Algae ID

[DraggingTail]

Is this nuisance algae or good algae?

 

[sfin52]

Looks like dino. I'm sorry . They are beatable. love the clown.

 

[sfin52]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellates-–-are-you-tired-of-battling-altogether.293318/ this will help . Start running activated carbon stop carbon dosing / gfo if you are. What's your po4 and no3 numbers.

 

[DraggingTail]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellates-–-are-you-tired-of-battling-altogether.293318/ this will help . Start running activated carbon stop carbon dosing / gfo if you are. What's your po4 and no3 numbers.

Here are my recent readings.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...RdChcCXN_XPrurixjkQD8e_pVVA/edit?usp=drivesdk

 

[sfin52]

How old is your tank.

 

[DraggingTail]

How old is your tank.

Let's see. I let it sit for 4 weeks with biospira and a table shrimp. Then I turned on the lights and started testing.

I bought my rock and filled the tank on 7/7.

2 months

 

[DraggingTail]

How old is your tank.

I doubt that .25 ammonia is right. API. Red Sea kit on the way to make sure. Fish are well.

 

[sfin52]

Live rock or dry rock

 

[DraggingTail]

Live rock or dry rock

80 lbs dry rock.

A piece of dead coral that is live.

 

[sfin52]

Please read through the first page I sent you. It'll give you a lot more info than I can. They saved my tank.

 

[DraggingTail]

Please read through the first page I sent you. It'll give you a lot more info than I can. They saved my tank.

That explains it. I was tired of scraping the green algae off my glass so I put Phosphate pads in my filter and then the brown strings showed up. Maybe I should dose some phosphate

 

[sfin52]

Becareful the rock will absorb a lot of the phosphates. That's what happened in my system. The other thang you'll need is biodiversity. I suggest adding some lr if possible.

 

[DraggingTail]

Becareful the rock will absorb a lot of the phosphates. That's what happened in my system. The other thang you'll need is biodiversity. I suggest adding some lr if possible.

What is LR?

 

[sfin52]

live rock

 

[DraggingTail]

live rock

Won't my dry rock eventually be live rock?

 

[sfin52]

Yes but it also lacks the biodiversity that comes with live rock.

There's is pros and cons to dry vs live. No nasty hitchhiking with dry but lacks biodiversity. Live can come with both bad and good hitchhikers and has tons of great biodiversity. I personally live biodiversity it's good for the reef. I did end up with a gorilla crab too. But def worth it .