Tank Degrading

[Killerdrgn]

isn't chemipure just carbon and ferric oxide? or am i thinking of something else?

 

[NavyNano212]

Update:

Changed 25% again, added Chem-pure Elite. No change, yellow polyps looking even worse and are starting to disappear from what was a beautiful cluster 3 weeks ago.
Removed Chaeto, light from back of tank, clean it GOOD...removed tons of dirt, replaced hoses to chiller...At a loss

Water parameters still very good and nothing out of the ordinary.
ANY SUGGESTIONS? I am seeing lots of string, brown algae that is growing like crazy on the rocks & corals..almost overnight! It forms little gas bubbles as it releases and floats to the top.

I can only think of a massive water change, but that seems drastic.

Oh...my second clown fish(almost 4 years old) jumped out of my tank...from where I have no idea...literally no holes big enough. That makes two from this tank...weird

 

[Killerdrgn]

Hmmm just a question, what test kits are you using and what are the expiration dates?
You may want to bring it to an LFS to have them test the water params. Brown stringy bubbly algae i think means high nitrates.

 

[NavyNano212]

I use Hagen for almost everything, have for years. I also use Salifert for Nitrates and Nitrites.
Also, I have changed water twice in two weeks, one at 15 gallons and one at 10gallons. What could possibly be causing SO many nitrates/Nitrates so fast??

I will check expiration date, but they were purchased within the last 6 months.

 

[NavyNano212]

After reading some other posts on slimey brown alage...now I am thinking it may be dinoflatuates??

I do have alot of brown, slimeyness...

 

[acrocrazy]

dinoflagellates are flatworms which i highly doubt due to the pics. You said you were using Petco water? If its red slime algae then you can use red slime remover. Its reef safe and ive used it a million times with great success

 

[NavyNano212]

A few more pics...I have been doing a lot of reading...

Dinos? Diatoms? Red slime(I don't think it is that)...I don't know. It is brown-green, stringy, and covers and clings on to EVERYTHING including my crabs, snails, corals, PH etc...

Thoughts?

 

[daaznmofo]

looks like dino

 

[aznt1217]

Hmmm I used to have it in my biocube. I left my lights off for 2 days and it went away.

 

[mray]

I also believe you have dinoflagellates. They can be a problem to your inhabitants. "Dinoflagellates occasionally bloom in reef aquaria, and they can be toxic to invertebrates and fish."

http://www.reefs.org/library/article/t_crail.html

 

[NavyNano212]

Tonight at midnight, by 250W Sunpod light will be off for 48 hours to attempt and kill what I belive are dinos in the my tank. The light will come on tomorrow at 6pm, which will be almost 2 1/2 days worth of darkness except for some external daylight which comes in the den where the tank is...I am hoping that this helps rid the nasties in my tank.

I am also hoping that the Chem pure elite will aid the recovery...

Question: With the dinos gone, the corals will show improvement?