Cyano?

[bubbaque]

Is this cyano? It is the color of it but it doesn't really lay in mats, it's stringy and flows with water. I am seeing some of it pop up on the rocks here and there also, it looks the same but looks more like a mat on the rocks with being stringy.

I don't feel I have a lack of flow because I am using a gyre 150 at 60% and a alternating to a gyre 130 at 100% in a 75 gallon.

Phosphorous is 8
No3 is 5 but I dose potassium nitrate to keep it there.
Alk 8.2
Salinity 1.025
Mag 1400
Cal 425

 

[twilliard]

Have a picture of it?
I have a cool identification process that will help determine what you have

 

[bubbaque]

yes, the video did not upload. I am trying to upload it.

 

[bubbaque]

I got the video to upload.

 

[twilliard]

Yup time to do this test!
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/positive-identification-of-cyanobacteria.253287/

 

[bubbaque]

since its not really matted together, I think it is hard to get out without falling apart. I tried siphoning it out a few days ago but when it got to the bucket, it was just some sand and I couldn't see any of the cyano. I started dosing red sea reef energy a and b about 3 weeks ago and that is when this stuff turned up, I think its related.

 

[twilliard]

since its not really matted together, I think it is hard to get out without falling apart. I tried siphoning it out a few days ago but when it got to the bucket, it was just some sand and I couldn't see any of the cyano. I started dosing red sea reef energy a and b about 3 weeks ago and that is when this stuff turned up, I think its related.

Ohh you couldn't see it in the bucket??
That is not a good sign my friend

 

[bubbaque]

why?

 

[twilliard]

why?

Cyanobacteria or spirulina another cyanobacteria will not come apart like that while siphoning.
There is one thing that will do that
Dinoflagellates and we will cross our fingers that it is not that

 

[bubbaque]

I was able to get some out but not much, since it's not in real thick mats. I hope it's enough.

 

[twilliard]

I was able to get some out but not much, since it's not in real thick mats. I hope it's enough.

That is looking good
Does the water have a brown tint to it?

 

[bubbaque]

No, it looks the same as I first put it in. I just swirled it a little and nothing falls apart.

 

[twilliard]

I am starting to think dinoflagellates
What I see in the cup is inconsistent to cyanobacteria

 

[bubbaque]

It doesn't look snotty at all in the tank.

 

[bubbaque]

@twilliard here might be a better video

 

[twilliard]

I would have to look at what you have under the microscope or maybe you know someone with a microscope

 

[ReefingEd27]

Hi, I had something very similar to what you have. My guess was that it was cyano since it covered the rocks and sand with a thick red and sticky mat. I had it in my 10 gallon nano for over a month,trying to get rid of it by doing bi-weekly water changes, adding extra flow and even feeding less. It would go away for a maximum of 2 days after a water change and come back as thick as before. So I thought maybe it wasn't cyano and decided to do a 3 day blackout where I fed little to nothing to my clownfish(just to keep them alive). After the 3 days my tank was sparkling clean. Because of how efficient the blackout was I'm thinking that maybe it was dinoflagellate. Looking for an answer brought me great stress so here are my two cents and good luck.

 

[twilliard]

A 3 day blackout will not kill dinoflagellate cells
If this were true every sample I receive daily would have no dinoflagellates as they are in transit longer than this.

 

[bubbaque]

I thought about the 3 day blackout but I have mainly sps corals and I seen different things on how the handle it. If it gets real bad I will use the red slime remover.