So what is this and how do I get rid of it!!??

[JG1]

Well I guess I'll try a bottle of Tech-M for the hell of it...the guy in the other forum swears he had the same exact stuff and almost got out the hobby because of it....tried tech-m and it killed it all...i'm skeptical but I'll try it.

I'll keep dosing zeozym nightly....this stuff is supposed to break apart the proteins.

I'll stop with the AA's and coral vitalizer.

I'll keep fresh Rox 0.8 running to reduce toxins.

Bring the temp down a couple degrees.

Keep the tank as clean as possible.

Can grab a few nerites (jeez how man for a 100g tank these snails are small).

Pray every night...lol

 

[HighlandReefer]

Let us know how it works out, especially if the Tech M works on this beast.

 

[JG1]

Will do!

 

[lastduke]

I am in the same boat, have this freakin turf algae everywhere in my tank. Ｉ have increased the Mg to 1800ppm, it stopped growing but never fell off from rocks. Now, i am dosing AglaeFix to see if it will help on that. I bought a yellow tang, it picks on this algae. I saw this agale on Hawaii's beach and watched yellow tangs nip this stuff.

 

[mightymizz]

JG1- Does yours grow in "tufts"? I posted pics in your other thread, and ultimately just started my own thread. I am so frustrated along with you that I have very low nutrients and this is my ONLY problem with my tank.

I haven't tried Tech M, but I am not really sure what to do either. I am close to just tearing the tank down. I really don't want to buy Hermits, Urchins, Tech M, Zeo products, etc. if none of them work.

My experience in the past, a few years ago on a diff. tank with a different type of beastly algae, led nowhere with all the scrubbing so I am a little hesitant at this point to do it. Especially because I have heard that with some algaes scrubbing only helps them spread.

Please keep us updated on what is working for you.

 

[JG1]

No, mine doesn't grow in tufts...it just grows everywhere! Not in tufts though.

Brown, stringy, kind of slippery to the fingers.

Dosing zeozym every night along with 8 drops of biomate.
Also dosed 16oz of Tech-M today, will dose 16oz tomorrow and 16oz Wednesday....that will bring my Mg up to 1600.

Put in a fresh 3/4c of Rox 0.8 carbon in anticipation of this **** dieing!!!!

 

[mightymizz]

Mine grows in tufts, and is slippery as well. It has the same drab brown color too. Shoot, I am so confused at this point what I have. I do know it's spreading and getting its "anchor" spot of growth off is tough.

Even scraping it with a toothbrush doesn't even break any of the fibers of the algae.

Well, keep us updated!!

 

[JG1]

Mine grows in tufts, and is slippery as well. It has the same drab brown color too. Shoot, I am so confused at this point what I have. I do know it's spreading and getting its "anchor" spot of growth off is tough.

Even scraping it with a toothbrush doesn't even break any of the fibers of the algae.

Well, keep us updated!!

Yeah you gotta put some elbow grease into it with a toothbrush. I was scrubbing so hard my rocks were rocking back and forth.

I'm hoping I will have some nice updated pics to post by the end of the week!

 

[mightymizz]

Since mine grows in tufts, I am still not certain what I have and would hate scrubbing the crap out of it, only to find that scrubbing actually helps it to spread even faster. LOL

 

[JG1]

I think we have the same stuff

 

[HighlandReefer]

Since mine grows in tufts, I am still not certain what I have and would hate scrubbing the crap out of it, only to find that scrubbing actually helps it to spread even faster. LOL

It is true that scrubbing will break the algae up and allow it to go into the water column. Running filter bags, good skimming and perhaps even using a diatom filter will help collect the broken parts from algae/cyano pests. FWIW, if you don't scrub, algae parts (cyano in this case) will still break off along with the reproducing spores produced by these pests. If you have fish that eat it, they will break off parts as well. Repeated, frequent scrubbing along with proper filtering techniques will eventually prevail.

Spot feeding animals and fish can help reduce the amount of food added to a tank. The food added is the largest contributor of phosphate that is quickly used up by these type of pests.

 

[acropora1981]

If its a type of cyano, then wouldn't one of the 'red slime killers', ie, antibiotics, be effective in delivering a 'final blow' once most of the algae is removed manually?

 

[lastduke]

it doesn't look and act like cyano....

 

[HighlandReefer]

If its a type of cyano, then wouldn't one of the 'red slime killers', ie, antibiotics, be effective in delivering a 'final blow' once most of the algae is removed manually?

As a last resort imo, using an antibiotic may help for a cyano pest.


Lastduke, I believe your pest sounds more like an algae, perhasp bryopsis or some red algae, which antibiotics won't work on. Perhaps increasing mag levels may help.

 

[JG1]

48oz of Tech-M added over the last three days.....Mg should be at 1600 today. Zeozym with Biomate every night.

 

[JG1]

5-8

5-11

 

[acropora1981]

As a last resort imo, using an antibiotic may help for a cyano pest.


Lastduke, I believe your pest sounds more like an algae, perhasp bryopsis or some red algae, which antibiotics won't work on. Perhaps increasing mag levels may help.

Sorry, I thought it had been established that it was Lyngbya.

 

[dzhuo]

Sorry, I thought it had been established that it was Lyngbya.

I think what JG has is in fact lyngbya or a relative of it.

JG,
That's very impressive for 3 days? Do you think it's the lower temp, the Tech-M or the Zeovit product that did most of the damage? I know Brett had a lot of success using BioMate, do you feel this is the case?

 

[JG1]

I think what JG has is in fact lyngbya or a relative of it.

JG,
That's very impressive for 3 days? Do you think it's the lower temp, the Tech-M or the Zeovit product that did most of the damage? I know Brett had a lot of success using BioMate, do you feel this is the case?

I tooth brushed some of it Sunday but I wasn't THAT effective. My Mg is at 1650 right now...Tech-M boosted it from 1360 to 1650ish.

I'm not sure what's working as of now tell you the truth. I wanna see over the next few days if this stuff starts dieing off. It isn't growing as of now that's for sure. Hopefully I can beat this.

 

[acropora1981]

I think what JG has is in fact lyngbya or a relative of it.

Ok; so if he in fact has lyngbya, which is a type of cyanobacteria, then it stands to reason that red slime remover would be a good option... Personally I've never had a problem using it. Ive only had to use it on my own tank once, but I run a service company, so I do run into quite a bit of cyano in new customers tanks