Any ideas what this is and how to get rid of it? Snails do a decent job with the rocks but the sand is a constant battle.
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@JoseC588
1y
Copepods help a lot with diatoms. They just need time to get established
@BradMac5618
1y
👆👆👆 For as small as they are copepods each most of the ugly anything that can grow in your reef!
@EverybodyAquatic
1y
Judging by the slimy look of it and that your nitrates are bottomed out I think it’s Dino’s. Google “reef tank dinoflagellates” and work on bringing your nutrient levels up either by feeding more or dosing nitrates and adding biodiversity to the tank. Copepods, amphipods, clean up crew. Suck out as much as you can out with water change and if it comes right back within a day or 2 it’s def Dino’s. Would need a microscope to ID the exact type and there’s a few facebook groups with a lot of helpful people on there, “dinoflagellate Support Group” is one. They aren’t easy to get rid of but hopefully this isn’t them 🤞
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You could try turning off the light earlier, or sometimes is either to much light or too much feeding ...if you have phosphate and nitrate tester, I could tell you also if your nutrients are to high
100 percent correct. This is almost certainly too much light for too much time. You should also try to increase the flow in yout tank so these slimy algaes have a hard time not blow into your filtration
I am running the stock light but do have a dimmer/timer so I can adjust. I can lower the brightness but how long should I have the lights on roughly?
I will test the water in a bit and post the results here.
The sweet spot is 8 hours a day. You can sometimes get away with alittle more but not while algae is rampant. My tank is on from 1ish to 9 ish each day bc I'm home in the evenings more then the mornings
I checked my lighting schedule and I had lights on for 14 hours haha. I have it down to 9 hours now.
Good catch this should help a ton!
Here are the test results as of today.