Cyano algae?

[fishybuisness]

I've had this algae for a while not thinking about it. However I now believe it might be red cyano...can anyone positively I.d. it? Its fuzzy..which is wired. Almost like q turf.

 

[Pryzz]

Looks like coralline algae to me.

 

[alco1]

is it really easy to scrape off? or do you need to really dig in there to remove it?

cyano... normally takes a lot of effort to scrape off the rocks

 

[fishybuisness]

is it really easy to scrape off? or do you need to really dig in there to remove it?

cyano... normally takes a lot of effort to scrape off the rocks

Yeah it doesn't come right off I always try and vacuum it off too and it doesn't budgel

 

[AquaRick]

is it really easy to scrape off? or do you need to really dig in there to remove it?

cyano... normally takes a lot of effort to scrape off the rocks

Cyano is ridiculously easy to remove. A turkey baster can get it off.

If it's hard, it should be coraline algae. Are you sure it's fuzzy, or just hard and encrusted?

 

[fishybuisness]

It's defiantly not coralline and I have physically tried to scrape it off but it defiantly doesn't vaccum off.. And yeah its fuzzy you can see that from the pics. Its a Maroon color

 

[alco1]

coralline normally is encrusted and you can break hard pieces off, but cyano is more fuzzy and goes everywhere when you remove it off the rock while in the tank.

lol rick... a turkey baster??? does your rocks have some anti-stick on it or something lol.... I try to remove it from my rock and its a nightmare for me

 

[fishybuisness]

So, are we in agreeance that its cyano?

 

[alco1]

I agree.... LOCK IT IN!!!

 

[Paulm7373]

I don't agree. Cyano is so easy to take off even just by siphoning it off either rocks or the sand bed. If it is not encrusted and very hard to scrape off, then it sounds like its Cyano to me. Coraline is usually more pink / purple in colour.

 

[melosu58]

Looks and sounds like coralline to me

 

[fishybuisness]

I assure you guys it's not coralline

 

[Sniperhank]

If it isn't coraline, then it is algae of some time. In my tank, I have this red algae that grows in tufts. You can't vacuum it out, but you can pretty easily pull it out for the most part. Total nuisance and a pain...sound familiar to what you have? If so, it isn't cyano bacteria or coraline...just a pain if you let it start overwhelming things. It feeds off of the excess nutrients in your water column, just like cyano and other nuisance algaes do.
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[fishybuisness]

If it isn't coraline, then it is algae of some time. In my tank, I have this red algae that grows in tufts. You can't vacuum it out, but you can pretty easily pull it out for the most part. Total nuisance and a pain...sound familiar to what you have? If so, it isn't cyano bacteria or coraline...just a pain if you let it start overwhelming things. It feeds off of the excess nutrients in your water column, just like cyano and other nuisance algaes do.
Another View on Algae Control - Helpful Tips - Aquarium Advice

Sounds like it! Its looks like Velcro almost..the solid red part of it doesn't scrap off easily nor does the Velcro part...here's another pic

 

[Sniperhank]

You'd want to address it.

 

[fishybuisness]

How should I approach it? I didn't get to look at the link yet if the info is in there sorry.

 

[Sniperhank]

Read the articles in terms of addressing nutrients that can be feeding it. Other than that, that is an easy piece of rock to take out and scrub with a toothbrush. Rinse it in old tank water and put it back. I can't take the rock out in my tank so I pull it out during water changes.

 

[alco1]

Check out my aquarium.... It was once upon a time covered in cyano.

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f71/kevins-265g-fowlr-tank-288419.html

If it looks like this.... then its cyano.

Found out my phos was on 5 which caused this lovely outbreak.

I turned lights off for about 3 days and did daily WC and most of it is gone