Tried many ways but still fail to control the cyno

[Achilles Tang]

No offence taken at all, Ancelot.

It's definitely a species of hair/turf algae, characterized by having long single strands coming out from the root.

Dino would look almost like a cross between diatoms/cyano patches but much more stubborn to go away.

[Ancelot]

Orh.. understand.. point taken!

Bryopsis? Derbesia?

[Archilles19]

Had algea problem about a month back......wat I did was to have a water change every week.....quality water ah..... then increase the phospate removing medium by introducing rowa, Phosguard & phosphate removing liquid all at one go......& of course constanly dosing kalk & calcium .......

Now wats left are the scars that `BURNED THE HOLE IN MY HEART & IN MY POCKETS.....WALLET TOO'

[Ancelot]

then how did the problem go? managed to clear it?

[giantbicycle]

Sorry everyone for that confussion of the IDing of the algale ..peace

and Thanks for trying to help me ID it..apperciate it much

Somthing that i spotted about it was that, it blooms rapidly in high flow area...so u know , witout circulation area, which is my LPS and mussies area , it dont drow that fast, except for my SPS area, it is blooming like hell...i need to check if my SPS have gotton any algale bloom till touches and stays there..but for now, it cant reach it yet as i am purninng it every every day, cant leave it witout a day , the SPS sure will become hariy...seeking adopters for the SPS now...not really have a safe mind lettting it stay there..crossing my fingers...

Its very frustrating...Thought of shutting down again , but because of th2 2 pass crashes and the investments in this hobby, i decided to try my best to combat it ...but it seems to be of the low chance...skimmer is skimming mud for the pass 3 days..but after that , it dosent seems so, now i tune it to the wettest mood possible...

changged 20% water again...dose kallwasser daily...

duno if i should try the lighting method again,blackout for 4days

in a "ding dong mind now swrielling abt " and i HAte this agale..1st in my list..

[Ancelot]

I feel for you too dude...

well.. algae bloom is a phase some people skip past it some didnt.. so its not about luck maybe its because of something else? dont feel sorry for yourself.. actually i find it a blesssing not to mention about the combat part.. at least you got the experience of whats an algae bloom now currently ranked 1st in your most hated list.. but those like me who didnt get it will face troubles when we get it in the future.. So if you say " Poor me " i think you should say " Poor us "

Just my 2 cents worth...

[pegasus1010]

faced troubles? then ask here lah.

I'm sure there are reefers out there who had the answer, if you know how to ask.

Forum like this exist for the purpose of sharing experiences & problems.

[haroldteo]

I had mine invested by these. Now my problem has been solved. What I did was to a) Rowa Phosphate

20 % water change

c) got 2 hungry turbo snail ( 3 ft tank )

[giantbicycle]

c) got 2 hungry turbo snail ( 3 ft tank )

icic..but c.) is very slow..

[firestream]

then add more ..

[giantbicycle]

[Ancelot]

Turbo snails are good but too many will become more like a tear-down yard when they bulldoze across your corals.. LOLX..

so giantbicycle, hows your algae problems coming along?

[giantbicycle]

yea agree...morning wake up and all corals on the sandbed..

er..my algale condition is currently better then before as i added 1 hermit and a algale belnny to do the job..preety goood stuff..

Now the brown algale are gone but now is the green flowers...grow until like i am exporting nutrients in my main tank like that..grow like flower..

[cannondale]

i have a stupid question here. can i know how is the so called Turbo Snail look like? may be someone can post a pic here.

[35Cents]

Look at trochus snail at the following link:

http://www.justphish.com/saltwater/inverts...uopcritters.htm

[cannondale]

thanks

[giantbicycle]

update: after following all the bro's steps here, finally , my tank is clear of cynao..Thanks guys for your help, thanks AT.

rdgs:edwan