Dark Green Algea

DinoS · Oct 27, 2016

pdt7361 said:
You should be checking the PO after removing all of the algea possible and doing a water change. High phosphates can lead to this type of bad algea growth.
Have you added anything to your tank recently...sand, rock, etc?

Nothing new added phosphate is low.

DinoS · Oct 27, 2016

saltyfilmfolks said:
I'm stumped. Po that high and only a few spots of funk.

Not worried about ph at all. Interesting that it's perfect ph.

None of the test kits have expired? We checked it twice.

I just bought a new one and the ph is 8.2/8.4 so we're good!!! Thought about it today hey could the test kit be bad and yup it was.

DinoS · Oct 27, 2016

reeferfoxx said:
+1 to this

Looks like two different types of cyano with some bright green film algae? Kind of pretty.

Because the zoa polyps skirt is tucked under, rather than closed up(in relation to high light), makes me think this rock was recently moved to the top of the tank. The long stalks would suggest they were in lower light and were moved up for more light. Now this rock has weird stuff growing? I wonder if this isn't the result of some type of organism cooking? Something encrusting like a sponge or tunicate? Just a thought.

The rock and zoa has also be in this spot never moved. As far as the test results not sure how to convert my results to ppm.

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 27, 2016

The Po card should have it.

mgoesma · Oct 27, 2016

This looks like the same thing I had. I did a strong dose of chimiclean and it cleared it up.

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 27, 2016

mgoesma said:
This looks like the same thing I had. I did a strong dose of chimiclean and it cleared it up.

It's def an option. My only thought is to find the crazy high Po source and get the tank stable.
The high no Po numbers could indicate a broken cycle so adding a bacteria killer might not be a great option right off the bat.
Even though it doesn't target "good" bacteria as far as we know.
Still confused if it's an anti bac or oxidizer. On thread had two verified reports of both.
Ah geez.

mgoesma · Oct 27, 2016

saltyfilmfolks said:
It's def an option. My only thought is to find the crazy high Po source and get the tank stable.
The high no Po numbers could indicate a broken cycle so adding a bacteria killer might not be a great option right off the bat.
Even though it doesn't target "good" bacteria as far as we know.
Still confused if it's an anti bac or oxidizer. On thread had two verified reports of both.
Ah geez.

I think your right. I would throw some gfo in there for a week and see what happens. If you don't take care of the underlying issue it will just come back. At least it did on me.

pdt7361 · Oct 27, 2016

DinoS said:
Nothing new added phosphate is low.

Phosphate isn't low though...it should be 0....definitely not all the way up at 2. That is why I had asked about adding anything...you say you aren't missing any livestock that could be decaying in the tank, so the other "easy" culprit would be rock leaking phospates.

DinoS · Oct 28, 2016

pdt7361 said:
Phosphate isn't low though...it should be 0....definitely not all the way up at 2. That is why I had asked about adding anything...you say you aren't missing any livestock that could be decaying in the tank, so the other "easy" culprit would be rock leaking phospates.

The flat rock with dark green algea produces bubble even after I cleaned it off, what could that be?

DinoS · Oct 28, 2016

I just tested my phosphate (PO) n it's about 0.5 to 1.0 I think I should get whole new testing kits as mine is about a year old

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 29, 2016

pdt7361 said:
Phosphate isn't low though...it should be 0....definitely not all the way up at 2. That is why I had asked about adding anything...you say you aren't missing any livestock that could be decaying in the tank, so the other "easy" culprit would be rock leaking phospates.

Actually should be detectable but yea it's way too high.

DinoS said:
The flat rock with dark green algea produces bubble even after I cleaned it off, what could that be?

Cyano or an organismim off gassing 02.

DinoS said:
I just tested my phosphate (PO) n it's about 0.5 to 1.0 I think I should get whole new testing kits as mine is about a year old

Get a double check at a lfs if you can. It could be test error but it shouldn't go bad that soon.

There's something wrong with that rock. Is there return flow dropping stuff on the top there? That could be junk in the sump b