Unidentified....something

[AGWL]

I'm used to having occasional Cyano blooms, but this stuff looks different. Very soft, easy to dislodge with a brush or bulb syringe. Absolutely exploding on rock surfaces and snail shells. Tony the Hawkfish is very disgruntled, as you can see. I will be running chemistries later to check levels. Do have a UV filter running. Haven't noticed any crabs eating this (Emeralds, Pitho, Hermits, etc).

 

[Reeflix]

the first pic kinda looks like dinos, but the second i dont really know

 

[Reeflix]

also does this stuff disappear in the night?

 

[Nano_Man]

How old is your tank

 

[AGWL]

How old is your tank

Started off as a 55g in February. Upgraded to a 60g a couple of months ago. Current stock is a tomato clown, BTA, two hawkfish, a damsel fish, a scallop, two urchins, a coral-banded shrimp, plus a variety of snails, crabs, and corals. A few types of macro algae.

 

[soreefed]

Kinda looks like chrysophytes

 

[cnseekatz]

The air bubbles in it make me think it's dinoflagellates.

 

[Court_Appointed_Hypeman]

Kinda looks like chrysophytes

I agree with this, but could be dinos on chrysophytes or GHA

 

[Reeflix]

I agree, to me it seems like Dinos covering something else