Everyone,
I?m hoping someone can help me ID this algae that?s been cropping up in my display tank and sump. At first I thought it was the beginning stages of Cyano but I?ve been doing some research and I?m starting to think that it might actually be Dinoflagellates. The algae is long brown stringy and has trapped air bubbles. I first noticed it on the frag rack but now its starting to spread over the rocks and my coral and I found some in the sump.
Here?s a little background on how I got to this point: I made the mistake of putting a small frag of pink pulsing xenia into my tank in December of 2014. Long story short, it totally overran my tank and was growing everywhere. I did some research and I decided to dose my tank with Fenbendazole following the instructions that the author of this article https://maxdraco.wordpress.com/2013...ue-cloves-polyps-xenia-aiptasia-hydriods-etc/ used to get rid of his infestation.
It actually worked and cleared my tank of all Xenia but the die off caused my phosphates and nitrates to increase and now I?m dealing with what started out as a turf algae bloom and appears to be turning into dinoflagellates.
After the Xenia die off I started doing water changes every few days until I turned over the entire volume of my system. I?ve also been running Rowaphos and carbon aggressively and swapping them out every two weeks.
My nitrates are back to normal but my phosphates are still high.
I?ve also been dosing the tank with Special Blend every two weeks and Nite Out after every few water changes. Also, on 7/3/15, I started using kalkwasser in my ATO to maintain alkalinity.
As of 7/9/15, my water parameters are as follows:
Nitrate: 2-5 ppm using Red Sea test kit
Nitrite: undetectable using Red Sea test kit
Ammonia: Undetectable using Red Sea test kit
PH: 8.4 ? 8.5 using Red Sea test kit
Phosphate reading from display: 0.08 using MI 412 low range meter
Phosphate reading from reactor: 0.20 using MI412 low range meter
Calcium: 460 using Red Sea
Mag: 1500 using Red Sea
Alkalinity: 10.5 using Red Sea
TDS: 0ppm I use BRS 5 stage RODI unit
Salinity: 1.025 Currently using Red Sea Coral Pro salt
I thought the Xenia battle was going to get me out of this hobby but now it looks like this algae bloom might be the straw that breaks the camel?s back.
Any suggestions on getting rid it?
Thank you all for taking the time to read this.
I?m hoping someone can help me ID this algae that?s been cropping up in my display tank and sump. At first I thought it was the beginning stages of Cyano but I?ve been doing some research and I?m starting to think that it might actually be Dinoflagellates. The algae is long brown stringy and has trapped air bubbles. I first noticed it on the frag rack but now its starting to spread over the rocks and my coral and I found some in the sump.
Here?s a little background on how I got to this point: I made the mistake of putting a small frag of pink pulsing xenia into my tank in December of 2014. Long story short, it totally overran my tank and was growing everywhere. I did some research and I decided to dose my tank with Fenbendazole following the instructions that the author of this article https://maxdraco.wordpress.com/2013...ue-cloves-polyps-xenia-aiptasia-hydriods-etc/ used to get rid of his infestation.
It actually worked and cleared my tank of all Xenia but the die off caused my phosphates and nitrates to increase and now I?m dealing with what started out as a turf algae bloom and appears to be turning into dinoflagellates.
After the Xenia die off I started doing water changes every few days until I turned over the entire volume of my system. I?ve also been running Rowaphos and carbon aggressively and swapping them out every two weeks.
My nitrates are back to normal but my phosphates are still high.
I?ve also been dosing the tank with Special Blend every two weeks and Nite Out after every few water changes. Also, on 7/3/15, I started using kalkwasser in my ATO to maintain alkalinity.
As of 7/9/15, my water parameters are as follows:
Nitrate: 2-5 ppm using Red Sea test kit
Nitrite: undetectable using Red Sea test kit
Ammonia: Undetectable using Red Sea test kit
PH: 8.4 ? 8.5 using Red Sea test kit
Phosphate reading from display: 0.08 using MI 412 low range meter
Phosphate reading from reactor: 0.20 using MI412 low range meter
Calcium: 460 using Red Sea
Mag: 1500 using Red Sea
Alkalinity: 10.5 using Red Sea
TDS: 0ppm I use BRS 5 stage RODI unit
Salinity: 1.025 Currently using Red Sea Coral Pro salt
I thought the Xenia battle was going to get me out of this hobby but now it looks like this algae bloom might be the straw that breaks the camel?s back.
Any suggestions on getting rid it?
Thank you all for taking the time to read this.
