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[Trueflo]

Hello everyone. It looks like green algae to me, but could it be some sort of green Dino flagellate? I am currently testing my parameters and I am doing a 50% water change.

 

[tzabor10]

Looks like algae from here

 

[Trueflo]

Looks like algae from here

OK I thought so too. I wasn’t sure if there is a type of dinos that looks like this because of all the air bubbles I did a 25% water change. I’m doing one more my nitrates are high. After a 25% water change they are still at 20 to 40 ppm. I think I feed too much because I’m always paranoid that my copper band will not good enough food.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello everyone. It looks like green algae to me, but could it be some sort of green Dino flagellate? I am currently testing my parameters and I am doing a 50% water change.

This is hair algae with gas bubbles trying to escape. I would rock it in a container of tank water and pull off as much as you can by hand and scrub the rest with a firm toothbrush and some 3% hydrogen peroxide.
Return to tank, reduce white light intensity and number of hours of white lighting and add some snails such as :
Astrea
cerith
turbo grazer
trochus

A Pencil urchin

8-10 Caribbean blue leg hermits

Are you using RODI water or tap water from the faucet ?
What is your phosphate level?
Is tank at or near a window?

 

[Trueflo]

This is hair algae with gas bubbles trying to escape. I would rock it in a container of tank water and pull off as much as you can by hand and scrub the rest with a firm toothbrush and some 3% hydrogen peroxide.
Return to tank, reduce white light intensity and number of hours of white lighting and add some snails such as :
Astrea
cerith
turbo grazer
trochus

A Pencil urchin

8-10 Caribbean blue leg hermits

Are you using RODI water or tap water from the faucet ?
What is your phosphate level?
Is tank at or near a window?

 

[Trueflo]

I use RODI however my TDS was high up until recently. It was at 44 so I replaced my RO membrane and my sediment filter. The carbon block and DI cartridge were replaced not too long ago. I also replace my top off water. it is near my sliding door. However, I keep the blinds closed almost all the time. I am in an apartment so it’s kind of hard to have it not near a window. I will definitely go get more snails would a lawnmower blenny eat this type of algae? By the way, my current TDS is fluctuating between one and zero