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Cyanobacteria, Brown Algea ??? What can it be?

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#1 ·
So if you have read my previous post I said I had to clean my tank every few hours because I was getting a diatom bloom. But it has since cleared but I do have this string algae or cyano that grows all over the tank, espesially on the high flow. It grows on the powerhead and the live rocks corals ect. It is growing alot on my SPS and it seems to be bothered and soo does my GSP that is almost always open is now closed except a few polyps. What can It be ??? I will put pictures for you to see.

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#9 ·
did you say red bugs? these may NOT be good and are an invasive type of flatworm.

i hope we are talking amphipods and copepods and anything else.

im curious to what your "pure waters" TDS is, just because its labeled "pure" doesnt mean they have changed their filters in a few years.

what and how often are you feeding? how is the flow in the tank? sump/skimmer/carbon/phosban?
 
#10 ·
did you say red bugs? these may NOT be good and are an invasive type of flatworm.

i hope we are talking amphipods and copepods and anything else.

im curious to what your "pure waters" TDS is, just because its labeled "pure" doesnt mean they have changed their filters in a few years.

what and how often are you feeding? how is the flow in the tank? sump/skimmer/carbon/phosban?
I know that "Tigger pods" are usually a brownish red color when I used to buy the bottle of them. I know they are colder water pods, but I figured that some could survive in a tank and be transferred in Live Rock... Maybe a pic would help?
 
#12 ·
Morning update.

Got up and I saw not much growing on the glass anymore, but there is a spot where I can see some cyano, i am sure it is cyano know. The fish are doing awesome. I use to have my royal gramma rubbing on the rocks and hiding, but now he is out and not stressed. I think the sand was what was causing it. I noticed that the sand was a black color in the deeper ends of the sand? strange.
 
#13 ·
Morning update.

Got up and I saw not much growing on the glass anymore, but there is a spot where I can see some cyano, i am sure it is cyano know. The fish are doing awesome. I use to have my royal gramma rubbing on the rocks and hiding, but now he is out and not stressed. I think the sand was what was causing it. I noticed that the sand was a black color in the deeper ends of the sand? strange.
Where did you get the sand?
 
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