Need ID please...

RibbonFish · Mar 10, 2018

Looks like growing everywhere on the rock...

Algae or bacteria...?

phosphate and nitrate are both undetectable.

Crabs McJones · Mar 10, 2018

newhopedreams2010 said:
Looks like growing everywhere on the rock...

Algae or bacteria...?

Is it hard or soft and how easy is it to remove?

RibbonFish · Mar 10, 2018

crabs_mcjones said:
Is it hard or soft and how easy is it to remove?

easy to remove ,

RibbonFish · Mar 10, 2018

crabs_mcjones said:
Is it hard or soft and how easy is it to remove?

and soft , easy to remove

cracker · Mar 10, 2018

Looks like the brown slimy stuff. What are Your No3& Po4 levels?

RibbonFish · Mar 10, 2018

phosphate and nitrate are both undetectable.

cracker · Mar 10, 2018

Ok, Now let me say ,I'm no expert on this so, I hope other more knowledgeable People will drop in. Anyway I've had the brown slimy stuff twice . Both times I had zero No3. Po4. This stuff can take over other competing algaes etc in low nutrient situations. After getting my levels up it wasn't taking over.

Crabs McJones · Mar 10, 2018

#reefsquad @KJ

RibbonFish · Mar 10, 2018

newhopedreams2010 said:
phosphate and nitrate are both undetectable.

It that algae or bacteria? I was thinking to increase my nitrate level to see if it will cure it. I do not have skimmer but only algae scrubber with lights on 12 hours a day. I used to have less hours. I know Cyno can be cured by nitrate.

jsker · Mar 10, 2018

Mulm

Link. How old it the tank?

RibbonFish · Mar 10, 2018

jsker said:
Mulm Link. How old it the tank?

The tank is less than a year.

The "Mulm" seems grow in dark area, based on the explanation, but mine in the picture grow strong light area, that is supposed to grow SPS.

jsker · Mar 10, 2018

newhopedreams2010 said:
The tank is less than a year.

The "Mulm" seems grow in dark area, based on the explanation, but mine in the picture grow strong light area, that is supposed to grow SPS.

Mine was all over the place, light/dark areas, I was using NoPox and thought it was because I was carbon dosing.

here is some more reading link

RibbonFish · Mar 10, 2018

jsker said:
Mine was all over the place, light/dark areas, I was using NoPox and thought it was because I was carbon dosing.

here is some more reading link

Thanks for your explanation. Mine is very white, and based on one google results, it looks like mine is live bacteria. I only add Ca(CL)2, MgSO4, and NaHCO3+ Na2CO3.

beside those, Nothing else, no skimmer, but algae scrubber. I will increase nitrate to see if it will cure it. They took too much space...