Algae Attack - Dinos?

[chatyak]

I have been battling this stuff for months - no joke. Please ID.

It's a nasty film of algae with snotty bubbles rising up from the sand all day long. Covers the rock too.

Params are within check via Elos test kits.


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[chatyak]

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[chatyak]

bump

[reefhead165]

cyano bacteria

[reefhead165]

chemi clean will fix it.....but its caused for many reasons

[Lyfey]

What is your current flow setup in your tank? Cyano usually starts in dead flow spots.

I had Dinos and the only thing that fixed them was a 5 day lights out. Worked like a charm, lost my biggest coral colony down to 1 polyp though.. now its back to 5 or 6 polyps!!:D

[chatyak]

Are you positive it's cyano? I'm not calling you stupid but I'd like to make certain, because I thought only dinos had the snotty bubbles. Does cyano also have this? I have 2 MP20s in my tank and was considering getting the new vortech mp40 wireless to help with the flow.

I tried a Koralia Magnum 8 but it just blew my corals to smith-er-eenes.

Thanks!

[BrianOKC]

Looks 100% cyano to me as well.

[DLANDINO]

CYANO. I had dinos and beat them. They are no joke and look nothing like that. Luck for you! :) water changes, more flow, less nutrient import and more export etc etc. Good luck. If you are interested in the dino thread, it is lengthy, here it is.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1619925

[chatyak]

Interesting. Well I turned on the Magnum 8 for now... pump is like a firehose. While it's been on, i stirred up the sand a wee bit, got rid of some cyano, and used a turkey blaster to get everything up in the water column.

New skimmer in a couple weeks along with new sump. Any pump recommendations?

I like the Gen 2 MP40s but they are pricey.

[chatyak]

I bought some chemi-clean.. will use it soon. It IS reef safe isn't it? In addition I have bought a new skimmer, building a new optimized sump with chaeto, and added a couple koralias for the time being.


What are your thoughts on these pictures? For what it's worth, I got new lighting and sand around the same time, 3-4 weeks ago.

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