Algae? ID

[rtparty]

I can not figure out what this stuff is. It doesn't go away at night. It's spreading but not quickly. It doesn't get "worse" in the day. I don't think any of my snails (Astraea, Cerith, Trochus) touch it. It does form some air bubbles but not a lot. If you look close it looks like pods are moving all over in it. One of the pictures even shows the pods.

Any ideas?

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[rtparty]

Trying to ID the brown fluffy stuff. Not the red cyanobacteria. I'm winning that battle slowly

[AlSimmons]

New rock/tank?

I don't have an ID for you, but what your seeing is nothing out of the ordinary IME. A phase so to say...

https://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

On aside note; you should know better by now... ROTM, lol

[rtparty]

New rock/tank?

I don't have an ID for you, but what your seeing is nothing out of the ordinary IME. A phase so to say...

https://www.reefcleaners.org/nuisance-algae-id-guide

On aside note; you should know better by now... ROTM, lolROTM doesn't designate that I have all knowledge and nothing to learn. The second you think that about this hobby, you're screwed. Always something new to be discovered.

The tank is about 5 months old but the rock is nearing a year since I started curing and setting things up.

I just want to make sure it isn't something that will hang around forever if I don't treat for it, naturally or chemically.

I've lost count of how many tanks I've had, started, and/or maintained. I've never seen this exact stuff. So better to ID it then let it run rampant.

[mcgyvr]

I have seen that in other tanks (pictures posted on this site) before but I do not know what it is..

To me it looks more like a sponge than algae and I personally have a small patch that looks very similar to that too but it has not spread nor has it caused an issue.. It was on a rock that I flipped over and that stuff was growing in the dark/fully shaded side of the rock basically..

[mrtint]

No idea either. I had a weird outbreak at about 5 months AND was using older cured rock also. Do you have a GFO or are you vinegar dosing?


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[rtparty]

I have seen that in other tanks (pictures posted on this site) before but I do not know what it is..

To me it looks more like a sponge than algae and I personally have a small patch that looks very similar to that too but it has not spread nor has it caused an issue.. It was on a rock that I flipped over and that stuff was growing in the dark/fully shaded side of the rock basically..

I also thought sponge originally but it loves high light so far. What baffles me is that pods love to hang out in it. Likes a food source for them which would indicate algae or diatoms IME...


No idea either. I had a weird outbreak at about 5 months AND was using older cured rock also. Do you have a GFO or are you vinegar dosing?


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No GFO and vinegar is very rarely used. I dose MicroBacter 7 once in a while and add a tiny amount of vinegar to help feed it. Like I said though, it's rare I do that. My old 40B ran on vodka and MB7 and did quite well. I'm just not there with this tank and not sure I'll go back to the route.

Thanks everyone!

[rtparty]

I've figured out what it is...now to fix the issue.

What I have is chrysophytes or golden algae. Anyone on here dealt with it before? It looks like phosphate removal media, toothbrush and blackout are the best course of action.