cyno?

[Ashna]

quick question does cyno and dinos look the same but diff color? dinos slimey looking too?

 

[Bifferwine]

A tell tale sign of dinos is stringy and bubbly algae, like strings of snot. Cyano is not normally stringy like that.

 

[Ashna]

hmm dont think ive ever seen it...prob a good thing tho lol although i do have brown hairy algae growin on the substrait which ive also never seen b4 but no bubbles

 

[Northstar24]

Check out this guide - it is possible for cyano to look like dinos according to John over at reefcleaners

ReefCleaners.org | Clean Up Crews and Macro Algae - Nuisance Algae ID Guide