bacteria bloom?

[Jcon_343]

Can I get an ID on this below. This is not my tank just a pic that I found online. Is this a bacteria bloom? What would be the best way to go about getting rid of this?

 

 

 

[xthunt]

I have what looks the same. It starts out like that then gets a little darker (light green), but still clear. My guess is cyano/green slime algae/BGA, and going to treat as such. I don't carbon dose. Either way, I do think it's some sort of photo synthetic bacteria. There are threads that call it 'ghost algae' if you search the internet. 

[Jcon_343]

Ill check it out, thanks! Yeah I have been trolling the net today about it. 

[xthunt]

Are you running a skimmer? 

[Jcon_343]

I do run a skimmer, but I don't carbon dose. 

 

20L 

PSK-75 

AC 70 w/inTank basket. Running floss and BRS carbon 

24-36in Current Orbit USA 

1 o.clown 

1 Pajama card

1 6line 

1 skunk 

 

CUC 

2 turbos snails

2 astraea snails

4 blue leg hermits  

4 Nass 

1 Fighting conch 

 

I do a 10% change every two weeks. Feed every other day. I dose Reef complete if needed. The only new addition is  a kenya tree that I added two weeks ago. But have had this issue prior to adding the Kenya tree. . The kenya has budded 3 times and I got a hitch hiker shroom. 

[xthunt]

I've got the same light and size on my Nuvo 20, hmmm. I was trying to go skimmerless since I redid my tank (new rock and sand). I put my skimmer on to make sure that my water is a max oxygen saturation it can be, it pulling out stuff is a bonus. Don't know if that's why its growing, but I'm sure it was helping with me not running it. I do 3-4 gal water change out of my ~14 gal volume each week, blow off rock with baster, and vacuum my sandbed, use 200 micron filter socks, feed carefully once a day and if anything falls on sand (pellets) I siphon them up with baster before turning pump back on, but it persists. Actually gets worse if I put a small bag of carbon in the sump (tried both ROX and black diamond). I use nothing but dry rock so it may be feeding off what is leaching out, or it may be that I don't have enough beneficial bacterial diversity and numbers to out compete the cyano/bga due to using dry rock (even though ammonia and nitrite at 0ppm, nitrate barely above 0ppm). Heck, might even be seasonal, lol. 

[Jcon_343]

Interesting, my tank has been set up and wet for over 5 years. I had to tear it down and move it last December, had no issues or recycle. You can find the post on my profile. I mix my own salt however I don't have an ro/di. I use distilled and haven't had any ill effects. This has only started showing up in the last month or two. I just want to get a hand on it before something gets out of hand. The only thing I changed after the move was I replaced the sand bed. I washed it using Brandon's method, I also clean/siphon/stir about 1/4 to 1/3rd with every change always hitting a different spot. 

[xthunt]

While I was reading about the ghost algae (before I changed my mind and decided it was cyano) I read about people using Algaefix to get rid of it. I bought some at Petsmart and did a 10 gallon dose (1ml), and it knocked it back significantly, I mean my rocks almost looked new minus a few small patches. I was impressed and didn't notice impact on anything, in fact my GSP frag came out more during the day. I only did the one light dose just to try it, put the bottle away, and it came back. I'm sure I could've got rid of it all if I kept up with it, until something out competed it. But I moved on and ordered Chemiclean last night to try that out since there's a LOT of good feedback on it, and people reporting it stays gone. 

[Jcon_343]

I've have  use dChemiclean once. Worked wonders. With my tank I did two scoops full. Covered the tank no lights for 48Hrs. Uncovered did a water change kicked everything back on and never saw it again.