What type of algae is this?

SteveO83 · Jan 20, 2019

Is this still dino’s or is this another type of algae moving in?

DFR · Jan 21, 2019

It can almost look like hair algae mixed in with cyano.

SteveO83 · Jan 21, 2019

DFR said:
It can almost look like hair algae mixed in with cyano.

In this pic where I circled it actually took over and the piece of coral thats there receeded

Subsea · Jan 21, 2019

It is more than one thing. I see Dino, maybe hair algae and maybe cyno. It does not really matter what the name of the algae is. The solution is the same. Siphon it out. It is easy enough on sandbed. I would use a small diameter hose and siphon algae off of liverock, using a toothbrush as required. For stubborn algae on live rock, dip toothbrush in hydrogen peroxide every 60 seconds.

SteveO83 · Jan 21, 2019

Subsea said:
It is more than one thing. I see Dino, maybe hair algae and maybe cyno. It does not really matter what the name of the algae is. The solution is the same. Siphon it out. It is easy enough on sandbed. I would use a small diameter hose and siphon algae off of liverock, using a toothbrush as required. For stubborn algae on live rock, dip toothbrush in hydrogen peroxide every 60 seconds.

All that you see is stubborn. It gets blown off with a turkey baster multiple times a day. I have been fighting dinos, but am seeing less of bubbles and the snot looking stuff and more of this

shred5 · Jan 21, 2019

It looks like multiple types and I also see some hydroids mixed in..

How new is the rock?
Looks like it may not have cycled or still going through a cycle.

SteveO83 · Jan 21, 2019

shred5 said:
It looks like multiple types and I also see some hydroids mixed in..

How new is the rock?
Looks like it may not have cycled or still going through a cycle.

Around 6 months old. Nitrates and phosphates were both 0 causing the dino outbreak