Pest Algae

[Aquattro]

Do a search on dinos, you're not going to happy about this.

Some further details on your tank, how old, how big, flow, chemistry, lighting, bulb age. anything and everything you can write up for us will help.

[CandyCane]

I did some further reading and a lot of people say its a diatom bloom.

My tank was set up in august.
flow- 2 return outputs, 2-24 koraline powerheads
In need of a water change prob pretty badly though, havent had time with school.

Think it could be just a diatom bloom? If not I'll post more info

[Aquattro]

Diatoms are usually a brown powdery dusting rather than stringy. If you can get a pic, that might help..

[CandyCane]

Ya thats what I thought to. Also this stuff produces bubbles so ditom bloom sounds off.
The pic isnt of my own tank but its the same stuff

stringyalgae.jpg

brwnstringy.jpg

[reefwars]

ill deliver the same bad news again...sorry.... looks like you have dinoflaggelates(the worst for spelling) id get a def id from someone who has had better expereinces(if there are any) but raising your ph is a start.i would read up on it carefully before doing this though, i believe there is some product you can use for this safely i just cant remember whats the name atm goodluck

[CandyCane]

But my pH is already in the safe range for reefs...I can't go any higher

[JohnnyReeftank]

I started my tank about a year ago and I've gone thru almost every kind of algae bloom since then, including dino's for about 4 months. I was worried from the stuff I read about them and I narrowed it down to 2 choices. First choice was to blast them with a turkey baster almost daily and then suck out as much as possible. My second choice was the total blackout for 4 days (wrapped with a blanket and everything) but I only would do this if my first choice fell thru. I blasted that stuff off my rocks for about 4 weeks straight and did a big water change weekly and they eventually stopped showing up. But, this did coinside with an outburst of various types of macro-algae that has continued evolving to this day....hope this helps