Is this purple fuzz cyanobacteria?

[azreefkeeper]

Is this cyanobacteria growing between my zoanthids? I've not seen this morphology as this almost looks like a furry mat. It seems to be crowding some of my favorite zoanthids and I certainly don't want that if it's competing for space or otherwise harmful. Thanks in advance!

 

[fishface NJ]

Take a turkey baster or powerhead to it. If it blows off then it is cyano

 

[exnisstech]

^^this^^
Looks like cyano buy hard to tell for sure from the image

 

[azreefkeeper]

Thanks for the quick replies! I will try to suck it out using a 1/4 airline hose to drain. I'm sure if I keep at it, I can relegate it to be less present. Fortunately, that's the only spot in the tank where I've found it.

 

[formallydehyde]

If it doesn't come up easily like others suggested, could you post an image under white light? It's hard to see the color and other details under blue lights.

 

[randomfishdude]

it might be some sort of sponge.
I've seen a lot o sponges lately in other peoples tanks that look like that.. cyano is usually stringy and long.

 

[fishface NJ]

it might be some sort of sponge.
I've seen a lot o sponges lately in other peoples tanks that look like that.. cyano is usually stringy and long.

I have never experienced long and stringy cyano. I have seen dino's in that manner (stringy)

 

[randomfishdude]

I have never experienced long and stringy cyano. I have seen dino's in that manner (stringy)

I went through cyano.

It was kinda like a hair I know there's diffrent types.
I then shortly after I went through dinos and am just not finishing with killing it.

 

[soreefed]

I have never experienced long and stringy cyano. I have seen dino's in that manner (stringy)

I’ve seen a giant column of cyano that was attached to rock and went all the way up to the surface of the water haha

 

[randomfishdude]

I

I’ve seen a giant column of cyano that was attached to rock and went all the way up to the surface of the water haha

Id love to see a pic of that

 

[soreefed]

I

Id love to see a pic of that

I only have this one pic. Was a friends nano tank

 

[randomfishdude]

I only have this one pic. Was a friends nano tank

Oh wow

 

[azreefkeeper]

Oh wow

That's one crazy growth there! I'm leaning towards cyano as it looks very similar to what's showing in this BRS video:

Cyanobacteria