What is this that’s growing?

[Benhuan]

Hi all,
Recently (4 weeks ago) I upgraded my system and transferred everything to my new tank. Suddenly over like a week the tank grew this brown algae that kinda resembles short hair algae but is brown. Currently run 2 hydra 52 for 8 hrs a day with 6 hrs peak intensity. Can y’all id what the algae is? Is it just diatoms although it doesn’t rlly look Like diatoms.

 

[Benhuan]

Oh and also my yellow eye kole tang is going to town on the algae located on the back wall haha

 

[ReefLab]

Could be Dinos - what's your NO3 and PO4?

 

[Benhuan]

Could be Dinos - what's your NO3 and PO4?

Hey,
My phosphate is at 0 but Nitrate is between 10-20 ppm

 

[ReefLab]

Hey,
My phosphate is at 0 but Nitrate is between 10-20 ppm

I would suspect Dinos with PO4 at 0. Same thing in my tank right now. Look around the forums for solutions. I'd start by cutting your lights and get ahead of it!

 

[homer1475]

Looks like Dinoflagellates(Dino's) to me also. Not hard to clean up if proper protocols are used.

Start with this thread(Yes I know its 400+ pages, but 99% of the content is in the first 5 or so pages).

Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether?

I don't know what percentage of folks had luck battling dinos with any of the methods in the old Dino thread but it's obviously a very low percentage, so I'd like refresh folks on the natural alternatives and lay out three areas of info: some of the factors that contribute to a dino outbreak...

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