Identify Cyano Algae

[Tieg]

I wanted to asked the question on this thread but was afraid it would be classified as Hijacking

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=349664#post349664

I have a growth that has started on the sand...kind of like a dark red color matting that when you scoop it up looks like a mat that breaks up. It started after I removed the carbon sock so that I could install a protein skimmer that aquapod is putting out for their aquapods (sounds redundant huh). Anyhow I'm going to make room so that I can reinstall the carbon sock and follow the above recommendation from the thread. Just wanted to make sure it was indeed cyano algae I'm dealing with.

 

[dailydriven911]

sounds like cyano to me...

 

[mmkeeper]

Try cutting back on feeding if you can.

 

[theJ]

How old is your tank Tieg? Could just be normal diatoms, but the 'sheeting' makes me think it is cyno. Any pics of the tank we can look at?

 

[spongebob lover]

i have the same dam problem (stupid cyano crap ) .
my problem is because i feed way to much Rod's food i think ?? (2 times per day and a big chunck hehe ) .
try playing around with your flow if you can (today i just moved my powerheads around) or may be adding a little bit more of flow would help too ( it has done it for me in the past )....just a few ideas

 

[darklcd]

over feeding can play a major role in cyano thats a good start. Make sure you have a lot of water flow as well. A small Piece of advice if you can is after feeing your fish take out any large chunks of food that are left over. I did that and it helped big time

 

[curro18]

Sounds like cyano to me as well. I have heard that increasing the flow near the sandbed can help as well as reducing the amount of nutrients going into the tank. As a last resort I would use ultralife red slime remover. I used it on my tank before with absolutely no problems. Follow the directions of course. Good luck