What is causing brown algae only on sand in reef tank

majito
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@majito · 6 hours ago

I have this algae only in the sand, the corals aren’t affected, it’s only in the sand

What could it be?

Tengo esta alga solo en la arena los corales no están resentidos solo es en la arena

Que podria ser ?

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Looks like dinoflagelletes/dinos

What do you recommend? I've been like this for over 4 months.

Que me recomiendas llevo mas de 4 meses asi

I had dinos about 2 years ago and beat them. I added a ton of copepods (64oz). And then fed them phyto for a month. And the dinos slowly disappeared over a months time. There are a few types of dinos though so I can’t be sure in your case. I also hear a UV sterilizer can beat another strain of dinos. I already had a UV on my system so that wasn’t the fix for me.

Any particular copepods?

Copepodos de alguno en especial

Dusty or bubbly?

Both are dusty, but it does generate bubbles

Ambas es polvorienta pero si genera burbujas

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