DINOS!!! Help me KILL THEM ALL!!!

[Bdog4u2]

I think a lot of people are looking for that spotless look and while it looks good in a picture I believe a healthy tank has some algae here and there.
I personally only clean the front of my tank matter of fact I've never cleaned the back glass ever not once it gives the fish and pods something to snack on and I never have any major issues like dinos but I also dip all corals and fish and have tons of micro fauna and my favorite rock cleaners peanut worms

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

So I increased my coral feeding and just like that, they seem to be gone...like completely gone...

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

I do have hair algae on the sand and rocks now...but I'm thinking this all must be (at least mostly) just new tank stages. Never gone through these before bc I always used live sand and rock before.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

So I increased my coral feeding and just like that, they seem to be gone...like completely gone...

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[NCreefguy]

I do have hair algae on the sand and rocks now...but I'm thinking this all must be (at least mostly) just new tank stages. Never gone through these before bc I always used live sand and rock before.

I think that could be one of the stages of using Vibrant. Mine went through that at one point while dosing it and it's been a long time since mine was in it's new tank stages. I haven't had a covering of light green algae in years until about the second or third week of Vibrant.

 

[Rick.45cal]

See! Sometimes they do just disappear!

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

I think that could be one of the stages of using Vibrant. Mine went through that at one point while dosing it and it's been a long time since mine was in it's new tank stages. I haven't had a covering of light green algae in years until about the second or third week of Vibrant.

Yeah. I'm retiring the vibrant...I think I'm done with that stuff...

 

[david.faik]

Hmm, I'm no expert but those look like nitrogen bubbles coming off your rocks to me. That happens in my tank when there is too much nitrate/trite/or ammonium. Which makes sense as that is where it comes from.

If that was in my tank I would check my test kit. A real zero nitrates would kill everything, so I don't believe it's that sensitive or its old or just a duff one.

I'd cut out dosing nitrates straight away.

If you have any bacteria type product, like for cycling, a splash of that can't hurt.

Cut feeding (not to cruelty levels but no excess)

Then let time, your skimmer and the nitrogen cycle take it's course.

My best guess from what I see.

Anyone else agree, or think I'm barking up the wrong tree?

 

[david.faik]

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See all these little bubbles on my sand, nitrogen. Because on this tank the return pump is nearly dead, really low flow getting to my skimmer at the back. So nitrogen cycle happing in my tank, a little too much nitrate there. If it went up further I'd expect things to start looking like yours.
Fortunately my new return should be here on Monday

 

[david.faik]

Here's the full tank, suffering a small algae outbreak in general, some diatoms and a little cyano on the sand.
New return pump getting flow back to my skimmer should fix it. Luckily my phosphate is very low, or the green algae would be having a much bigger party!

 

[david.faik]

Forgot to add, although I suspect your nitrogen test kit is more likely, you could still have low PO4 and NO3 because all the brown slime and green hair is happily consuming it. If you use some "dino-killer" product, then some other organism (algae type, cyano, whaddever) will pop up to use it, or your NO3 / PO4 in the water will sky rocket.
Bear in mind that the bacterial whatever it's called product has bacteria that destroy hair algae (allegedly). If you weren't using it probably your hair algae outbreak would be bigger and your brown slime smaller? Just a thought, but it has to come out/ show somehow.

 

[reeferfoxx]

I do have hair algae on the sand and rocks now...but I'm thinking this all must be (at least mostly) just new tank stages. Never gone through these before bc I always used live sand and rock before.

Be thankful you have hair algae! Once coral settle in, they will out compete the algae and/or clean up crew can help. Again though, I don't think you had dinos. I bought a bottle of vibrant, used it a couple times and it's now collecting dust in a dark corner of a cabinet.