What is this? How can i ger rid of it?

• Mar 23, 2010

• #1

MissNano

Reefing newb

I have 3 turbo snails, 2 nassarius snails, 1 fire shrimp and 1 hermit crab and still have this. What is it and how can i get rid of it without hurting my corals or my fish?:question:

 

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• Mar 23, 2010

• #2

XxKnuckleheadxX

Reef enthusiast

sounds like your going through new tank sendrome how old is your tank? if your tank is new it will eventually go away.

 

• Mar 23, 2010

• #3

MissNano

Reefing newb

yeah it is new, 4 months

 

• Mar 23, 2010

• #4

XxKnuckleheadxX

Reef enthusiast

eventually it will go away. every tank goes through it..
did you just upgrade your lights or anything also?

 

• Mar 23, 2010

• #5

MissNano

Reefing newb

no, just added a power head is all.

 

• Mar 25, 2010

• #6

ltkenbo

Reefing newb

Looks like dinoflagalates, check out the other 2 threads here (mine and andysgirl's) I am still dealing with mine.

 

• Mar 25, 2010

• #7

andysgirl8800

Blenny Badlands

Ooooh....yeah, that looks like dinoflagellates to me too.

 

• Mar 31, 2010

• #8

sen5241b

Reef enthusiast

When my tank first stopped cycling 2 years ago. I put 2 huge fist sized hermits in my tank and they kept it clean -I never had a huge algae war.

 

• Mar 31, 2010

• #9

Tristan

Detritus

i agree with andysgirl and itkenbo on this one. Might want to check your ph levels