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Jizu Puentes

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I currently have this algae on some of my rocks and i have never seen it before. I recently added a large piece of dry rock and after the diatom bloom from it went away i now see this clear slimy stuff on the rock and a few of the surrounding rocks. I usually let uglies like this run their course while I do weekly water changes but i am wondering and hoping that this isn't dino. Here are some pics
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Could be Chrysophytes.
 
i would like to beat it up with peroxide and have before, that ?species is buried somewhere around the last 1/3 of the reefcentral peroxide pest algae challenge thread. we did a spot treatment outside the tank, it went away in about 36 hours. no need to do the whole tank commit, just lift out a rock and go to town. all corals pictured so far are tolerant, but dont bathe them, you can apply around them and have zero peroxide contact to them. the resistance characters is only for backup for mistakes. the lps and zo shown are tough./

nice call on the id. we never knew what they were, just that they burn well and that patch stayed gone nicely

by removing a rock and lifting out and testing the spot externally, rubbing none off, just put on let sit a minute in the air and rinse, we get to track the death phase after its resubmerged and can watch that, draw from it, before moving on.

the action that can stop this is likely a simple test rock and 75 cents bubbly.
 
The rock can't be taken out because it is the large light colored one at the base of my right island shown here-
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the rock has a maxi mini and several mushrooms attached to it.

I'm really just curious as to what type of algae it is so I know whether water changes will help or if I need to stop them and treat for dino
 
The hobbyist that I have known that experienced a Chrysophytes bloom treated it as if it were dino (the dino type we commonly see). Consider raising the tank's pH.
 
ok i see thats great pic. the hosting anem in the upper left is the only truly sensitive sessile invert but i dont like to dump it in full tanks when avoidable, so i go for the easy no commit external. i too wouldnt want to disassemble that rascal to get to it. it is very light colored organism to be the brown golden diatoms of the clades that we see are always brown and golden, or, photosynthesizing algae that are green or brown, even though i see bubbles onthis whitish growth Im not sure of the id lol.

i strongly think this is not dinos. but, they can comingle with other invaders it w take time to see

i like Tahoe's approach, light ph work isn't detrimental to try, things w close up a lil if unliked and easily fixed. if stress increases though, there are underwater treatment options for peroxide and your anem can tolerate, we predict this on a constant basis but try the others first.

dont forget dinoxal, the current additive that is probably beating dinos better than any treatment seen.
 
Ok I think I will try the pH raise and probably a lights out over the weekend since I'll be gone anyway. What is a good way to raise pH without messing with other parameters? My pH is 7.8 currently
 
Calc is 450, mag 1400 a Alk 8.7. Googleing didn't really help because the pictures vary so much haha. Thanks for the link though
 
Tahoe thats impressive Id. Even if that's not it I struggle to name anything closer.
 

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