algae question

[bigmike7544]

i just start getting some of this brown long stringy algae and it has small bubbles on it. only thing is when the lights turn on for the first few hours there are now bubbles but by the end of the night there all over the place. i want the stuff gonez what can i do

 

[MayoBoy]

Dinos. First off, try 3 days straight with no light.

 

[inwall75]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9681076#post9681076 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MayoBoy
Dinos. First off, try 3 days straight with no light.

Yep....dinoflagellates.

Raise your alk and pH too. Read this. http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/rhf/index.php

 

[dynamitedj]

I though that was cyano bacteria. What is the difference?

 

[inwall75]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9681583#post9681583 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dynamitedj
I though that was cyano bacteria. What is the difference?

Cyano usually stays as a film on rock, sand, tank walls.

Dinoflagellates look like snot, feel like snot, and they don't go away with higher current. The following pictures are a mild case of dinos. They can get MUCH worse. Not only that, many contain neurotoxins and they kill snails and crabs that eat it giving them even more nutrients to grow.

 

[dynamitedj]

Thanx, I think I a little bit of that by my powerhead and a whole lot of cyano everywhere else..

 

[SSTG]

Oh man, that brings back bad memories.Hard to get rid of.Good luck!

 

[bigmike7544]

thanks for all the help. i was also wonder tho is there a certain reason that i started to get this? or is it just something that happends

 

[MayoBoy]

"It Happens"

 

[bigmike7544]

:lolspin: thanks for the help

 

[chadfarmer]

i had it in the past and i got rid of it by sucking it out every day and changing out the water