Help me diagnose and solve please

Dillpickle · Feb 22, 2020

This has take over my tank over the past couple of months and I have been told many different things and I need help. This is a new tank almost a year old and it’s a 70 gallon.

Daddy-o · Feb 22, 2020

To really help, we are going to need your parameters?

TheShrimpNibbler · Feb 22, 2020

Dillpickle said:
This has take over my tank over the past couple of months and I have been told many different things and I need help. This is a new tank almost a year old and it’s a 70 gallon.

Do you mean the red stuff or the green stuff?

Bryce M. · Feb 22, 2020

I see dinos and cyano

Dillpickle · Feb 22, 2020

Ph:8.1
Ammonia: 0-.25
Nitrites: Near 0
Nitrate:~2ppm

Dillpickle · Feb 22, 2020

TheShrimpNibbler said:
Do you mean the red stuff or the green stuff?

Both

Bfragale · Feb 22, 2020

Dillpickle said:
Ph:8.1
Ammonia: 0-.25
Nitrites: Near 0
Nitrate:~2ppm

What about phosphates?

Daddy-o · Feb 22, 2020

Is there anything alive in your tank?

TheShrimpNibbler · Feb 22, 2020

Looks like Cyano and a calcareous green algae to me.

Greg P · Feb 22, 2020

Tell us about your system - tank size, sump or not, skimmer, in-tank flow pumps etc
WC schedule and volume, maintenance etc
The more info the better in point form for ease of reading !!
My eyes glaze over when people start writing paragraphs of info

Daddy-o · Feb 22, 2020

That tank needs a heavy siphon

Dillpickle · Feb 23, 2020

I have a canister filter looking to replace soon
I have a yellow tang a blenney 2 domino damsels a clownfish a pajama cardinal
I’m getting my phosphates tested today

Dillpickle · Feb 23, 2020

Phosphates came back at 0

brandon429 · Feb 23, 2020

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