Algae or Bacteria?

geniusxingchuan · 09/12/2014, 11:57 PM

My tank was set a year ago, and went very well. My tank use live rock and skimmer without any ZEO products. But some algae or bacteria started to grow on surface of glass and rocks recent time.
Someone please tell me what are these disgust things? How to cure them?
I added some drops of CV,AA,SP of ZEOVIT, and I have not add any other ZEOVIT things ever.
Thank you so much.
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geniusxingchuan · 09/13/2014, 10:59 PM

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aharmsworth · 09/13/2014, 11:50 PM

I am no expert but looks like hair algae. Which is an indication of high phosphates which can be cased by not using ro/ di water or rnew ocks and or new sand leaching it.

Dan_P · 09/14/2014, 07:05 PM

Looks like both. Google images for "Lyngbya", a cyanobacteria. The middle picture looks like algae.

geniusxingchuan · 09/18/2014, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by aharmsworth

I am no expert but looks like hair algae. Which is an indication of high phosphates which can be cased by not using ro/ di water or rnew ocks and or new sand leaching it.

Thanks for your reply. Really I haven't changed my DI filters for more than 1 year. So I decide to change them now.

geniusxingchuan · 09/18/2014, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan_P

Looks like both. Google images for "Lyngbya", a cyanobacteria. The middle picture looks like algae.

Thanks for your reply. I think the three pictures all look like bacteria, and this type of bacteria can do photosynthesis, for there are bubbles on the surface of them. I don't know if cyanobacteria can do photosynthesis.
I added a filter with zeo biophos2 hoping to bring some benefits to my tank.

09/12/2014, 11:57 PM	#1
geniusxingchuan Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 11	Algae or Bacteria? My tank was set a year ago, and went very well. My tank use live rock and skimmer without any ZEO products. But some algae or bacteria started to grow on surface of glass and rocks recent time. Someone please tell me what are these disgust things? How to cure them? I added some drops of CV,AA,SP of ZEOVIT, and I have not add any other ZEOVIT things ever. Thank you so much. QQ??20140913134600.jpg QQ??20140913134616.jpg QQ??20140913134624.jpg

09/13/2014, 10:59 PM	#2
geniusxingchuan Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 11	NO replies.

09/13/2014, 11:50 PM	#3
aharmsworth Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 15	I am no expert but looks like hair algae. Which is an indication of high phosphates which can be cased by not using ro/ di water or rnew ocks and or new sand leaching it.

09/14/2014, 07:05 PM	#4
Dan_P Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 1,432	Looks like both. Google images for "Lyngbya", a cyanobacteria. The middle picture looks like algae.