Algea ID please!~Still fighting the Cyno

[kin_itsu]

hello guys! I have been fighting the Dino and Cyno since early this year.When I get rid of the Dino ,this algea appears.Anyone can help me id these Algea?And how to avoid that?

 

[Katrina71]

Time will eventually get rid of it. It will starve itself out.

 

[C. Eymann]

Looks like debersia, you can wait it out or you can knock it out really quick with a sea hare, but that's a band aid.

Long term-
What's nutrient #s you are at? and what do you usually shoot for?

Hows your CUC? what does it consist of ?

 

[brandon429]

It is time to surgically clean your entire tank all in one pass, effect a total water change, and reset up the brand new looking old tank without a cycle at all. Anything shy of that is like getting quarter pumps cpr as a teaser only.

after we have rebuilt your aquarium in three hours, and it looks it, you then run preventatives

apply all prevention, water measure, water doser and design changes to the clean condition tank only, not the invaded condition. Tank tuners tip of the year. The ten square inches shown in the pic is a eutrophic reef zone

we will cause the oligotrophic condtn wo further delay, but to the whole tank. All at once, yesterday. No cycle, not even a mini cycle. 100% algae and cyano gone in three hours. You’ll be back at new, but must reef with a totally different willingness to make it not re occur

if it's a large tank, no easy full water change, then proceed via indirect means but if your tank can be accessed it can be fixed, fast. You can then adjust N and P and add pods and biodiversity in the clean condition.

 

[kin_itsu]

It is time to surgically clean your entire tank all in one pass, effect a total water change, and reset up the brand new looking old tank without a cycle at all. Anything shy of that is like getting quarter pumps cpr as a teaser only.

after we have rebuilt your aquarium in three hours, and it looks it, you then run preventatives

apply all prevention, water measure, water doser and design changes to the clean condition tank only, not the invaded condition. Tank tuners tip of the year. The ten square inches shown in the pic is a eutrophic reef zone

we will cause the oligotrophic condtn wo further delay, but to the whole tank. All at once, yesterday. No cycle, not even a mini cycle. 100% algae and cyano gone in three hours. You’ll be back at new, but must reef with a totally different willingness to make it not re occur

if it's a large tank, no easy full water change, then proceed via indirect means but if your tank can be accessed it can be fixed, fast. You can then adjust N and P and add pods and biodiversity in the clean condition.

I decided to choose your way to refresh my tank.After a whole night refresh, my tank seemed quite clarity.Now is the 7th day since I refresh my tank.Now the dino come back.During these days I dose the aquaforest Bio S and feeding the fish everyday.What should I do now?My bottom tank has a little dino there....I am a little confused.

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

Dinos will always come back after blooming unless you have at least 0.10 ppm phosphates and 1.0ppm nitrates. What are yours at?

 

[kin_itsu]

Dinos will always come back after blooming unless you have at least 0.10 ppm phosphates and 1.0ppm nitrates. What are yours at?

last hanna test shows phosphates 0.14.don't have a nitrates test.

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

I recommend getting a nitrate test like RedSea. Both nitrates and phosphates need to be controlled.

 

[kin_itsu]

I recommend getting a nitrate test like RedSea. Both nitrates and phosphates need to be controlled.

just got the Redsea test kit.The no3 now is 10,po4 is 0.12.I have a clean live rocks with a little cyno.What should I do after most of the cyno get bleached?

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

It looks like you have a little cyanobacteria and mostly green hair algae. I recommend maintaining nutrients at those levels and getting some kind of clean crew like trochus snails because they will eat both cyanobacteria and gha. You can manually remove larger clumps of gha.