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lordicon 01-07-2014 01:47 AM

Please help
 
Can anyone tell me what this stuff is growing on my rocks? i been doing water change after water change and still wont go away!! any help would be great! my water prams are:
salinity is 1.025
phosphat 0
cal 440
alk 9.9
mag 1290
ph 8.1
water temp 78.5
nitrate 0
ammonium0
nitrite 0
The tank is just over a year old now

canadianbudz604 01-07-2014 02:15 AM

Algae
 
Pics are so blurry, can't tell. Google bryopsis does it look like that?

mark 01-07-2014 02:25 AM

lobophora

lordicon 01-07-2014 02:51 AM

Looks like brown snot. Moves around in the water from the power heads

tlhood 01-07-2014 03:44 AM

I can't see it from your pics, but if it looks like brown snot, it might be brown slime algae. Brown slime, from what I've read, is dependant on iron. SeaChem cuprisorb in an old handkerchief in the filter appears to fix it.

lordicon 01-07-2014 03:51 AM

here is a little better pic

Aquattro 01-07-2014 04:56 AM

Look up Dinoflagellates.

GoFish 01-07-2014 06:37 AM

Do you have a TDS meter to test the water you use? RODI or tap?

lordicon 01-07-2014 12:56 PM

i been using ro/di since i started my tank. And about 6 months into the tank i have been dealing with canyo off and on too

GoFish 01-07-2014 02:29 PM

And have you tested it? I was getting RODI from a grocery store for 6 months and when i bought a TDS meter checked and it was 2, and then checked the system at home I picked up recently and it was 5 until the filters were flushed and new resin added.


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