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05/02/2014, 09:55 AM | #1 |
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Algae/bacteria ID help
Hello everyone
My tank has been running since December(57gal and 20gal sump) and everything has been really great, my fish are healthy, and all of my corals are growing like crazy, even my yellow ball sponge is doing well. I have been running biopellets from the start, I added a quarter of a cup every two weeks until I achieved the recommended dose. I'm also dosing Dr.Tim's waste away weekly @ 1/4 the recommended dose to keep the pop of bacteria up, I pour it right into the bp reactor. I do 10% water changes every week also. About a month ago I started getting some hair algae, I decided to get a media reactor. I installed it about a week ago GFO is on the bottom and carbon on top. At the same time I started getting hair algae I noticed some of this stuff in the picture on my live rock and in the sump. Well now its everywhere on my rocks, growing on my corals, it clogs my filter socks in a day, it's all in my sump idk what happened. I'm pretty sure it's bacterial film, it has a snot consistency and it comes off pretty easily but it really clogs everything. Has anyone had this experience with pellets? Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks uploadfromtaptalk1399046086797.jpguploadfromtaptalk1399046103617.jpg Last edited by swtric85; 05/02/2014 at 10:02 AM. |
05/02/2014, 11:34 AM | #2 |
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05/02/2014, 03:26 PM | #3 |
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Yeah that might be it or Dinoflagellates. They both look pretty close
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