Is this dinos?

[meiffert]

Is this dinos?

 

[RiptideAquaculture]

Is this dinos?

More then likely no because Dino usually will have air bubbles trapped in the slim. This reminds me more of cyno bacteria the green kind. It could also be diatom algae.

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

If it’s rusty colored it probably is. Not all varieties of dinos have the bubble strings.

I am battling them now and they just look like diatoms. This is a three year old tank so they aren’t diatoms.

 

[meiffert]

If it’s rusty colored it probably is. Not all varieties of dinos have the bubble strings.

I am battling them now and they just look like diatoms. This is a three year old tank so they aren’t diatoms.

Definitely looks more green then rusty. It does seem to cling/clump together when I try to suck it up.

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Definitely looks more green then rusty. It does seem to cling/clump together when I try to suck it up.

When the lights first come on, are there less of them?

 

[meiffert]

Definitely looks more green then rusty. It does seem to cling/clump together when I try to suck it up.

When the lights first come on, are there less of them?

No remains the same if lights are on or off

 

[meiffert]

When the lights first come on, are there less of them?

Tank is about 5 months old nitrate is 1 nyos phosphate .01 Hanna ulr ph is up and down between 7.6-8.0 depends if we are home or not co2 seems be issue I started running co2 scrubber on skimmer to help

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

No remains the same if lights are on or off

Dinos will almost entirely vanish. After the lights go out. Looks like green Cyanobacteria to me. But don’t take my word for it.

 

[meiffert]

Dinos will almost entirely vanish. After the lights go out. Looks like green Cyanobacteria to me. But don’t take my word for it.

Lesser of two evils?

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

I think it’s best to think of them both as an inevitability at one point or another you will have to deal with them. Bothersome, an eyesore, left unchecked both can do some real damage to corals.

Both are also tough, but winnable battles.

 

[taricha]

GHA and cyano. in some places the cyano is covering the GHA.

 

[meiffert]

GHA and cyano. in some places the cyano is covering the GHA.

Can you suggest a strategy?

 

[meiffert]

I have yellow tang and tomini tang, fox face, lawnmower blenny as well as two urchins and snails and hermits which I think are handling gha but what would be a good plan for the cyano?

 

[taricha]

Can you suggest a strategy?

I have yellow tang and tomini tang, fox face, lawnmower blenny as well as two urchins and snails and hermits which I think are handling gha but what would be a good plan for the cyano?

If you already have good herbivores (and you do) then I'd just give them a hand with sucking out the cyano and manually removing some of the GHA.

 

[meiffert]

Thank you I appreciate your time to respond