cycled I put in a basic variety and kinda keep an eye out for new things popping up. And depending on what else happens double down on what eats it.
Manual removal so it doesn't reproduce to fast and then fingers crossed the snails keep up and the stuff doesn't hang around. It usually the the cheapest option.
A light out for a day, bandaid stuff does help bit in the right combo.

Im following 5280. Im having similar issues. On most of my smooth surfaces. But the stringy ones are on my rocks. I introduced a birds nest with gha a few weeks ago and issues since...stupid move i know. Im about to put it on the main and if i get anything good i will relay it. Salty is always on top of these and is one of our best hopes of solution.

Hey thanks. Kind of you.

Yea, you better get a toothbrush.
Lol.

The gha is gonna need some turbos an maybe crabs if you don't have to many.

Most folks hate getting turbos I've noticed lately. Man they work. I buy mine small and get a bunch.

And don't feel too bad , I got some macros that even survived a qt but came with pink fuzzy Gha I couldn't even see. And I only enter to two lfs and both had NO turbos.
I live 200 miles from where they come from in the sea of Cortez.


Here's a CUC crew list and what they eat.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/choosing-cleanup-crew-critters.258695/#post-3063945

It's really only when it hangs out a long time do I consider the nuclear options.

 

[wilecyote007]

kinda like diatoms, RODI is good got all new filters about 3 weeks ago 000 tds. It is not on my rocks at all, just sand, gyre, frag rack, veggie clip

When do you know its time for a rodi filter change up? Im sporting 0 tds but my filters are 6 months old.

 

[K. Steven]

When do you know its time for a rodi filter change up? Im sporting 0 tds but my filters are 6 months old.

Change prefilters either when TDS climbs or pressure drops. Clogged prefilters will drop the pressure into the membrane and will reduce its efficiency, leading to higher TDS out of the membrane.

 

[5280Reefer]

Sorry if i spell the names wrong but i have 6 Trochus snails, 12 Serith snails, 6 Nassarius snail and 15 dwarf blue leg hermits

 

[wilecyote007]

Nailed it salty. I need to up my cuc. I want to avoid deviating from natural solutions for as long as possible. Article really helped.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Nailed it salty. I need to up my cuc. I want to avoid deviating from natural solutions for as long as possible. Article really helped.

Yea no sweat. @Lionfish Lair is the bomb.

 

[5280Reefer]

so does really look like Diatoms but its stringy, 1 day lights out will take care of it?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

eh. Its a bandaid and might work. if upping the snails inst an option you could look at this.https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/i-beat-dino.311395/#post-3832697

 

[5280Reefer]

Its not Dino i have had that in a old tank so i know what that is, welp guess i will just do lights out for it.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Ah sorry. Yea give lights out a shot. Most say bandaid but some have great success

 

[5280Reefer]

So it did end up being Dino after a good bloom of it, I had low nutrients at the time phos 0.01 nitrate 0.05. So I just set my skimmer to run 12 hours a day and took out my gfo. Now I am at phos 0.03-0.04 nitrate 3-5 ppm and all the algae is gone after a week or 2

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I don't think it was a gnarly Dino then.
Most folks battle with increasing nutrints for months to get that result.