Red hair algae?

[Bp870]

Good morning all hope all is well. I was wondering if cyano can be stringy like hair or is there a red hair algae that could have made its way to my tank.

 

[Alexreefer]

Pictures could help. We love pictures! But as of right now I could not make a guess

 

[Bp870]

Hard to see how stringy it is in the pic but its all on the substrate too

 

[Alexreefer]

#reefsquad?

 

[tupes]

Yes. That look like beginning of cyano. Syphon it out the best you can and blow off your rocks. More flow in the tank can help.

 

[Tiger Brown]

If it is slimy than it is most likely cyano, and yes, it can be stringy looking. It could also be Gelidium, or Red Wiry Algae. Check out this link for pictures and advice on clean-up: https://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

 

[Bp870]

Ok thanks been siphoning and replacing 5 gallons of water at a time trying to take care of it just trying to get you guys opinion on it making sure im headed the right direction with treating. When i turned the flow up is when it got stringy. What is the general consensus on chemiclean?

 

[tupes]

Chemiclean has always worked for me. BUT you must follow the directions to a "T"....

I would only use chemiclean as an absolute last resort.

 

[Bp870]

Any suggestions on cleanup crew upgrade. I have 13 hermits, 2 banded trochus snails, 5 pacific nerite snails, and 3 Nassarius snails. It is a 29 gallon tank also.

 

[Bp870]

Thanks will do. I guess my goal is to get the nutrients down and starve it out?

 

[Alexreefer]

Thanks will do. I guess my goal is to get the nutrients down and starve it out?

Be extremely careful when bringing down your nutrients! Bring them down too much and hello dinos! Ask me how I know.

 

[Bp870]

Well thats kinda how this journey got started did a sump redo and a big water change got dino took the cheato out started feeding more dino is gone now its the cyano i guess lol

 

[RJinPV]

Any suggestions on cleanup crew upgrade. I have 13 hermits, 2 banded trochus snails, 5 pacific nerite snails, and 3 Nassarius snails. It is a 29 gallon tank also.

I would get a few more trochus snails, but they will not help with getting rid of the cyano because they won't eat it.

You have to clean cyano off (I run a little airline hose siphon to remove it from the tank) and control nutrients. I second the Chemiclean as a last resort idea. I would use Chemiclean and the algae would disappear, only to return about a week later. It kills the algae but returns the nutrients to the tank as a result. At least that is my theory. I only got it under control by removing it as it grew and controlling nutrients

 

[Bp870]

Thanks for the input looks like lots of siphoning and water changes in the future.