Algae ID PLZ

[drnibz]

Please help me ID this alga, and I am losing to it as it is persisting and comes back after cleaning and water changes. It's stringy and just floats around stuck to the sand.

 

[MyFirstCar]

Looks a lot like dinos to me

 

[Bucs20fan]

For sure dinos. Need to take a sample and view under microscope, even kids play one, as long as it has 40x magnification for proper ID of species of dino.

 

[MyFirstCar]

One thing that can help is not cleaning your sand while they go away. I find that helps being the nitrates up and also providesa nice place for all the dinos eating stuff to grow. Unless you need them for something else, I'd also cut back on the water changes. Most often, you can just ride them out pretty quick.

What else do you have in the tank?

 

[drnibz]

One thing that can help is not cleaning your sand while they go away. I find that helps being the nitrates up and also providesa nice place for all the dinos eating stuff to grow. Unless you need them for something else, I'd also cut back on the water changes. Most often, you can just ride them out pretty quick.

What else do you have in the tank?

I think low nutrients might be the cause. In the tank: clown, tang, a bunch of hermit crabs, zoas, RBTA, lather, mushroom, frogspawn

 

[vetteguy53081]

Beginning of dino and likely stemming from low phosphate and nitrate.
Prepare by starting with a water change and blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles.
Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10-15% IF you have light dependant corals) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off.
During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as bacter 7 or XLM) per 10 gallons.
Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED CORAL FOODS OR ADD NOPOX as it is food for dinos.
Day 5,, you can start with blue lights - ramping up and work your white lights up slowly