Help plz

[Squadir]

Hey guys. Been struggling with this pest algae/bacteria. Tried all sorts of things including large water changes & chemiclean because i was thinking its cyano. Anyone have any idea what it may be and a solution to get rid of it? You can see it in the pics below, stringy looking stuff. Blows off easily with a Turkey baster.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

From the pics it does look like a cyano. It could be a minor Dinoflagellate.

Is the tank kinda new?
What are nutrients at. Ph range, alk etc.


And what is that tall lps coral in the second pic. Its wild. Carribean I'd guess.

 

[Squadir]

From the pics it does look like a cyano. It could be a minor Dinoflagellate.

Is the tank kinda new?
What are nutrients at. Ph range, alk etc.


And what is that tall lps coral in the second pic. Its wild. Carribean I'd guess.

Hey. Tank is approaching 3 years so i wouldn't say new.
Ph 8.1
Alk 8
cal 440
Mag 1340
Salinity 1.026
Po4 undetectable
No3 undetectable

Yeah its a caribbean coral. Ivory bush i believe. Got it off of a buddy. Here is a better shot.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Man I like those. We don't get a lot of carribean stuff here in Cali.

As far as the "dino", there's a lot of conflicting info right now. Some are pointing at nutrient imbalance. ESP in super low systems.

some folks are claiming this is working for them. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/d...d-of-battling-altogether.293318/#post-3739750
its actually nutrient dosing.

 

[Squadir]

Man I like those. We don't get a lot of carribean stuff here in Cali.

As far as the "dino", there's a lot of conflicting info right now. Some are pointing at nutrient imbalance. ESP in super low systems.

some folks are claiming this is working for them. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellates-–-are-you-tired-of-battling-altogether.293318/#post-3739750
its actually nutrient dosing.

Cool. Thanks bro. I.ll check out the link.