Not sure what I’m dealing with

[twoinchhammer]

I have this brown… stuff… everywhere.

It’s stringy so unsure if it could be dinos.

I have readable nitrate and phosphate but it did bottom out for a bit while I was sick.

Where do I start figuring out what this is?

Thanks!

 

[crazyfishmom]

Looks like it could be bryopsis or turf algae. @vetteguy53081 typically has great advice on how to deal with this type of algae.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Stuff on the rocks looks like bryopsis to me
Stuff on the sand looks like something I had once, pretty sure its somekind of dinos, mine went away in two weeks without any effort on my part.

 

[twoinchhammer]

Looks like it could be bryopsis or turf algae. @vetteguy53081 typically has great advice on how to deal with this type of algae.

That wasn’t on my radar. Thank you!

 

[twoinchhammer]

Stuff on the rocks looks like bryopsis to me
Stuff on the sand looks like something I had once, pretty sure it’s somekind of dinos, mine went away in two weeks without any effort on my part.

Thank you! I’ll work on the bryopsis and vacuum the sand well daily for a bit. Appreciate your response!

 

[Doctorgori]

FWIW whatever that stuff on the rock actually is; I’ve seen it before and I’ve never seen anything actually eat it…
wish I could offer more than reaching for the peroxide

 

[BristleWormHater]

Oh yeah for bryopsis
It hardly has any natural predators. Dobella sea hares and lettuce nudibranchs are the only things available to the hobby that eat it. Fluconazole will destroy it, and it shouldn't effect anything else very much, in my experience it stressed my corals and it took them 2 weeks to fully open back up, but in the end the corals were fine and the bryopsis was gone.

 

[twoinchhammer]

Oh yeah for bryopsis
It hardly has any natural predators. Dobella sea hares and lettuce nudibranchs are the only things available to the hobby that eat it. Fluconazole will destroy it, and it shouldn't effect anything else very much, in my experience it stressed my corals and it took them 2 weeks to fully open back up, but in the end the corals were fine and the bryopsis was gone.

The corals are already ticked so that looks like a good option. Thanks!

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have this brown… stuff… everywhere.

It’s stringy so unsure if it could be dinos.

I have readable nitrate and phosphate but it did bottom out for a bit while I was sick.

Where do I start figuring out what this is?

Thanks!

Often confused with bryopsis- this is derbesia and is one of the more challenging of algae due to need of its complete removal. Removal is best accomplished by taking the rock out of tank and placing in a container of tank water. Then you will want to pull as much as you can by hand and discard. With a dental pick or small crochet needle, pull the roots off the rock. YOU MUST GET EVERY ROOT OR IT WILL SIMPLY RETURN !!
After you are done return rock to tank and reduce white light intensity and even hours of white light and add the following cleaners which will help with control. These guys will consume bryopsis but not as fast as bryopsis can grow - They will never keep up.
Pin cushion urchin, Chiton snails, pitho crabs, and larger astrea snails

This procedure is not as bad or time consuming as it seems. Assure phosphate levels do not become elevated which helps feed this algae

harbor Freight:

 

[twoinchhammer]

Often confused with bryopsis- this is derbesia and is one of the more challenging of algae due to need of its complete removal. Removal is best accomplished by taking the rock out of tank and placing in a container of tank water. Then you will want to pull as much as you can by hand and discard. With a dental pick or small crochet needle, pull the roots off the rock. YOU MUST GET EVERY ROOT OR IT WILL SIMPLY RETURN !!
After you are done return rock to tank and reduce white light intensity and even hours of white light and add the following cleaners which will help with control. These guys will consume bryopsis but not as fast as bryopsis can grow - They will never keep up.
Pin cushion urchin, Chiton snails, pitho crabs, and larger astrea snails

This procedure is not as bad or time consuming as it seems. Assure phosphate levels do not become elevated which helps feed this algae

harbor Freight:

Thank you! I appreciate your help! Looks like I have some work ahead of me….

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thank you! I appreciate your help! Looks like I have some work ahead of me….

Not as bad or time consuming as it appears