Dinos or Cyano? or something else

[chris!]

I have had this type of algae in my tank for about a week and it has covered my whole tank. It is not bothering any corals (yet) and I don't know how to deal with it. It came up after I got rid of my red cyano. I put an aerator in the back just to keep O2 up just incase it was taking O2 out. Can anyone help me remove this from my tank?

 

[billyocean]

Not cyano. Is the tank new? The bubbles make me think dinos but maybe it's just air bubbles trapped in diatoms. I'm no expert here but I'm sure someone can steer you correctly

 

[DDenny]

Stringy mass of stuff I’m thinking osteoporosis we would need the closer picture of the microscope slide.

 

[chris!]

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[chris!]

Not cyano. Is the tank new? The bubbles make me think dinos but maybe it's just air bubbles trapped in diatoms. I'm no expert here but I'm sure someone can steer you correctly

about 8 months its been running now so kinds still new

 

[chris!]

Stringy mass of stuff I’m thinking osteoporosis we would need the closer picture of the microscope slide.

Are these good?

 

[thedon986]

That’s quite the dino concoction! I would bet you have a few different strains going on. To start with I would make sure your phosphate and nitrates are decently high with a good test kit, then start with dosing water glass/40% sodium silicate until you see diatoms under the microscope then maintain that dosing while making sure phosphate and nitrate stay elevated. Then you should start to see improvement. Also make sure you keep plenty of activated carbon going since you probably have a decent amount of toxicity going on with such a large dino bloom.

 

[thedon986]

This is also a classic next step after dosing chemicals to get rid of cyano. Something else just steps in the void while water conditions are still favorable to a new pest.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Just out of curiosity, what are your parameters?

 

[taricha]

wowee! Thats a strong dino population.
Grab a UV and run it to/from the display. after 2-3 days, if there's still a bunch then run a short blackout with the UV in place - like 36-48 hours.

 

[Fishbrain420]

wowee! Thats a strong dino population.
Grab a UV and run it to/from the display. after 2-3 days, if there's still a bunch then run a short blackout with the UV in place - like 36-48 hours.

This method has alway worked for me.