Please Help ID Algae

radar99 · 12/06/2009, 11:52 PM

Please help me figure out what this is and what I can do to stop it from growing.
I clean it all off with a tooth brush, do a water change and a week later it is back.
I keep my nutrients down, my params are all good, temp might be a little high.
I use BRS phosphate remover, thought this would help, not (its been 2 months).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
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radar99 · 12/06/2009, 11:54 PM

Another Photo.
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Frick-n-Frags · 12/07/2009, 01:16 AM

i honestly dont see the algae. what color is the stuff you are trying to get rid of? the black stuff looks like sponge.

radar99 · 12/07/2009, 01:23 AM

The black stuff is the Algae.
Not sponge.

Frick-n-Frags · 12/07/2009, 01:25 AM

ok

edit: OK, maybe put that rock in an entirely different flow pattern and see if that doesnt help kill that black algae. or put it in high light so green algae messes up the black algae

Little Lucy 27 · 12/07/2009, 10:04 AM

I have it too , it came in on a rock and now seems to be spreading to the sandbed...sure hope someone answers your question :-)

Frick-n-Frags · 12/07/2009, 10:11 AM

can you see any like vent holes here and there along the black mass?

has anyone seen any really really dark green cyano? i've seen dark greenish blue, but not black. cyano does grow in sheets, but i cant see it being in a clean tank.

i really cant determine if that is algae. i've seen pretty much all the common ones too.

step one in all this is to get a good ID. so that's the only reason i keep kicking this one around. a good ID enables you to deal with it better

wdt2000 · 12/07/2009, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frick-n-Frags

can you see any like vent holes here and there along the black mass?

has anyone seen any really really dark green cyano? i've seen dark greenish blue, but not black. cyano does grow in sheets, but i cant see it being in a clean tank.

i really cant determine if that is algae. i've seen pretty much all the common ones too.

step one in all this is to get a good ID. so that's the only reason i keep kicking this one around. a good ID enables you to deal with it better

I have what appears to be black cyano, under a microscope you can see green but with the naked eye it looks black. It also thrives in high flow. But it does not look like that, mine is fuzzy.

radar99 · 12/07/2009, 01:53 PM

I do notice it in my high flow areas as well, any idea how to get rid of it?

12/06/2009, 11:52 PM	#1
radar99 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta Posts: 160	Please Help ID Algae Please help me figure out what this is and what I can do to stop it from growing. I clean it all off with a tooth brush, do a water change and a week later it is back. I keep my nutrients down, my params are all good, temp might be a little high. I use BRS phosphate remover, thought this would help, not (its been 2 months). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks DSC01242.jpg

12/07/2009, 01:16 AM	#3
Frick-n-Frags Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: north central OH Posts: 10,740	i honestly dont see the algae. what color is the stuff you are trying to get rid of? the black stuff looks like sponge. __________________ Only Dead fish swim with the current. Current Tank Info: 2 50 gal tanks, sump, still BB

12/07/2009, 01:25 AM	#5
Frick-n-Frags Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: north central OH Posts: 10,740	ok edit: OK, maybe put that rock in an entirely different flow pattern and see if that doesnt help kill that black algae. or put it in high light so green algae messes up the black algae __________________ Only Dead fish swim with the current. Current Tank Info: 2 50 gal tanks, sump, still BB

12/07/2009, 10:04 AM	#6
Little Lucy 27 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: washington Posts: 123	I have it too , it came in on a rock and now seems to be spreading to the sandbed...sure hope someone answers your question :-) __________________ Life is what you make it! I am making mine a reef ;-) If everything in your fish room hasn't gotten wet you aren't doing it right Current Tank Info: 75 gallon with 18 gallon sump

12/07/2009, 10:11 AM	#7
Frick-n-Frags Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: north central OH Posts: 10,740	can you see any like vent holes here and there along the black mass? has anyone seen any really really dark green cyano? i've seen dark greenish blue, but not black. cyano does grow in sheets, but i cant see it being in a clean tank. i really cant determine if that is algae. i've seen pretty much all the common ones too. step one in all this is to get a good ID. so that's the only reason i keep kicking this one around. a good ID enables you to deal with it better __________________ Only Dead fish swim with the current. Current Tank Info: 2 50 gal tanks, sump, still BB

12/06/2009, 11:54 PM	#2
radar99 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta Posts: 160	Another Photo. DSC01244.jpg

12/07/2009, 01:23 AM	#4
radar99 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta Posts: 160	The black stuff is the Algae. Not sponge.

12/07/2009, 01:53 PM	#9
radar99 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta Posts: 160	I do notice it in my high flow areas as well, any idea how to get rid of it?