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[Dino King]

Is this dino

 

[aznflyfisherman]

Arent' you the dino king? ...Lol...

 

[Shaummy]

It's kinda hard to tell from your picture...most of it seems to look like hair algae.

Can you get a closer shot of it? Dino's seem to be slimy, and most produce brow strings with bubbles on the end.

There is also a great Dino thread here with a lot of pictures, maybe you can tell if yours looks the same?

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2307000

 

[Bent]

Arent' you the dino king? ...Lol...

comedy gold right here. :rollface:


but yes, I agree.
Looks like standard hair algae.

tank age? bioload?

sounds like an excess nutrient issue, need to nail down the source and eliminate it.

 

[gallegos]

Nope looks like hair algae

 

[jd371]

I'd say hair algae also. My Turbo snails are doing a pretty good job of knocking some of that back in my tank.

 

[Dino King]

I'd say hair algae also. My Turbo snails are doing a pretty good job of knocking some of that back in my tank.

My snails don't like eating it

 

[Washaufizzi]

Put some Pasta Sauce on it. Snails like that.

 

[Dino King]

Lol might be dino King not sure yet

 

[Dino King]

The tank is three years old I bought a tank yesterday that is meant to eat it but don't think he has eaten any yet

 

[Dino King]

Bio load

Bio load

Bio load

 

[Shaummy]

The tank is three years old I bought a tank yesterday that is meant to eat it but don't think he has eaten any yet

That is definitely green hair algae. Best bet is to pull out whatever you can by hand and also get your nitrates/phosphates in check. Do you have test kits to check the current readings?

 

[Dino King]

Ok thx but what's with the bubbles in the middle of hair algae? I'll test when I get home I did have a touch of nitrate last test i did

 

[aznflyfisherman]

I would get some phoseguard n do a 15 to 20% water change weekly, until its under control. I had it happen to me a few months back because i siphon my sand bed. now it is about 70% gone, i also added more hermits they do a very good job in eating those up, better then my snails. I hope in the next month or so it will be gone.

 

[Dino King]

Will do that..Thanks for everyone's help.

 

[Jscwerve]

Another vote on hair algae. I have been fighting dinos for about a month or more now, it looks very different. (I am starting to get the upper hand on my problem finally!!)

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