Algae ID

[Piranha_Owns]

Algae id please

 

[Piranha_Owns]

Same algae differnt picture

 

[twilliard]

Cyanobacteria is what you are seeing

 

[Piranha_Owns]

Are you 100% sure it isnt red its very brown

 

[twilliard]

I can never bee 100% sure unless I see it under the scope but yes that is a genus of cyanobacteria

 

[Piranha_Owns]

I ran it through two paper towls and here is what it does when left

 

[twilliard]

Moves to the next ID.. dinoflagellates
All guessing without a scope shot.

 

[Reefing Madness]

I dont see any bubbles in the algae. Looks like Cyano to me, and it can be brownish in color. Should be easy enough o just wave it off the rock.

 

[Piranha_Owns]

bubbles

 

[Piranha_Owns]

This stuff has got to go

 

[Spiderguardnano]

It's Dino's 100% I just shut down my tank I hate those things man coral killers

 

[Piranha_Owns]

I'm going to continue to fight, i have too much money into this to give up now

 

[Spiderguardnano]

I'm going to continue to fight, i have too much money into this to give up now

It's a long road but it can def be beat it's just way too much to deal with coming back

There's a huge thread on reef2reef with people talking about there battles with it etc check it out

 

[Piranha_Owns]

I've read alot of theads from multiple websites and no one seems to have a definitive cure kinda disheartening

 

[Spiderguardnano]

I've read alot of theads from multiple websites and no one seems to have a definitive cure kinda disheartening

Very man I shut down my tank and I'm starting fresh sold eveything I don't want to deal with it bro

 

[Piranha_Owns]

What about the fact that you could get it again, from any frag or any creature ?

 

[Spiderguardnano]

What about the fact that you could get it again, from any frag or any creature ?

Which is why i started all over

 

[BrunoSnow]

Unfortunately i had the same problem a few years ago and the solution was starting fresh, i have tried gfo, resins, turn off the light for several days noting worked... But i started smarter i think, bare bottom no substrate, a refugium whit macro algae, my aquarium cicle for 6 months where i test first the water movement and light, until this day no more cyanno or dino´s. It is hart braking start from scratch but tink about the cost and time that you will spend to deal whit this problem, that is just mi opinion.
But you can also search for Hydrogen peroxide treatment...