I've been battling some form of brown snot for the past month or so. Nothing seems to really affect it, a 5 day blackout only stunted growth.
When disturbed, the strands of snot break apart into near translucent snot-strands that float around the tank. Eventually, these join other snot-strands to form brown snot-globs.
Whatever it is, it's ultra-invasive and is irritating the crap out of the coral.
The pics below were taken while I was manually removing it. Prior to this, it looked like brown, rust colored snot/spider webs draped over everything.
Tank is a 10g AIO, circulation provided by mp10 @ 100% lagoon. Lighting is a DIY LED array. Filtration consists of a hydor nano slim-skim, chaeto (w/reverse photoperiod) and GAC/GFO.
I utilize biopellets (IO NNR) and dose microbacter7. Feeding is minimal.
Parameters are within spec:
SG: 1.025 (refractometer, calibrated)
Temp: 77
pH: 8.2 (API)
NH3: 0 (API)
NO2: 0 (API)
NO3: 1-2 (Elos)
PO4: <0.1 (Elos)
Alk: 8.2 dKh (API)
When disturbed, the strands of snot break apart into near translucent snot-strands that float around the tank. Eventually, these join other snot-strands to form brown snot-globs.
Whatever it is, it's ultra-invasive and is irritating the crap out of the coral.
The pics below were taken while I was manually removing it. Prior to this, it looked like brown, rust colored snot/spider webs draped over everything.
Tank is a 10g AIO, circulation provided by mp10 @ 100% lagoon. Lighting is a DIY LED array. Filtration consists of a hydor nano slim-skim, chaeto (w/reverse photoperiod) and GAC/GFO.
I utilize biopellets (IO NNR) and dose microbacter7. Feeding is minimal.
Parameters are within spec:
SG: 1.025 (refractometer, calibrated)
Temp: 77
pH: 8.2 (API)
NH3: 0 (API)
NO2: 0 (API)
NO3: 1-2 (Elos)
PO4: <0.1 (Elos)
Alk: 8.2 dKh (API)