Dynos or diatoms.

[vetteguy53081]

I also keep getting this bright red stuff on my glass.

Light bacterial film
Is your tank at or near a window ?
Are you using RODI water or tap water from the faucet ?

 

[Wolters_88]

Light bacterial film
Is your tank at or near a window ?
Are you using RODI water or tap water from the faucet ?

This is how this whole issue started. I was gone for work and my wife changed my resin canister and apparently put it in upside down. So I was putting in crap water for like two months and didn’t notice. So water with like 25 TDS that long. I didn’t look because it’s all automated and I assumed it was good. When I finally started seeing issues I camhecked and boom. 25 tds in and after the resin. Opened the resin up and it was upside down.

 

[vetteguy53081]

This is how this whole issue started. I was gone for work and my wife changed my resin canister and apparently put it in upside down. So I was putting in crap water for like two months and didn’t notice. So water with like 25 TDS that long. I didn’t look because it’s all automated and I assumed it was good. When I finally started seeing issues I camhecked and boom. 25 tds in and after the resin. Opened the resin up and it was upside down.

Very well your source of issue and answer. Continue to monitor water thats both going in and within tank

 

[Wolters_88]

Very well your source of issue and answer. Continue to monitor water thats both going in and within tank

Anything I can do to fix this faster or just do what you said to do? I’m losing thousands of dollars in coral a day.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Anything I can do to fix this faster or just do what you said to do? I’m losing thousands of dollars in coral a day.

Unfortunately go with the flow. Nothing fast in this hobby. Blowing this off the corals with a turkey baster will help

 

[Wolters_88]

Unfortunately go with the flow. Nothing fast in this hobby. Blowing this off the corals with a turkey baster will help

I’m really thinking it’s mostly just normal algae. I’m using vibrant and it’s just getting worse. I don’t know what to do here

 

[vetteguy53081]

I’m really thinking it’s mostly just normal algae. I’m using vibrant and it’s just getting worse. I don’t know what to do here

Cease vibrant and consider blackout for 3/5 days.

 

[Wolters_88]

Cease vibrant and consider blackout for 3/5 days.

I have done two blackouts and the corals are dying so fast I really don’t think another blackouts doable. I’m out prolly $10,000 at this point in coral.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have done two blackouts and the corals are dying so fast I really don’t think another blackouts doable. I’m out prolly $10,000 at this point in coral.

Vibrant is really not a helper. Any pics under white lighting ?

 

[Danroo]

Have you tried removing it manually like siphoning it out? Dino’s usually come back after manual removal.

 

[Wolters_88]

Vibrant is really not a helper. Any pics under white lighting ?

I thought vibrant killed hair algea? Here is a picture of it under white.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I thought vibrant killed hair algea? Here is a picture of it under white.

Vibrant kills hair algae with repeated treatment. It will work or wont. I believe I also see Bryopsis which has to be pulled physically by hand and then roots MUST be removed with either a dental pick or small crochet needle or it never goes away, Pin Cushion urchin May help with cleanup

 

[zuri]

I thought vibrant killed hair algea? Here is a picture of it under white.

this isn't hair algae but a type of bryopsis you will need reef flux. when you go to pull out it is hard or easy to pull? if its hard definitely bryopsis lots of variety's hard as nails to kill resistant to h202 can scoop ammonia right out of the column if things get scarce. I ran into dinos a few months back after I got one these strains couldn't get the tank to stabilize until I used reef flux. Heck I even shelled out 2 bills for an oversized Uv. bryopsis bad can do bad things when it overruns a system