Help me please. Weird algea growing.

[ItouchedThebutt]

So what i thought was diatoms growing on my sand bed, i feel like it is something else now. Its brown but it has a weird film to it. Such as when i vaccume the sand in that area its chunky and now when i get home i see flat thick film on top of it. Can anyone help me with whatever this is please!!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Cyano.
Hooray!!


Great looking worms in your sand btw.

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

I never see them hust the tunnels...

So how do i fight cyano?

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

I thought it was just diatoms till now so i always just vacumed the sand right there and let it tumble around

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I never see them hust the tunnels...

So how do i fight cyano?

Don't fight it.

Check to se that you have some good flow there and that the flow isn't dropping stuff in that one spot.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Might also be time to think about a few more snails or crabs. Meat eaters maybe. And or fighting choncs. .

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

Well its only a 10 gal and heres what my cuc consists of. 3 blue legged hermits 1 pom pom crab 3 astrea snails and i forget the snails name but its the ine that burrows down and leaves a little tube sticking through the sand i have 2 of those and then a steady growing population of stomatellas.

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

I was just thinking of getting a better pump because i dont use a power head in the tank just the one pump with a rotary head on it instead.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

K. Look at some nassarius. And if you see one the tinyest chonk you can find. Mine is not quite an inch.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I was just thinking of getting a better pump because i dont use a power head in the tank just the one pump with a rotary head on it instead.

Eh? Gotta pic? A sea swirl?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Have you seen an increase in no3 po4 at all ?

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

Thats what they are nassaruis i have 2 of them. Awesome little fellas. What about a emerald crab? Because im also having a small buble algea growth.

K. Look at some nassarius. And if you see one the tinyest chonk you can find. Mine is not quite an inch.

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

Was

Have you seen an increase in no3 po4 at all ?

about to do a test here after dinner. My media might have been bad...

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I've never had an emerald eat bubbles. Some rave about them.

It's a big crab for a small tank.
Ya want a lil sand grazer.

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

What would be the best thing for that..? My astreas stay on the glass and rocks and my hermits well they keep my corals algea free i can say that much but the nassarus snails they only come out for frozen food

I've never had an emerald eat bubbles. Some rave about them.

It's a big crab for a small tank.
Ya want a lil sand grazer.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Beef the nassies. A chonk. . Another crab maybe?

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

My no3 is close to 0 and phosphates range from 0.25ppm to .50ppm my test kit at the moment is not accurate. But i thunk its what i thought it was that my media went bad or wasnt enough for the tank so i swapped it out for something alittle better.

And heres a pic of my power head. My clown fish decided he coulsnt resist the urge to photo bomb...

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

My no3 is close to 0 and phosphates range from 0.25ppm to .50ppm my test kit at the moment is not accurate. But i thunk its what i thought it was that my media went bad or wasnt enough for the tank so i swapped it out for something alittle better.

And heres a pic of my power head. My clown fish decided he coulsnt resist the urge to photo bomb...

If that's the top right and the cyano is the bottom left. I think that's the prob.

Think about a 240 hydor. Or in the cheap I use 12v D.C. Pumps. $3 on eBay get one with the connector
https://www.ebay.com/i/172208692998...3D711-117182-37290-0%26rvr_id%3D1251211783435

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

Beef the nassies. A chonk. . Another crab maybe?

As in crab do you mean like hermit crab? Because the ones i have now are still fairly small.. Is there any shrimp that could work? Maybe a small goby? But i already have 2 fish in the tank.. Theres no other inverts out there for a nano?

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

If that's the top right and the cyano is the bottom left. I think that's the prob.

Think about a 240 hydor. Or in the cheap I use 12v D.C. Pumps. $3 on eBay get one with the connector
https://www.ebay.com/i/172208692998?chn=ps&dispItem=1&ul_ref=http%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F711-117182-37290-0%2F2%3Fmpre%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.com%252Fi%252F172208692998%253Fchn%253Dps%2526dispItem%253D1%26itemid%3D172208692998%26targetid%3D325872789555%26device%3Dm%26adtype%3Dpla%26googleloc%3D9031339%26poi%3D%26campaignid%3D852941459%26adgroupid%3D41513067537%26rlsatarget%3Dpla-325872789555%26abcId%3D1128846%26merchantid%3D111907289%26gclid%3DCPndt6mL9tQCFQ50fgodbmIBhA%26srcrot%3D711-117182-37290-0%26rvr_id%3D1251211783435

What about a seperate power head for the side glass..? The only reason i havnt gone to that is i just thought it may be to much flow