What is this and how do i beat it...

[Scorchx1245]

So here's a fun tip as i was trying suck or blow it off....my old live rock does not grow this stuff. But it does grow clearish green (dinos?) Could this be red turf algea with dinos on it?

 

[taricha]

It's like course like a leather shoe. I always pictured cyano as....snot? I could literally take sheet of this and chew it like jerky.

Pull some out of the tank and get a pic. is it pink?

 

[Scorchx1245]

Yeah pinkish maroon. Like it's the color of cyano but dense like leather. I'll snap a pic tonight.

 

[Uncle99]

Heavy leather sheet describes Cyano in which cyano is not always just red.
You can do a low form of dino/cyano treatment which will correct this. Blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster. Force it to filters or net the loose particles.
Turn off white lights for 5-7 days and during the day add 1ml of liquid bacteria such as Bacter 7 per 10 gallons.
At night- add 1-1.5 ml of hydrogen Peroxide per 10 gallons. Each day blow the stuff loose or siphon up. Clean filters daily.
DO NOT FEED NoPox TO THE TANK OR CORAL FOODS TO THE CORAL DURING THE WHITE OUT.
ALSO: Check your phosphate and nitrate levels to assure theyre not elevated.
Cerith snails and margarita snail may consume this stuff also

So I followed your Cyano removal recipe exactly with the exception of stopping my Nopox, this I kept going, I been dosing a small amount for more than 4 years.

I wanted to report that it worked completely for me. By day 3, I noticed a big difference in Cyano, by day 7, it’s gone completely.

Thanks to @vetteguy53081 at least for me, this worked exactly as stated.

My sand substrate looks GREAT!

 

[vetteguy53081]

So I followed your Cyano removal recipe exactly with the exception of stopping my Nopox, this I kept going, I been dosing a small amount for more than 4 years.

I wanted to report that it worked completely for me. By day 3, I noticed a big difference in Cyano, by day 7, it’s gone completely.

Thanks to @vetteguy53081 at least for me, this worked exactly as stated.

My sand substrate looks GREAT!

Great to hear and I love to hear of good outcomes