Help with ID of pest algae

aanative · 03/07/2017, 05:21 PM

Hi.

I have a small fuge with caulerpa. Over the past month or two a red colored algae has started to grow over and kill my caulerpa. It does form bubbles of gas and causes the strands of caulerpa to float. It has gotten to the point now that almost all my caulerpa is dead.

I threw a few snails in there and they seem to control it where it is on the rocks and walls but they don't have much luck with the stuff that is growing on the caulerpa.

Any ideas?

Thanks

aanative

aanative · 03/07/2017, 05:23 PM

Can't seem to post picture.

Here is link:

http://imgur.com/AMwrLBx

aanative · 03/07/2017, 05:23 PM

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mcgyvr · 03/07/2017, 06:24 PM

Cyanobacteria.. a bacteria not an algae

I assume thats a pic when it first started and is worse now right?

Siphon it out, 3 days lights out, siphon more <--non chemical means hit or miss.. can work but it can/will come back
use chemiclean or red slime remover per the directions <--chemical means but basically always works

aanative · 03/08/2017, 08:54 AM

Thanks for the reply! Funny thing is - the cyanosis only in the fuge. Not a trace of it in my display tank.

mcgyvr · 03/08/2017, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aanative

Thanks for the reply! Funny thing is - the cyanosis only in the fuge. Not a trace of it in my display tank.

That can certainly happen..
cyano grows where it wants to and where conditions are right for it..

03/07/2017, 05:21 PM	#1
aanative Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 22	Help with ID of pest algae Hi. I have a small fuge with caulerpa. Over the past month or two a red colored algae has started to grow over and kill my caulerpa. It does form bubbles of gas and causes the strands of caulerpa to float. It has gotten to the point now that almost all my caulerpa is dead. I threw a few snails in there and they seem to control it where it is on the rocks and walls but they don't have much luck with the stuff that is growing on the caulerpa. Any ideas? Thanks aanative

03/07/2017, 06:24 PM	#4
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Cyanobacteria.. a bacteria not an algae I assume thats a pic when it first started and is worse now right? Siphon it out, 3 days lights out, siphon more <--non chemical means hit or miss.. can work but it can/will come back use chemiclean or red slime remover per the directions <--chemical means but basically always works __________________ Who me?

03/07/2017, 05:23 PM	#2
aanative Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 22	Can't seem to post picture. Here is link: http://imgur.com/AMwrLBx

03/08/2017, 08:54 AM	#5
aanative Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 22	Thanks for the reply! Funny thing is - the cyanosis only in the fuge. Not a trace of it in my display tank.