please id

slickmin · 01/28/2015, 06:07 AM

help me figure what this is

slickmin · 01/28/2015, 06:08 AM

when i try pulling them out the melt in my hands

FraggledRock · 01/28/2015, 07:21 AM

I would recommend you start using gloves in this hobby when handling unknodn tank inhabitants, and known. Safety First!

Phildirt · 01/28/2015, 07:36 AM

The white thing or the yellow/green stuff?

slickmin · 01/30/2015, 06:09 AM

Yellow and green stuff

Phildirt · 01/30/2015, 07:25 AM

Not sure. I've had something similar, increasing water changes and siphoning help to get rid of it. For me it looked solid but melted when touched. I also think my ph was low at the I had this.

Does it feel like it has a grit to it, like there are pieces of sand in it?

cloak · 01/30/2015, 01:22 PM

That white stuff looks like Chrysophytes, and then you've got some other type of algae caught up in the mix as well. (brown stuff) What kind of water are you using? What are your parameters?

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/conditions.html

slickmin · 01/30/2015, 01:22 PM

Siphoning does not work for me can pull them off rocks they seem to grow where there is the most flow. No sand feeling

billdogg · 01/30/2015, 06:23 PM

I would suggest taking the rocks out and giving them a good scrubbing in a bucket of saltwater. Use what you siphon out for a water change. I use both a toothbrush and a kitchen scrub brush. Rinse well after scrubbing in bucket #2 of used saltwater, then return to tank. It's a bit of a PIA but will get rid of 95% of it.

To keep it in check, get your parameters in check. In this case, Nitrates and Phosphates. They both might read low/0, but only because the algae is using it as fast as the tank produces it. Run some carbon and GFO, do a few water changes, and you should be able to clean it right up.

JM.02

Phildirt · 01/30/2015, 06:30 PM

Like I mentioned, I had something similar growing on my back wall where there was decent lighting and moderate flow. It would siphon off with a small diameter siphon, that had a lot of suction. If I tryed to scrape it off by hand it would literally just melt into a liquidly slime.

Bringing up my ph to normal values, siphoning, and water changes help to get rid of it. I'm really unsure what it is. Mine had a slight grit to it.

Like cloak and billdogg reference to above, you may want to check your tank parameters and check the topoff/mix water you use on your tank.

slickmin · 01/31/2015, 02:30 AM

im running both carbon and gfo bi weekly 20% water change all my parameters are in the ok. nitrate nitrite po4 all zero

Benar · 01/31/2015, 02:39 AM

Like mentioned, chrysophytes/something bacterial. I had a strain of bacteria when bare bottom, super high flow and ultra ultra low nutrients. Time (and melafix marine) helped me :-(

01/28/2015, 06:07 AM	#1
slickmin Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Atlantic Highlands nj Posts: 155	please id help me figure what this is __________________ okay thats cool Current Tank Info: 100 gallon custom glasscage 48 24 20 trigger systems 36 ruby vertex 150 skimmer ai vega lights

01/28/2015, 07:21 AM	#3
FraggledRock Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: New York, New York Posts: 2,185	I would recommend you start using gloves in this hobby when handling unknodn tank inhabitants, and known. Safety First! __________________ “For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”― Jacques-Yves Cousteau MarineBio.org Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder w/ Bean Animal Overflow 20G Sump, Mixed Reef.

01/28/2015, 07:36 AM	#4
Phildirt poisson voyeur Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Florida Panhandle Posts: 490	The white thing or the yellow/green stuff? __________________ "Better is the enemy of good." Voltaire Current Tank Info: 29 Gal Reef

01/30/2015, 06:09 AM	#5
slickmin Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Atlantic Highlands nj Posts: 155	Yellow and green stuff __________________ okay thats cool Current Tank Info: 100 gallon custom glasscage 48 24 20 trigger systems 36 ruby vertex 150 skimmer ai vega lights

01/30/2015, 07:25 AM	#6
Phildirt poisson voyeur Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Florida Panhandle Posts: 490	Not sure. I've had something similar, increasing water changes and siphoning help to get rid of it. For me it looked solid but melted when touched. I also think my ph was low at the I had this. Does it feel like it has a grit to it, like there are pieces of sand in it? __________________ "Better is the enemy of good." Voltaire Current Tank Info: 29 Gal Reef

01/28/2015, 06:08 AM	#2
slickmin Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Atlantic Highlands nj Posts: 155	when i try pulling them out the melt in my hands __________________ okay thats cool Current Tank Info: 100 gallon custom glasscage 48 24 20 trigger systems 36 ruby vertex 150 skimmer ai vega lights

01/30/2015, 01:22 PM	#7
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	That white stuff looks like Chrysophytes, and then you've got some other type of algae caught up in the mix as well. (brown stuff) What kind of water are you using? What are your parameters? http://www.chucksaddiction.com/conditions.html

01/30/2015, 06:23 PM	#9
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	I would suggest taking the rocks out and giving them a good scrubbing in a bucket of saltwater. Use what you siphon out for a water change. I use both a toothbrush and a kitchen scrub brush. Rinse well after scrubbing in bucket #2 of used saltwater, then return to tank. It's a bit of a PIA but will get rid of 95% of it. To keep it in check, get your parameters in check. In this case, Nitrates and Phosphates. They both might read low/0, but only because the algae is using it as fast as the tank produces it. Run some carbon and GFO, do a few water changes, and you should be able to clean it right up. JM.02 __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

01/30/2015, 06:30 PM	#10
Phildirt poisson voyeur Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Florida Panhandle Posts: 490	Like I mentioned, I had something similar growing on my back wall where there was decent lighting and moderate flow. It would siphon off with a small diameter siphon, that had a lot of suction. If I tryed to scrape it off by hand it would literally just melt into a liquidly slime. Bringing up my ph to normal values, siphoning, and water changes help to get rid of it. I'm really unsure what it is. Mine had a slight grit to it. Like cloak and billdogg reference to above, you may want to check your tank parameters and check the topoff/mix water you use on your tank. __________________ "Better is the enemy of good." Voltaire Current Tank Info: 29 Gal Reef

01/31/2015, 02:30 AM	#11
slickmin Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Atlantic Highlands nj Posts: 155	im running both carbon and gfo bi weekly 20% water change all my parameters are in the ok. nitrate nitrite po4 all zero __________________ okay thats cool Current Tank Info: 100 gallon custom glasscage 48 24 20 trigger systems 36 ruby vertex 150 skimmer ai vega lights

01/31/2015, 02:39 AM	#12
Benar Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Auckland, NZ Posts: 335	Like mentioned, chrysophytes/something bacterial. I had a strain of bacteria when bare bottom, super high flow and ultra ultra low nutrients. Time (and melafix marine) helped me :-(