ID Please?
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brandon429
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If after all your searches you find nothing then we can kill it with peroxide like we do in so many other tanks. If it is algae, which I can't verify, then it can also be attacked from a nutrient standpoint, sometimes. If that worked everytime, nobody would be using peroxide and the thread would have only one salesman in it lol.
But a two pronged approach makes id nearly unnecessary
use gfo and starve it and/or simply target kill it in or out of the water like we have done with a thousand tanks so far. the thread is pico reef pest algae problem challenge thread in the nanos forum page 1 or 2
one last question, have you ever manually removed it all by hand where there is no visible growth or was it just left unchecked since you first noticed it? the speed of regrowth is a helpful gauge in algae wars
But a two pronged approach makes id nearly unnecessary
use gfo and starve it and/or simply target kill it in or out of the water like we have done with a thousand tanks so far. the thread is pico reef pest algae problem challenge thread in the nanos forum page 1 or 2
one last question, have you ever manually removed it all by hand where there is no visible growth or was it just left unchecked since you first noticed it? the speed of regrowth is a helpful gauge in algae wars
brandon429
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the standard fare in all algae battle threads is usually a question about your phosphate and nitrate measures and what kit they were taken on, can you post that
cloak
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I might be missing something, but those fine threads on top of the gravel look more like a spaghetti worm than algae growth IMO.
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/rs/index.php
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/rs/index.php
brandon429
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cloak I think thats a fair call I have no idea what they are. Algae usually leaves a little bit more of a mess in the vicinity Im surprised the mass has such distinct lines
so do they move around or what!
so do they move around or what!
cloak
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They'll move around every now & then when their hungry. They're actually a great part of your CUC when it comes down to keeping your substrate clean goes.
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brandon429
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yes I was hoping the op w come back and tell us
strange looking organism though. if it is algal we can see some brownish tint for photosynthesis pigments etc, algae is usually a knurly twisted mass this will be interesting. Id like to see two exact pics 24 hrs apart
Id like to see some better focused pics too
strange looking organism though. if it is algal we can see some brownish tint for photosynthesis pigments etc, algae is usually a knurly twisted mass this will be interesting. Id like to see two exact pics 24 hrs apart
Id like to see some better focused pics too
they move around a little bit. kinda waving i guess but not moving from on spot to another. it just seems to be slowly spreading. This is a pretty young tank. only about 9 months old. everything was dry from the start. added a clean up crew from reefcleaners. other than that just fish and a pom pom xenia coral. they grow in colonies almost. the sand is kinda raised up in a small mound where it is growing. I've never really tried to remove it by hand. I poked at it but i couldnt see anything under the sand. where the sand is raised there are really short (maybe 1/4 inch) tentacles/hairs that stick out and the longer ones that go across the sand.
I will also try to get some better pics. this one was taken a few weeks ago w/ an iphone. i just now got around to posting about it. The fish, coral, and shrimp are doing great so i dont see them being a huge problem yet.
I will also try to get some better pics. this one was taken a few weeks ago w/ an iphone. i just now got around to posting about it. The fish, coral, and shrimp are doing great so i dont see them being a huge problem yet.
just looked at the link that cloak provided too. definitely think its spaghetti worms after looking at some other pictures online. I just never thought it would be worms so i never looked into it. Just thought is was some sort of algae. This is also my first tank to so im still learning a lot.
