Algae ID Please

[downonthereef]

Hello,

Please can I have some assistance identifying this algae? It’s the brown slime like blobs on my rock work, some of them have bubbles trapped underneath them. I’m worried it may be dinos but my Phosphates are 0.1 and my nitrates are 1.63

Tiegan

 

[Don_Jorge]

cyano and hair algae, the reason your phos is low is cause the algae is absorbing the nutrients, id run a uv sterilzer. also what kind of water/fish food are you using

 

[downonthereef]

cyano and hair algae, the reason your phos is low is cause the algae is absorbing the nutrients, id run a uv sterilzer. also what kind of water/fish food are you using

Frozen mysis, vitalis pellets, flakes and seaveggie seaweed

 

[Don_Jorge]

Frozen mysis, vitalis pellets, flakes and seaveggie seaweed

rinse anything frozen and as you're prob aware pick up any food they don't eat in like 15 min, using RO water i assume?

 

[downonthereef]

rinse anything frozen and as you're prob aware pick up any food they don't eat in like 15 min, using RO water i assume?

The nutrients don’t seem high enough for cyano tho... and 0.1 is kinda mid range for phosphates is it not? But yes only ever used 0tds RO, I only defrost the mysis then put them into the tank. I generally underfeed, I put wnough so everyone gets some and then come back a couple of hours later to feed again, they get fed between 3 and 5 times per day. 10% water change weekly

 

[Don_Jorge]

After defrost pour the water through a Net a few times, the liquid in those has phosphates as well.