Pest Algae

[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

[Aquaria]

I'm sure others experince with Dino is diff but mine has been going on 2 months now and istill have it but I'm winningthe war steady W/C and manual removal has worked for me so far I hate messing with perams so I try to do anything other then extra dosing and stuff