Advice

[BellaGabriella]

I've been doing a ridiculous amount of research on what the heck ever is taking over my rock work / bothering my corals. The closest things almost identical in certain areas are these three things. Skeleton Shrimp, Bryozoan and Foraminiferans. The little info ive found on them is that they are good.... I do not agree with this since its noticeably in to many places wouldnt like it and starting to .. i feel like smother some zoas/acans/ various corals.

any info or advice would be HIGHLYYYYY appreciated. :kiss: ​

 

[nyshoots]

Can you get a pick of your rock ?

 

[BellaGabriella]

Can you get a pick of your rock ?

its this stuff

 

[Tonyscoots84]

nasty rocks

 

[BellaGabriella]

nasty rocks

lol tony dont even start with me, this stf started kinda right after i started dosing that probibio stuff :irked:

help :sad2: .

 

[Tonyscoots84]

def. wasn't prodibio fault 4 sure...

 

[BellaGabriella]

Then there is thissss stuff which looks a little differenttttttttttttttt :banghead:

 

[SteveZ15]

I Been Getting That Too lately I Dont Like It either

 

[BellaGabriella]

I Been Getting That Too lately I Dont Like It either

i dont know what to do =( just popped up out of nowhere. i have a yellow tang and a lawnmower blenny.. nothing touches it

 

[thirty6]

Does it get blown off or sucked up by vacuum siphon? Retreat when touched, or just stay put?

 

[nyshoots]

To me it looks like dying algae

 

[Rob&Gab]

To me it looks like dying algae

Thats the way it grows in the picture with the war coral.


its white tanish color and grows like that.

 

[BellaGabriella]

Does it get blown off or sucked up by vacuum siphon? Retreat when touched, or just stay put?

i cant blow it off or suck it up... i can like brush it off with a hard toothbrush... dosnt retract that i can see.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Second pic is foraminiferans. What prodibio are you using and how often?

If I had to guess off the top of my head from your pics I'd say you're overloading the system on food and your filtration or setup isn't able to process it. The forams are filter feeders and the algae is going to feed off of the dissolved nutrients left in the water. An over abundance of filter feeders is a big red flag for overfeeding and the algae is a side effect of that. Either cut back on feeding or evaluate your filtration and go from there.

 

[reefer4eva]

Looks like your tank needs a haircut!lol

 

[reefer4eva]

Pretty sure hermit crabs and snails munch on it..maybe an arrow crab would also if I'm not mistaken

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Arrow crabs are bristleworm predators and scavengers.

 

[mbg75]

What else are you dosing or feeding?

 

[BellaGabriella]

i rather not add any animals to the set up as a fix for it. i have a substantial clean up crew. i have a reef ready 65g using filter socks i change once a week, reef octopus skimmer, running phosban and carbon, have a section of rubble rock and caulerpa. Ive been feeding once a day new life spectrum with garlic... guess ill cut back to once every 2 days ?? feel thats a little cruel. I DOOOOOO have a gorilla crab and hes been harassing my fish tearing them up and i lost my chole tang, scooter blenny, 1 green mandarin and witnessed my blue spot jaw fish being dragged by his tail to death. Need to catch him. Possible the fish death is also feeding the stuff?? I also have a TON of nassarius snails nothing dead lasts on my floor for more than minutes.

im using bioclean like it says for my size tank. been doing it for a little over a month now. kinda when this algae started popping up.

 

[BellaGabriella]

What else are you dosing or feeding?

2 part cal and alk ... thats all im dosing