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[bryon0508]

i got this weird looking red thing growing on my back wall and overflow box. i dont think it is cyano bactieria. its kinda fuzzy to the feal and real thick at first i kinda thought it would go away but it has just grown even more.
my lvls are
tates are 80 ppm (just tested and thought it was weird)
trites are 0 ppm
amonia are 0 ppm
and ph is at 7.8

does any one know what it is

 

[rustybucket145]

looks like cyano to me.. Can you scrape it off and siphon it out? Have you got a skimmer?

 

[Aquarist007]

I think it is cyano also
By tates I assume this is nitrates----is this a fowler tank--otherwise the nitrates are too high for a reef
In any case there is a high enough level to cause this

What's your phosphated level?

 

[bryon0508]

its not cyano its thick and spongy i can rub it with my finger and it stays put. i literally half to scrape it off its like a plant or a sponge.

i cant test that i dont ave a test

it is a reef tank i have mushrooms and zoanthids right now bnut this thing creeped in on me in the past few months. i hadnt added anything to this tank since october. and i do have a skimmer

 

[bryon0508]

oh my zoas and mushrooms seem fine like nothing is wrong i think i might need to get a new kit i think it turns a year old in march????