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slm222
Mon, 2nd Jun 2014, 08:36 AM
im not sure what im looking at here. ive been treating as cyano, but its not acting like it. it took hold on rock and sand after I killed off a lot of hair algae and bryopsis.
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slm222
Mon, 2nd Jun 2014, 08:36 AM
I have GFO and carbon running right now. Did 24 gallon water change yesterday, system is 100 gallon total. do 5 gallon every 2-3 days.
BBQHILLBILLY
Mon, 2nd Jun 2014, 09:13 AM
What are phosphate and nitrate levels?
slm222
Mon, 2nd Jun 2014, 09:26 AM
Every time I've tested it's been too low to detect.


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Pennies2Cents
Mon, 2nd Jun 2014, 11:51 AM
It looks like Cyano, If so save your self some time and save your coral.. Chemi Clean does wonders..
Dean
Mon, 2nd Jun 2014, 12:17 PM
It looks like Cyano, If so save your self some time and save your coral.. Chemi Clean does wonders..

From everything I have read I would go that route also. Do try to figure out where the nutrients are coming from though before you treat or it will possibly come back. If your nitrates and phosphates are in fact at 0 then it is feeding off of a different source such as silicates which could be coming from your water source, coral or fish food, and even some additives. just my .02
texanjordan
Mon, 2nd Jun 2014, 12:20 PM
Try replacing your carbon with a product called Phos Pure. This has carbon and a phosphate sponge mixed together in a granular material. It lasts a long time, Longer than carbon, and removes phosphates from your water.
slm222
Mon, 2nd Jun 2014, 01:11 PM
Tried chemiclean. Little to no effect.
grouch
Mon, 2nd Jun 2014, 02:46 PM
Pic 1 and 3 look like this. Some turbos will eat this.
Gelidium, Red Wiry Turf Algaehttp://www.reefcleaners.org/images/algae/gelidium_300x214.jpg
Many species of short creeping red algae exist so the hobby generally lumps all of them under the heading "Gelidium", (the genus that is home to many of those species), and the common name Red Turf Algae, or Red Wiry Algae.
Manual Removal - Difficult. Macros that have fragile runners and creep along the rock are the hardest to manually remove. Do the best you can. Use a dental pick to do the most damage, DO NOT BRUSH. You will dislodge it and spread it. Yeah I know, it is boring as can be, but if you do it once surgically with a dental pick the problem goes away for good. If you can take the rock out, all the better.