Algae id please, is this dyno?

james30ct · 02/22/2014, 02:41 PM

Tried to get the best pics I can. Some areas of it have bubbles in it and it looks live fuzzy haze on the rocks that feel slimey. It looks like sand on the bare bottom but looks black on the rocks
bottom- every time I sophon it it comes back

on some sps

james30ct · 02/22/2014, 02:45 PM

on the rocks

MARINECRITTERS · 02/22/2014, 05:04 PM

No, looks like film algae.
Dinos are more stringy.

james30ct · 02/22/2014, 05:59 PM

Does film algae turn black? I assumed dinos because all my snails have pretty much died and nothing touches it. I tried blackouts, peroxide, not doing water changes, and nothing has worked.

degibson84 · 02/22/2014, 06:02 PM

Have you tried doing water changes since you day you tried not doing them

james30ct · 02/22/2014, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by degibson84

Have you tried doing water changes since you day you tried not doing them

Not yet. I read that trace elements can fuel dinos so I stopped water changes 2 weeks ago.

MARINECRITTERS · 02/22/2014, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by james30ct

Not yet. I read that trace elements can fuel dinos so I stopped water changes 2 weeks ago.

I would recommend weekly water changes, trace elements should not be a problem, phosphates, nitrates, and other inorganics are the real issue.

james30ct · 02/23/2014, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by MARINECRITTERS

I would recommend weekly water changes, trace elements should not be a problem, phosphates, nitrates, and other inorganics are the real issue.

I have been siponinig out detrius and algae through a filter sock and just putting the water back in.

james30ct · 02/27/2014, 05:27 PM

Started water changes again and added chaeto. Not much improvement yet. I tried scrubbing the rocks with a toothbrush but whatever the algae is wouldnt come off.

02/22/2014, 02:41 PM	#1
james30ct Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Groton, Ct Posts: 1,218	Algae id please, is this dyno? Tried to get the best pics I can. Some areas of it have bubbles in it and it looks live fuzzy haze on the rocks that feel slimey. It looks like sand on the bare bottom but looks black on the rocks bottom- every time I sophon it it comes back on some sps

02/22/2014, 05:04 PM	#3
MARINECRITTERS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,525	No, looks like film algae. Dinos are more stringy. __________________ MarineCritters, life in the sea is superb Current Tank Info: 91 Gallon Reef

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james30ct Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Groton, Ct Posts: 1,218	on the rocks

02/22/2014, 05:59 PM	#4
james30ct Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Groton, Ct Posts: 1,218	Does film algae turn black? I assumed dinos because all my snails have pretty much died and nothing touches it. I tried blackouts, peroxide, not doing water changes, and nothing has worked.

02/22/2014, 06:02 PM	#5
degibson84 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Youngstown, OH Posts: 2,393	Have you tried doing water changes since you day you tried not doing them

02/27/2014, 05:27 PM	#9
james30ct Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Groton, Ct Posts: 1,218	Started water changes again and added chaeto. Not much improvement yet. I tried scrubbing the rocks with a toothbrush but whatever the algae is wouldnt come off.