_cpate3_
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My 13.5 gallon tank is 6 months old and a brown slime has begun to cover my rocks and sand. In the first 3 months, I had some green film algae pop up but never had any crazy issues. That was with 2 clowns, a goby/pistol pair, and a cleaner shrimp, and about 5 corals. Now I added an orchid dottyback (which was not smart) and have about 10 corals, half of which are very upset including 1 acro, a zoa colony, a pipe organ colony, and my frogspawn is open, but not as plump as it used to be (the hammer coral head was DOA when I got it a while back, not a result of whatever this was) However my montipora, acans, and hammer coral all seem to be fine.
Parameters:
ph 8.4
salinity 1.025sg
nitrate 10ppm
silicate 0ppm
I have no phosphate test but am hoping to get one tomorrow so I can update the numbers as soon as possible.
I keep up with my weekly 40% water changes, dose beneficial bacteria, and kalk, and all was well until recently. After a water change, it comes back worse about 2 days later. It looks like dinos or cyano to me. This is my first outbreak of an algae so im hoping I can get an ID and some steps to fix it!
Parameters:
ph 8.4
salinity 1.025sg
nitrate 10ppm
silicate 0ppm
I have no phosphate test but am hoping to get one tomorrow so I can update the numbers as soon as possible.
I keep up with my weekly 40% water changes, dose beneficial bacteria, and kalk, and all was well until recently. After a water change, it comes back worse about 2 days later. It looks like dinos or cyano to me. This is my first outbreak of an algae so im hoping I can get an ID and some steps to fix it!
