algae id

[primo21]

tried the reef board, but no answers. maybe someone here can help...

this stuff Is starting to cover everything but doesn't look like anything I can find. thought dino at first, but no air bubbles. any thoughts?

 

[ReeferBill]

Looks like hair algea, Can you remove it out of the tank,by scaping off and rinsing before returnig to display\?

 

[primo21]

siphons right off the rock, has a mucusy consistency. thought hair algae was more stringy with distinct strands. this is more of a clump.

thanks for the reply.

 

[Reefer54]

For some reason the thumbnails wont open....probably my computer.

But from the info above, it sounds more like bacteria or cyano though cyano tends to represent more of a mat than a clump. Is this how it grows---it looks white, which if this is the end product, may be the dying stage of hair algae which can be removed easily. But if it grows white, slimy, and easily removed it is not HA.

How old is the tank, water parameters, lighting schedule (if mh or t5, how old are the bulbs), feeding schedule

 

[primo21]

tank is a few years old, 75g/25g sump. i know i have PO4 0.25-0.5. Def not cyano, battled that years ago, mine is grayish in color and clumpy. Bacteria is interesting, i dose vodka to control nitrates so maybe cut back on it? run VHO/MH, 110w/175w 20K new bulbs last month. light feeding and a small bio-load.

thanks.

 

[primo21]

if it is bacteria, is there a cuc that will eat it?

 

[Mark9]

For some reason the thumbnails wont open....probably my computer.

Won't open for me either.

 

[primo21]

is there another way i can add the photos? all i did was click the attach button in the post window.

 

[primo21]

http://reefcentral.com/forums/album.php?albumid=7568&pictureid=59733

http://reefcentral.com/forums/album.php?albumid=7568&pictureid=59734

 

[Bilk]

Thumbnails don't work for me either. Pics are too small to make any kind of determination.

 

[primo21]

uploaded some larger pics to my album on RC, do these links work?



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[JRoweNole]

Looks like bacteria that I got while figuring out the particular dosing amount of NoPox for my tank.

 

[primo21]

2 votes for bacteria...slowing down my vodka. any thoughts on cuc that will eat it?


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[JRoweNole]

Greatest solution for me were my urchins

 

[Bilk]

Yeah I'd guess bacteria. Siphon some out. Blow the rest off and let the skimmer go to work. Not sure anything will eat it if it's bacteria. Could use a 5 - 10 micron filter sock to help take it up from the overflow.

 

[primo21]

yeah, i have a sock that fills up almost daily. what kind of urchin did you use? reef safe?