Algae I'd please

[prsnlty]

At first with blues on I thought this was the beginning of dinos. My blue dimmer switch glitches and it looks mostly green.
This tank is about 4 months old maybe a little older but the rock has been curing for months and months with no issues and very clean. It originally got a very small outbreak of ha. At that point in time I was treating the 180 with vibrant so I thought to use a little vibrant in this 45 gallon system to see if it would take care of it and it did. However since then I've had what looked like dinos in the beginning it went away and came back went away and came back. After seeing it without the blue lights on I'm not so sure that it's dinos and it has a different form to it. So I would appreciate if anybody knows what this is to let me know so I know how to treat it. It is choking out some of my gorgonians. Here's some pics
@twilliard

 

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@twilliard

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

It looks like normal slime algae(glass algae) but on steroids. Its possible it was fuel by nutrients released in the die off or the carbon source in the Vibe.
I would either continue the treatment or go old school and clean it off and wc's.

 

[prsnlty]

It looks like normal slime algae(glass algae) but on steroids. Its possible it was fuel by nutrients released in the die off or the carbon source in the Vibe.
I would either continue the treatment or go old school and clean it off and wc's.

Wish I could do that but I can't since it's a seahorse tank. It'll leave no nutrients in the water at all. The gorgonians and seahorses require "some" and the tank is already too clean. I think honestly that vibrant is the cause of it. I have found a few weird the things in my 180 since the use of vibrant also that I have never seen before. I'm wondering if H2O2 will take care of it. I'm just concerned about the dosage

 

[prsnlty]

My 180 has spots of black cyanobacteria and green cyanobacteria in my sump and overflows. Some of it reminds me of drying out Jell-O. You know like the skin on it.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Wish I could do that but I can't since it's a seahorse tank. It'll leave no nutrients in the water at all. The gorgonians and seahorses require "some" and the tank is already too clean. I think honestly that vibrant is the cause of it. I have found a few weird the things in my 180 since the use of vibrant also that I have never seen before. I'm wondering if H2O2 will take care of it. I'm just concerned about the dosage

Oh I get it. Ive mentioned before I do quite a bit of post vibrant work.

My 180 has spots of black cyanobacteria and green cyanobacteria in my sump and overflows. Some of it reminds me of drying out Jell-O. You know like the skin on it.

yucky.

Ive not done the peroxide. It breaks down too many organics. I have bi valves and nps and cant risk that. twillard does have a thread on it though. I also never reach for a bottle of anything (for the tank that is)
2 things. I noticed that putting my bag of carbon over the return pump lessens my glass algae.
during my dose of fluconazole,(big step for me), the glass was impeccably clean for several days (a week?) following the dose. so I think its effective in killing thinner celled algae and plants when in the highest initial concentrations.

Are you by chance feeding gut loaded brine shrimp?(spirulina most commonly I believe)


As I understand the Vibe , it has short lived bacteria, so it kills fast and dies, but the carbon source remains. Thus the cyano most folks get , thrives on leftover organic carbon combined with the organics from the now dead algaes.

 

[prsnlty]

Oh I get it. Ive mentioned before I do quite a bit of post vibrant work.

yucky.
Yes it is! When I put it on a plastic lid and added water then broke it apart it definitely resembles algae. I will post a phone pic shortly.
Ive not done the peroxide. It breaks down too many organics. I have bi valves and nps and cant risk that. twillard does have a thread on it though. I also never reach for a bottle of anything (for the tank that is)
2 things. I noticed that putting my bag of carbon over the return pump lessens my glass algae.
during my dose of fluconazole,(big step for me), the glass was impeccably clean for several days (a week?) following the dose. so I think its effective in killing thinner celled algae and plants when in the highest initial concentrations.
My tank (other than high no3 that I am brining down) is very clean on the glass and has been for months even when I wasn't running my gac and gfo for 2 months. I just put it back online to hopefully soak up the coral poison (there's waaaaay too much slimer in my tank) from a near tank loss due to a 6 hr power outage night before last.
Are you by chance feeding gut loaded brine shrimp?(spirulina most commonly I believe)
Nope.... feeding mysis and reef bugs, phyto (reef roids)

As I understand the Vibe , it has short lived bacteria, so it kills fast and dies, but the carbon source remains. Thus the cyano most folks get , thrives on leftover organic carbon combined with the organics from the now dead algaes.

Very true

 

[prsnlty]

Here's what I found in my overflows at the water level surface and down the silicone where are the columns connect to the glass.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

phyto (reef roids)
hmm. I wonder if your breeding reef roids.


WOW I LIKE THE BIG WORDS> LA LA LA BIG

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Here's what I found in my overflows at the water level surface and down the silicone where are the columns connect to the glass.

yummy. I have dictyota in mine.

 

[prsnlty]

phyto (reef roids)
hmm. I wonder if your breeding reef roids.


WOW I LIKE THE BIG WORDS> LA LA LA BIG

Lol i don't know. If so I don't think it would be a bad thing - though I could be wrong [emoji4]

 

[prsnlty]

yummy. I have dictyota in mine.

Why can't we just have peace from algae ugh. Either it's too clean or not clean enough to contract one or another [emoji33]

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Lol i don't know. If so I don't think it would be a bad thing - though I could be wrong [emoji4]

the algae we get on the glass has always made me wonder what exactly it is. folks in fowler's who start totally dry get it so i makes me think its in a food.
we've all seen stranger things I suppose.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Why can't we just have peace from algae ugh. Either it's too clean or not clean enough to contract one or another [emoji33]

I like my invasive poisonous psychotropic algae , thank you very much.
And, they were here first. lol

 

[prsnlty]

the algae we get on the glass has always made me wonder what exactly it is. folks in fowler's who start totally dry get it so i makes me think its in a food.
we've all seen stranger things I suppose.

I think I get less of it these days because I no longer feel any kind of pellet or flake food. It's all Frozen or fresh. The only thing other than that is dried seaweed that I feed along with Reef roids Reef Chile and coral Frenzy

 

[prsnlty]

This is how clean and clear my glass is - just now took the picture

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

This is how clean and clear my glass is - just now took the picture

That would starve my friends.

 

[prsnlty]

I like my invasive poisonous psychotropic algae , thank you very much.
And, they were here first. lol

Hahaha! I guess everything deserves to be loved by someone [emoji12]

 

[prsnlty]

That would starve my friends.

My no3 is quite high (now showing at between 10-25) but 0 p04 on Hannah . Po4 was .06 until I added fresh chaeto a week ago.

 

[prsnlty]

That would starve my friends.

They look so happy!!!