2 problems with my zoas

[Grossman90]

I've been dealing with this terrible brown film algea on my zoas and around the rocks the zoa is on. I think it's mainly due to my new lighting. I went from a current orbit led to 2 hydra 26s. I have been lowering the intensity to try and counter this film algea growth but nothing it helping. I put the lights on acclimation mode for a month to begin.

I've peroxide dipped and iodine dipped the zoas with this film algea but it is usually back within 2-3 days. How do i deal with this annoying brown algea?

My 2nd question is what is wrong with my rainbow incinerators. The lashes have seemed to turn inside and it looks white where they were. Is this from stress or possibly a pest?

Thanks in advance for any helpful info.

 

[Brad Miller]

Looks like Cyanobacteria to me...???

 

[Grossman90]

Looks like Cyanobacteria to me...???

At first i thought that too but the same brown film algea grows on the glass right next to the frag rack which never started til i got my hydras. Never had algea growing on my frags til i got new lights.

 

[Kremis]

Cyano, chemiclean should clear it up

 

[Hemmdog]

At first i thought that too but the same brown film algea grows on the glass right next to the frag rack which never started til i got my hydras. Never had algea growing on my frags til i got new lights.

That(brown film) sounds like dinos then, hard to confirm without a microscope.

 

[Grossman90]

That(brown film) sounds like dinos then, hard to confirm without a microscope.

Hope not. My angel and tang both peck at it when its on the frag disc. I thought dinos usually had those weird bubbles on them when growing on things?

 

[Grossman90]

Cyano, chemiclean should clear it up

I have chemiclean. Will try that.

Any clue on the rainbow incinerators?

 

[ZoWhat]

I personally found that any kind of nuisance algae or bacteria growing on or near any zoa mskes them very unhappy

Ever since i started vodka dosing i have much less algae bc good bacteria gets super charged from carbon vodka dosing which eats the nuisance buildup