Brown Stringy Alage on my Corals
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C_mo97
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It has the Max Nano Protein Skimmer, Carbon, Skimmer Outlet Sponge, Bubble Trap Sponge, and a micron filter Bag. I also set up a little refugium.
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It looks like dinos to me. Have you read this? - http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/rhf/index.php
gtrider
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It's a good place to start. See if any questions come up after reviewing that. You parameters and set-up seem pretty normal so it's hard to say. Being that it's only 3mo old, you most likely will battle some algae. don't get frustrated.
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Also keep in mind your tank is three months old. Tanks often go through the uglies off and on the first year. It’s normal. Just do you water changes and regular maintenance and it should balance out eventually. If you start throwing stuff at it you may cause more problems down the road. Just my 2 cents. Well 5 cause of inflation.
I’m dealing with this currently too but I don’t know if it’s dinos for sure. I battled dinos before and it was much worse. This stuff is more of a dark red in color. It’s stringy but not everywhere.
I let my nitrates creep up well above 50 and I think that is the cause. I’ve been bringing my nitrates back down(goal is 10-15) slowly. My skimmer needing s good cleaning which I think was the main nitrate issue. As they have been coming down I am seeing less of this stuff. It almost reminds me of cyano in color.
Also my tank is pretty established at almost 3 years now. My dinos were brown and covered everything with stringy snot. This is def different.
I let my nitrates creep up well above 50 and I think that is the cause. I’ve been bringing my nitrates back down(goal is 10-15) slowly. My skimmer needing s good cleaning which I think was the main nitrate issue. As they have been coming down I am seeing less of this stuff. It almost reminds me of cyano in color.
Also my tank is pretty established at almost 3 years now. My dinos were brown and covered everything with stringy snot. This is def different.
I think it's a mix of green hair algae and diatoms. Make sure to clear that off your corals or it can kill the coral. A lot of my beginning coral died due to that stupid algae. I used a toothbrush to clean off frag plugs and a syringe to blow it off polyps. It will go away with time just stay up to date on maintenance.
