RockStacker
Reefing newb
These brown bubbling snots started showing up after I eliminated the original cyanobacteria problem via Phosban 150 reactors running GFO and carbon.
I am not sure if these are dinoflagellates or yet another form of cyanobacteria.
They are not at plague proportions just yet, but I have been playing janitor every day brushing these things off, specially away from the corals and gorgonians.
The cable for my temperature sensor:
Return nozzle of the Phosban reactor:
Covering the palythoas and other surfaces:
They would form long thin strings that flow with the current:
So far, the powerheads and sandsifting critters in the tank have prevented the brown snot from covering the sand. But I can see them starting to form over dead spots over the sand and I have to brush those areas clean.
My poor gorgonians are the worst affected because their entire bodies would get smothered in a matter of hours. I would clean them off and come back to see them covered again some time later.
Curious enough, very little of it grows on the back wall. I wonder if the snails strip the glass clean every night and dislodges whatever clumps that form over there.
I am not sure if these are dinoflagellates or yet another form of cyanobacteria.
They are not at plague proportions just yet, but I have been playing janitor every day brushing these things off, specially away from the corals and gorgonians.
The cable for my temperature sensor:
Return nozzle of the Phosban reactor:
Covering the palythoas and other surfaces:
They would form long thin strings that flow with the current:
So far, the powerheads and sandsifting critters in the tank have prevented the brown snot from covering the sand. But I can see them starting to form over dead spots over the sand and I have to brush those areas clean.
My poor gorgonians are the worst affected because their entire bodies would get smothered in a matter of hours. I would clean them off and come back to see them covered again some time later.
Curious enough, very little of it grows on the back wall. I wonder if the snails strip the glass clean every night and dislodges whatever clumps that form over there.