cycling and trying to identify this? good or bad?

fasturtle30 · 04/04/2007, 08:09 PM

Hi friends im cycling my 55gl FOWLR and is progressing ok. well besides this i was looking at all changes over my LR and the tank and i found this, since im a beginner everything worries me so i need help to identify these things please at the pictures

http://es.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jo...m?.dir=/d44cscd

i have two pics of this white fungy or stuff do you know what it is? and if is good or bad pr part of the cycling?

Also i noted the brown algae growing i have 2 pics of it also and i wonder if diatom bloom or what it is and if is good or bad? how you make it dissapear?

And the last thing if you look at the powerhead holder there is another kinda fungy thing covering it do you know is die ogg or other kinda thing and of course if is good or bad? THANKS!

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matttaylor · 04/04/2007, 08:11 PM

Pictures don't show up.

fasturtle30 · 04/04/2007, 08:12 PM

ohh hold on let me fix this matt...

fasturtle30 · 04/04/2007, 08:13 PM

http://es.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/joy...cd.jpg&.src=ph

fasturtle30 · 04/04/2007, 08:13 PM

http://es.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/joy...?.dir=/d44cscd

roguemonk · 04/04/2007, 08:27 PM

I can't tell a lot from the photos, but I'd say the worst you've got is a little cyanobacteria. It's annoying but harmless (can be controlled by controlling nutrients and increasing flow across affected areas). It could be just normal strains of algae or sponges, and they are generally good.

While you're cycling you could cut off the lights more frequently to prevent algae and cyano growth.

HTH,

Brad

fasturtle30 · 04/04/2007, 08:45 PM

hi brad and thanks, yes the first days i was leaving my lights almost all day but i changed and i have like 6-8 hours daily since i read 2 much lights can creates problems, what about the whity stuff looks like small piece of fungy fabric sorry the pics dont help with details...

jaw969 · 04/04/2007, 09:21 PM

How cured was the live rock? I have had live rock with a lot of die off and it looks like the same white stuff.

fasturtle30 · 04/04/2007, 09:41 PM

well consider that when i got my Lr from Ocean Pro (guess thats the store online in CA) it was named premium fiji LR CURED, but since it got die off because of shipping, the rock still needs to get cured again in my tank with LS and stuff, the seller took one more week to deliver this rock so they offered a superior quality rock because of the delay they said they send me Ultra premium lived rock so thats the story i have like 8 days about since i started the cycling after i put my rock into the tank FOWLR ! hey jaw969 how long ur having tour tank set up? i ask you because i am new and you have 5 yrs with FO aquariums and you have the same white stuff?

fasturtle30 · 04/04/2007, 09:45 PM

in any case jaw is this a good or bad thing ? or is just normal? since im still in the cycling time and im tryiing to learn as much as i can to control or prevent any algae or problem when i add fish into my tank after i cycled it ?

jaw969 · 04/04/2007, 09:52 PM

My tank doesn't have any white stuff now but it did in one of my tanks(from some rocks that had major die off). It was mainly around sponge and once the die off stopped (about 4 weeks) the white went away (I did have to toothbrush it off). Die off is not good but a normal if you are expecting it. If it is die off it will just take time and a lot of water changes.

Can you take it out and smell it? When I smelt around the white stuff it made me want to throw up.

fasturtle30 · 04/04/2007, 10:58 PM

lol i can try to do that but it wont be so pleasant to do that, i will do it tomorrow and try to tooth brush it then

04/04/2007, 08:09 PM	#1
fasturtle30 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: cheyenne, WY Posts: 442	cycling and trying to identify this? good or bad? Hi friends im cycling my 55gl FOWLR and is progressing ok. well besides this i was looking at all changes over my LR and the tank and i found this, since im a beginner everything worries me so i need help to identify these things please at the pictures http://es.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jo...m?.dir=/d44cscd i have two pics of this white fungy or stuff do you know what it is? and if is good or bad pr part of the cycling? Also i noted the brown algae growing i have 2 pics of it also and i wonder if diatom bloom or what it is and if is good or bad? how you make it dissapear? And the last thing if you look at the powerhead holder there is another kinda fungy thing covering it do you know is die ogg or other kinda thing and of course if is good or bad? THANKS! __________________ fasturtle30 __________________ fasturtle30 Current Tank Info: Just starting settin up a 90 gl built in Overflow !! past 55 gl SW (past)

04/04/2007, 08:11 PM	#2
matttaylor Jeeper in my free time Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 3300', Nevada County, CA Posts: 921	Pictures don't show up. __________________ -Matt Current Tank Info: 150 softie garden

04/04/2007, 08:12 PM	#3
fasturtle30 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: cheyenne, WY Posts: 442	ohh hold on let me fix this matt... __________________ fasturtle30 Current Tank Info: Just starting settin up a 90 gl built in Overflow !! past 55 gl SW (past)

04/04/2007, 08:13 PM	#4
fasturtle30 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: cheyenne, WY Posts: 442	http://es.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/joy...cd.jpg&.src=ph __________________ fasturtle30 Current Tank Info: Just starting settin up a 90 gl built in Overflow !! past 55 gl SW (past)

04/04/2007, 08:13 PM	#5
fasturtle30 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: cheyenne, WY Posts: 442	http://es.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/joy...?.dir=/d44cscd __________________ fasturtle30 Current Tank Info: Just starting settin up a 90 gl built in Overflow !! past 55 gl SW (past)

04/04/2007, 08:27 PM	#6
roguemonk Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Longmont, Colorado Posts: 903	I can't tell a lot from the photos, but I'd say the worst you've got is a little cyanobacteria. It's annoying but harmless (can be controlled by controlling nutrients and increasing flow across affected areas). It could be just normal strains of algae or sponges, and they are generally good. While you're cycling you could cut off the lights more frequently to prevent algae and cyano growth. HTH, Brad __________________ "It is hard to save a nation in which a jar of pickles sells for more than an ox." M. Porcius Cato, Rome, 2nd Century BCE Current Tank Info: None

04/04/2007, 08:45 PM	#7
fasturtle30 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: cheyenne, WY Posts: 442	hi brad and thanks, yes the first days i was leaving my lights almost all day but i changed and i have like 6-8 hours daily since i read 2 much lights can creates problems, what about the whity stuff looks like small piece of fungy fabric sorry the pics dont help with details... __________________ fasturtle30 Current Tank Info: Just starting settin up a 90 gl built in Overflow !! past 55 gl SW (past)

04/04/2007, 09:21 PM	#8
jaw969 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Centennial, CO Posts: 1,067	How cured was the live rock? I have had live rock with a lot of die off and it looks like the same white stuff. __________________ How do you kick this habit anyway.......saltwater addicts anonymous? Current Tank Info: Oceanic 120 RR-Aquamedic Ocean light-Tunze 9015-Will be a mixed reef

04/04/2007, 09:41 PM	#9
fasturtle30 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: cheyenne, WY Posts: 442	well consider that when i got my Lr from Ocean Pro (guess thats the store online in CA) it was named premium fiji LR CURED, but since it got die off because of shipping, the rock still needs to get cured again in my tank with LS and stuff, the seller took one more week to deliver this rock so they offered a superior quality rock because of the delay they said they send me Ultra premium lived rock so thats the story i have like 8 days about since i started the cycling after i put my rock into the tank FOWLR ! hey jaw969 how long ur having tour tank set up? i ask you because i am new and you have 5 yrs with FO aquariums and you have the same white stuff? __________________ fasturtle30 Current Tank Info: Just starting settin up a 90 gl built in Overflow !! past 55 gl SW (past)

04/04/2007, 09:45 PM	#10
fasturtle30 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: cheyenne, WY Posts: 442	in any case jaw is this a good or bad thing ? or is just normal? since im still in the cycling time and im tryiing to learn as much as i can to control or prevent any algae or problem when i add fish into my tank after i cycled it ? __________________ fasturtle30 Current Tank Info: Just starting settin up a 90 gl built in Overflow !! past 55 gl SW (past)

04/04/2007, 09:52 PM	#11
jaw969 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Centennial, CO Posts: 1,067	My tank doesn't have any white stuff now but it did in one of my tanks(from some rocks that had major die off). It was mainly around sponge and once the die off stopped (about 4 weeks) the white went away (I did have to toothbrush it off). Die off is not good but a normal if you are expecting it. If it is die off it will just take time and a lot of water changes. Can you take it out and smell it? When I smelt around the white stuff it made me want to throw up. __________________ How do you kick this habit anyway.......saltwater addicts anonymous? Current Tank Info: Oceanic 120 RR-Aquamedic Ocean light-Tunze 9015-Will be a mixed reef

04/04/2007, 10:58 PM	#12
fasturtle30 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: cheyenne, WY Posts: 442	lol i can try to do that but it wont be so pleasant to do that, i will do it tomorrow and try to tooth brush it then __________________ fasturtle30 Current Tank Info: Just starting settin up a 90 gl built in Overflow !! past 55 gl SW (past)