D Z Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I have been battling this algae in my DT for quite a while now. Recently it has become to get more and more widespread, probably due to spreading spores during manual removal. At first, I thought it was bryopsis, but after treating the tank with 2 iterations of Tech M without it showing any signs of dying, I am now wondering if my original ID was incorrect. Therefore, please give me a hand in ID'ing this crap. (sorry in advance for such bad pictures. I have gotten so fed up with looking at my ugly display that I haven't cleaned the glass in over a week.) 20150721_230105 by cchsoracle, on Flickr 20150721_230205 by cchsoracle, on Flickr 20150721_230247 by cchsoracle, on Flickr 20150721_230212 by cchsoracle, on Flickr 20150721_230156 by cchsoracle, on Flickr 20150721_230142 by cchsoracle, on Flickr Link to comment
12_egg_Omelette Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 How high did you go with the Kent magnesium. I don't see any effect until I reach 1800 and then that's minimum. 2000 is where I believe it should go and stay for about a month along with manual removal. Link to comment
D Z Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Second time through i got all the way up to about 2200-2300. Link to comment
12_egg_Omelette Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Oh shit man. Have you tried hitting it with peroxide? My guess would be clad. I believe agiflex or a product with a name like that could clear you up. Link to comment
metrokat Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I can't see too clearly but that looks like turf algae to me. 50/50 peroxide dip will weaken it considerably and algae grazers can then polish it off. Link to comment
kirbaay Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Peroxide works most of the time but sometimes cant fully solve the problem. When is the last time you did a water change? and do you use RODI? Link to comment
D Z Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 I did try broadcast dosing peroxide sometime in between the two iterations of tech m dosing. It only seemed to slow the growth of it. Same for target dosingthe peroxide. I do use rodi. My water for WCs and topoffs it usually 0tds. I use blue bucket red sea salt. I haven't done a WC in a couple weeks, but that is somewhat irrelevant as this stuff had been growing for months. Here are some better pictures...20150726_123611 by cchsoracle, on Flickr 20150726_123759 by cchsoracle, on Flickr 20150724_141152 by cchsoracle, on Flickr 20150724_141144 by cchsoracle, on Flickr 20150724_141136 by cchsoracle, on Flickr At this point, im fairly sure it's not bryopsis. Im thinking about doing a large water change and manually removing as much as i can. Then I can try running a reactor with phosban to see if i can keep it from growing back. Link to comment
12_egg_Omelette Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 It looks like half of it is turning clear is that the case? Link to comment
D Z Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 It looks like half of it is turning clear is that the case? It's looked that way for quite some time. I thought it was the start of it weakening, but it never went much further than you see in those pics. I have actually fully removed the big bush on the left side of the tank, to have it just grow back to what you see now within about 2 weeks or so. Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I know this doesn't help, but it is kinda pretty... How frustrating. I wish I actually knew something that would be able to help. Link to comment
metrokat Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Peroxide dipping affected frags and rocks beats back bryopsis temporarily. I've taken that opportunity to super glue with runny glue, areas between polyps and between corals, I've made some success with that although a few fronds peek out when they grow again in a week or 2. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Still should get a wabbit Link to comment
metrokat Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Still should get a wabbit Well, I had a wabbit, he was a fake guy in a rabbit costume Link to comment
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