algae bloom

I’ve been having this algae and I finally got a microscope and I have no idea what it is but it’s all over my sand bed and rock and when I take it off the sand beg it’s like one big mat of algae that comes right off, idk what to look for under the microscope but I did my best with the sample and...

I posted a thread not too long ago about this but it’s gotten a lot worse since then. I’ve cut down on feeding, and I’m scraping and picking out as much as i can every day but it just keeps growing!! Any suggestions pls lmk! P.S. I will be upgrading to a 65g soon so the larger body of water...

Hey all, I'm still having issues with the "new" tank. Ever since the old established one popped a leak, ive been having issue after issue. My problem now: algae bloom & dying corals. My star polyps are THRIVING. Everything else? Not so much. I lost a galaxea & a hammer today, al9ng with my...

Hey, I am helping my uncle cycle his tank through a fishless cycle. The tank has 3 rocks that were moved over from a 7 year old tank. The sand was also live sand. The tank has been developing an insane amount of algae (check pics). Some of the rocks even have oxygen bubbles on it. We have kept...

My tank is getting overrun with what I believe to be dinoflagellates. I know small/new tank syndrome is probably part of it, but is there any way to get rid of it? I heard that raising nitrates and phosphates could help, but that’s a scary idea to me as I have some sensitive animals in the tank...

I have a fluval evo 13.5g and I’m in desperate need of a wavemaker because no matter how much I wipe it off, algae keeps building up on my rock and bubbles keep getting trapped under it which is super ugly. It also keeps building on my sand to the point that it looks like ugly dark green...

So I recently started dosing SeaChem Stability and I just finished the initial seven days of daily dosing. There has been a lot of algae build up on my rocks, which I believe is a result of that dosing. I’ve been noticing though that my rocks are covered in bubbles. I assume it’s the rocks...

I am month 4 from setting up. Started with new sand and 1/2 new dry rock Other rock was from my previous build and was just in a brute with circulating water. This algae just started to show up. Cleaner crew consist of about: 10 hermits 3 fighting conch 6 nerite snails AWC 2 gallon a day

Hi everyone! Long story short my tank is about 2 weeks old and around 1 week in I added some microalgae and started dosing cheato grow to feed it, I stopped dosing it a few days ago. Since then I've had this green algae grow all over my rocks, decorations and sand. Can someone help me ID this...

Hey all, Happy New Year! :star-struck: I'm really struggling with my tank and wondering if anyone has any advice as I keep seeing conflicting info online... My tank has been up for 5 months now, its a Reefer 250 with about 230L volume minus rocks.. I've got x6 Blue/Green Chromis, x2 Juvenile...

This is a golden color and defiantly gets some bubble shapes. It comes, I clean it out manually and don't have too much problem then comes back.

Hey folks! I'm going through my first cycle in my 250L tank and I decided to use the Red Sea Mature Pro to get things going, but actually this seems to have over-complicated things and now I'm a bit lost.. I had been dosing according to the instruction manual and on day 10 the expected...

I used to have bryopsis and I got rid of it using this white medicine powder from LFS. However I can't seem to get rid of this different species and it's overunning the rockscape. I don't have much CUC left and need to get some anyways but if it's bryopsis I don't know if it'll help anyways. I...

After a recent post I made complaining about diatoms...I was losing the battle and realized as the bloom got worse I may in fact have a Dino issue. I know there are plenty of ways to fight this but I need a bit of guidance. Substrate is 75% covered with them siphoning works but they reappear by...

So, I went to visit some family for a month and had someone working at my LFS help me with my reef tank. Unfortunately, when I came back to my apartment, my reef tank was a complete mess (probably need to restart potentially). Tank: 32 Biocube Livestock: 2 Clownfish 1 Snowflake Eel (small)...

My little standalone HOB filter isn't cutting it anymore. I have no Skimmer and rather than just add a little HOB Skimmer I will be converting a 10 Gallon I have been using to prep water for water changes into a sump. Frequent water changes are getting annoying and I get frequent algae and...

Hi Reef-buds I have a few questions! Mostly identification queries as I'm a noob and I have years of knowledge ahead of me that still needs to be obtained. I'm about at the 5 month mark on my tank. Started with dry rock in the display and live rock in the sump. The system carries about 100...

I found a tube worm growing on a snail shell so that's interesting. I have had a recent brown hair algae outbreak and I am wondering if it will pass or what I have to do about it. I have a spirobid worm outbreak does anybody know how to take care of them?

Hi all! I started up a new tank after finding out I hated my 75 gallon bowfront. The new tank has been set up for about 2 weeks. I'm pretty sure I've got the regular diatom bloom, but I am new to the hobby and want to verify I am not creating a habitat for something worse. See the pics below. Is...

My tank is starting to get over run by algae, I know there’s a lot of chemicals and additives to rid algae growth but what is a very quick for sure way to rid algae from corals Skelton, between polyps??? I’m dealing with very annoying hair algae no matter what I do I’m thinking turning off...

Hello Reefers, I have a 20g long tank and I'm loving it, my tank has been up and running since February of 2021. I've lost about three corals, a sand sifting star, three fish, and two emerald crabs since the start of my tank. I'm afraid I'm going to lose more of my corals, because of gha and...

Went away for a week and came home to this completely taking over my sump. Protein skimmer working very hard. Used up half my reef mat in 3 days. It feels very slimy and comes apart quite easily. The consistency almost feels like slime around a piece of string, but the second you touch it, it...

Hello guys! I just started my first tank about 9 weeks ago and I just want to see what you guys thought on the different types of algae and bacteria. Its all new to me so I really can’t tell what’s good or bad since it is my first tank ever!I if you guys have any suggestions or things that you...

Hey everyone, quick question about what this might be on my rock. 3 days ago I broke down my rock and rescaped it. The last day or two I have gotten this what looks like dust all over my rock? It easily gets blown off with a turkey baster, but I have no idea what it is. It’s almost like dust...

I've been having the Algae grow and i cannot identify it! I don't thing it's cyano because everything I read says it's green in freshwater aqariums but blue/red in saltwater aquariums. I dont know if I'm right or wrong but I recently changed from the red sea marine salt to the Coarl sea salt...