Is this Good or Bad ??

zippy557

Member
this is in my refugium tank it is a light coating on the sand and then a few of those red clumps around on the grape caulerpa ... good or bad ??
 

meowzer

Moderator
looks like cyano to me too...what are your nitrates? phosphates? Do you have any flow in there?
 

zippy557

Member
just checked
PH - 8.2
Amonia - 0
Phosphate - 0
Nitrate - 0
KH - 9...161.1ppm
and yes there is flow in the refugium.
 

meowzer

Moderator
Well cyano is usually caused by too much nutrients, low flow, high phosphates....
what lighting do you have in there? How long do you run them?
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by zippy557
http:///forum/post/3009737
Current USA SmartPaq 10,000K Daylight/460nm Actinic Quad 16.5 inch 96 Watts .. runs about 16 hours
In your fuge??? IDK...it seems like a lot to me, but I really don't know...
What do you feed in your DT? Does your water go thru a skimmer before it reached the fuge?
All I know is that when I had a cyano problem in my horse tank, I also had phosphates...I could not cut down feeding cause horses have to eat 2x a day, but I rinse the food extra good now, I also cut back the amount of time my (white) lights are on, and have done about 6 w/c's in the last 2 1/2 weeks
 

zippy557

Member
I feed the angel the frozen angel food once a day and then the anemones get pieces of shrimp once in a while and then flake food twice a day for the damsels
The fuge is made from a 30 gallon tank and the skimmer is in a divided side of the tank.
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by zippy557
http:///forum/post/3009751
I feed the angel the frozen angel food once a day and then the anemones get pieces of shrimp once in a while and then flake food twice a day for the damsels
The fuge is made from a 30 gallon tank and the skimmer is in a divided side of the tank.
How many angels? How much of the cube? Maybe get rid of the flake food.
I have flake food, but stopped using it cause of this type of thing...I throw a pinch in once or twice a month as a treat..LOL...
Is the skimmer before the fuge or after???
 

jpa0741

Member
Those clumps mixed in the macro is defintly not cyano but red cotton algea. I can't tell for sure about what is on the sand. I also have this growing in my fuge and the only thing that eats it is true mexican turbo snails. There is a large thread on reefcentral about this.
 

zippy557

Member
one angel, half of a cube, and the damsels eat it as well as the peppermint shrimp and i have a brittle star to help clean up.
Basically i have a divider in the 30g tank and 2/3 is the caulerpa and 1/3 is where the skimmer is, the water from the dt is dumped into the 1/3 where the skimmer is
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by jpa0741
http:///forum/post/3009767
Those clumps mixed in the macro is defintly not cyano but red cotton algea. I can't tell for sure about what is on the sand. I also have this growing in my fuge and the only thing that eats it is true mexican turbo snails. There is a large thread on reefcentral about this.
Really??? Wow looks like cyano to me....never heard of red cotton algae
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by jpa0741
http:///forum/post/3009775
That is what thousands of hours of research will get you. Oh and also not having a life helps
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LOL...I read a lot of these threads on disease, different algae growths, etc...just so I can learn more and maybe recognize something if it shows up...and NEVER have come across this cotton algae stuff
What causes it?
 

jpa0741

Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3009779
LOL...I read a lot of these threads on disease, different algae growths, etc...just so I can learn more and maybe recognize something if it shows up...and NEVER have come across this cotton algae stuff
What causes it?
I will see if I can find the thread on -- and pm you the link. It might take me a while to find it.
This stuff can be a nightmare for people that get it in their display.
 

zippy557

Member
i found the thread, good info, i only have it in my refugium so far and it's not over run yet so thanks for that info.
 
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