What kinda algae is this.
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ophiura
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Originally Posted by wax32
Free-Range Gunk is the correct ID I believe! Quit looking under the bottom of your rocks IMO, all kinds of stuff you don't want to know about grows under there!
Exactly! This is also why I don't clean under beds, or in closets, or in the frig. :yes:
Free-Range Gunk is the correct ID I believe! Quit looking under the bottom of your rocks IMO, all kinds of stuff you don't want to know about grows under there!
Exactly! This is also why I don't clean under beds, or in closets, or in the frig. :yes:
yosemite sam
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lfs_worker
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BACTERIA ::this is a sign of a serious build up of organic matter. I dont know the name of it but here is what I do know///
It is a sign of either uncycled rock (Most common) or it is caused by poor husbandry(Not being offensive). This bacteria is current sensative and will only grow in dead spots in your aquarium.
We get this stuff in our live rock cycling containers at work. Now what you do to get rid of it is...
dont brush it off it only encourages it to grow somewhere else. Siphon out the majority the dip the rock in ro/di and shake it off. Try to make your skimmer work better if possible. slow down on feeding, add a powerhead. when you do your water change take a turkey baster and blast off the rock.
Good luck guys!
Brian
Gosh I hope im right or ill look like an arse/
It is a sign of either uncycled rock (Most common) or it is caused by poor husbandry(Not being offensive). This bacteria is current sensative and will only grow in dead spots in your aquarium.
We get this stuff in our live rock cycling containers at work. Now what you do to get rid of it is...
dont brush it off it only encourages it to grow somewhere else. Siphon out the majority the dip the rock in ro/di and shake it off. Try to make your skimmer work better if possible. slow down on feeding, add a powerhead. when you do your water change take a turkey baster and blast off the rock.
Good luck guys!
Brian
Gosh I hope im right or ill look like an arse/
itchy
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Snipe, I don't know if I agree with the uncycled rock theory...I have had this tank now for 4.5 years.. There is no new rock in my tank other than the 2 pieces that my shrooms came on. This stuff is not on those 2 pieces of rock. Now the dead spots in the tank maybe...I just recently put more flow into my tank...sooooo ummmmm could be. Bacteria? don't know bout that. So really we still have no confirmation as to what this is...and since no one else will proclaim that they to look under their rocks maybe we will never know...
tthemadd1
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I have had the same stuff growing on the underside of my oldest LR(about 2 yrs old).
Its not a big deal to me. The top sides of that same rock are completely covered with coraline algae. If it is a sign of bad circulation I just licked that problem. Bought a Dolphin 2000 for a 55 gal and 30 fuge. Almost overflowed my friggin tank. LOL
I also just checked my PHOS and it is 0.0. Although my nitrates are around 2.
Also the only time my protein skimmer really pumps out alot is when I put my hands in the tank. Is that a problem? or do I just have enough LR/LS/Macro to keep the Dissolved Solids at bay?
I havent noticed the stuff growing anywhere else in the tank and knock on wood it doesnt become a nuisance. Good luck with the stuff and if you find out anymore please post.
Themadd1
I also just checked my PHOS and it is 0.0. Although my nitrates are around 2.
Also the only time my protein skimmer really pumps out alot is when I put my hands in the tank. Is that a problem? or do I just have enough LR/LS/Macro to keep the Dissolved Solids at bay?
I havent noticed the stuff growing anywhere else in the tank and knock on wood it doesnt become a nuisance. Good luck with the stuff and if you find out anymore please post.
Themadd1
snipe
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I think I found my cure!! For this and for the sand bed. I went the other day had $20 left over and got some sailfin mollies. There pretty nifty and I have had them as freshwater and figured what the hey there only $5 each so I got 4. These are the best cleaners I have lol. They are like gobies they just go around sucking in the sand and spitting it out and I even saw my black male mollie eating the what ever it is under my rocks. So it might be a good thing lol.
I couldnt beleive the way they are working on the sand there better than snails since they actually pic the sand up and there not as bad as gobies "They dont move the whole bed just the top layer around lol".
I couldnt beleive the way they are working on the sand there better than snails since they actually pic the sand up and there not as bad as gobies "They dont move the whole bed just the top layer around lol".
snipe
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Its def not a spong it is under all my rocks and it isnt in one place under them. A sailfin mollie is a mollie the males have a big fin like a sailfin in the ocean they can make it go up and down to show who is dominante in the tank to other fish the females look like reg mollies. You buy them commonly as brackish or freshwater fish but there actually from the ocean. Mine did so well going from freshwater to my qt "SG 1.016" so I just put them right in my tank and there doing great.