Unknown outbreak need help!!

[Phelipe's Ocean]

Can someone please tell me what this is??? Tnak is on the 2 week mark today and this morning I noticed this outbreak. I can’t figure out if it is dinoflagellates or cyano and how to treat it. Phosphates are 0.05, nitrates, ammonia, nitrites at 0, and with PH at 8.4. I really need to get this fixed its coating my corals and they are all receeding.

 

[FirstContact]

Algae when cycling and for new tanks is not out of the ordinary. Remove as much by hand, consider dimming the lights and or a shorter lighting schedule. An old trick is to cover the tank with lawn garden bags and block out all the light for 3-5 days, but you'll be adding all those nutrients back into the tank as the algae dies off if you go that route, but it works and you could do a large water change after and increase filtration/carbon.

 

[Ctg0209]

Water changes and more flow. Although you will see more algae outbreaks along the way with a tank that new. Keep up on them water changes

 

[Phelipe's Ocean]

Algae when cycling and for new tanks is not out of the ordinary. Remove as much by hand, consider dimming the lights and or a shorter lighting schedule. An old trick is to cover the tank with lawn garden bags and block out all the light for 3-5 days, but you'll be adding all those nutrients back into the tank as the algae dies off if you go that route, but it works and you could do a large water change after and increase filtration/carbon.

Thankyou, so you think that a tank in the dark will kill of any corals?

 

[Phelipe's Ocean]

Water changes and more flow. Although you will see more algae outbreaks along the way with a tank that new. Keep up on them water changes

Thanks, I was just worried because if it really is dinoflagellates I know how detrimental that can be to coral.

 

[reef lover]

Just diatoms...part of the new tank uglies...

 

[nereefpat]

Not diatoms, they look like brown dust.

I'm seeing cyanobacteria. As stated, just syphon it out, and adding/changing flow can help. I wouldn't suggest blackouts for a week old tank.

 

[Phelipe's Ocean]

Not diatoms, they look like brown dust.

I'm seeing cyanobacteria. As stated, just syphon it out, and adding/changing flow can help. I wouldn't suggest blackouts for a week old tank.

Thanks, I siphoned it out last night and changed up the flow, I will see what it looks like when I get home today.

 

[OpenOcean33]

Can someone please tell me what this is??? Tnak is on the 2 week mark today and this morning I noticed this outbreak. I can’t figure out if it is dinoflagellates or cyano and how to treat it. Phosphates are 0.05, nitrates, ammonia, nitrites at 0, and with PH at 8.4. I really need to get this fixed its coating my corals and they are all receeding.

So I just went through this 3 months ago on my new tank. I was thinking dino and my tank was ruined. How long are you running your lights? My new tank was running 11 hours of light a day and had crazy algae blooms I dialed it back to 7 hours and the problem resolved in two days. then slowly reintroduced the lights over the next few months. Also I am new to this hobby as well I just wanted to share my experience.

 

[Phelipe's Ocean]

So I just went through this 3 months ago on my new tank. I was thinking dino and my tank was ruined. How long are you running your lights? My new tank was running 11 hours of light a day and had crazy algae blooms I dialed it back to 7 hours and the problem resolved in two days. then slowly reintroduced the lights over the next few months. Also I am new to this hobby as well I just wanted to share my experience.

Thankyou, and yeah I dialed back the lights a few hours and added an algae scrubber, thise things are amazing!