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Originally Posted by dirtrider225
I might have an oppurtunity tonight to look under a microscope. I initially thought its cyano but it doesnt behave like any cyano ive had in the past.
At the same time it doesnt behave 100% like dinos either.
Example. My urchin, snails, hermit crabs and starry blenny are all still alive and they pick away at the rocks and glass constantly. I blast away with the turkey baster and the stuff disentegrates (doesnt stay in clumps or mattes) and is back later that day or the next day.
To be honest i personally think i have a bacterial infection of some sort because for a while i was overdosing red sea's NoPox on accident.
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I agree with the above, most of that really looks more like cyano. Although the clear stuff on the tiny frag could definitely be bacterial. CUC don't usually touch cyano or dinos, so I'm not sure what's with that. Not all dinos are toxic, there are quite a few that just seem to be ugly and annoying. Cyano does go away overnight. Peroxide treating the rocks probably left some organic material there which is enough to kick off cyano. It has a number of fancy tricks especially with phosphate.
It's possible that you have both dinos AND cyano, they quite often overlap when you're running at low but not undetectable N and P. Raising or lowering nutrients will often push your system towards one or the other. I can tell exactly where my tank is by seeing whether the cyano is ahead of the dinos. What're your parameters like?
Suggestions: Check your N and P. If both are measurable you probably have cyano with possibly some dinos just being annoying. If it's primarily cyano you'll want to reduce P so look into GFO. If it's dinos well that's going to be a more involved discussion.
hth a bit
ivy
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28g cube, CF 105watts! Tunze 9001. Tiny frags: Euphyllia, blasto, ricordea and a rock flower anemone. Lost fish and inverts due to ongoing outbreak of dinoflagellates.
Current Tank Info: 28g aio, 105 watt CF lights, no sump or skimmer. 2 sexy shrimp, tiny frogspawn, tiny toadstool, tiny lps. Started Feb '15
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