Algae ID?

[Vaesive]

I can't tell if the algae I'm seeing is dino, diatom or some other algae? It recently cropped up due to me increasing feeding and lessening the water change volume in my nano for the new SPS I received.





This is also something that cropped up over the weekend

[rog2961]

looks like dinos, Good luck

[Vaesive]

Originally Posted by rog2961

looks like dinos, Good luck

looks like I'll break out the toothbrush, then! although, I have been contemplating just removing that rock from the tank anyways; it would look better without it. It would be removing about 1/4 of the DT live rock though and will probably alter the water flow. Definitely not the solution to the problem, though. I'll probably go back to feeding twice a week and put my lights back down to where they were.

[A1t2o]

The red stuff in the last pic looks like cyano

[rog2961]

Originally Posted by Vaesive

looks like I'll break out the toothbrush, then! although, I have been contemplating just removing that rock from the tank anyways; it would look better without it. It would be removing about 1/4 of the DT live rock though and will probably alter the water flow. Definitely not the solution to the problem, though. I'll probably go back to feeding twice a week and put my lights back down to where they were.

Check the thread under the chemistry sections. It would not be as simple as scraping them off with a toothbrush.

[Vaesive]

Originally Posted by rog2961

Check the thread under the chemistry sections. It would not be as simple as scraping them off with a toothbrush.

Thank you for the info, I'll definitely go check it out now!

[nvladik]

Looks like Dynos to me too. Here's the thread you need. Brace yourself, it's a long journey.

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