what is this purple color thingy?

[malulu]

Please help...

how to get rid of it?

thx

 

[RichT]

looks like cyno bacteria. reduce nutrients.

 

[malulu]

reduce nutrients? how?

i feed my tank with:
- Live Brine Shirmp twice a week
- Frozen Brine Shirmp mixed with Cyclops twice a week
- other times, Formula Two mixed with Cyclops.

thx

 

[concept3]

What kind of fish? Or what is your overall bioload/stocking?

Have you tested for phosphates yet? Try using some kind of phosphate resin/pad/granules. It looks like some kind of cyanobacteria bloom, as Rich had mentioned.

Reduce nutrients/organics by wet skimming, adding carbon/phosphate pads and by bumping up or increasing the frequency of your water changes (with RO/DI) until it slowly dissipates.

Hope this helps......

 

[malulu]

- Copperband Butterfly (1)
- Yellow Tang (1)
- Flame Anglefish (1)
- 6 lines Wrasse (1)
- Green Chromis (10)
- Gloden Headed Sleeper Goby (1)
- Scissortail Goby (2)
- Metallic FoxFace (1)
- Clown fish - Amphiprion Ocellaris (2)
- Purple Fire Goby (1)
- Cleaner shirmp (3)
- Peppermint shrimp (2)
- Mandarin (1)
- Comet - Calloplesiops altivelis (1)
- Snails, Hermit crabs...etc.

 

[RichT]

Very nice tank!
The bubbles are dino flatulates (I think)
A search on RC will return a multitude of information.

 

[malulu]

Very nice tank!
[thx]

The bubbles are dino flatulates (I think)
[what do you mean?]

A search on RC will return a multitude of information.
[i tried to search for 'dino flatulates'... not thing came back... tried google too... nothing...?]

???

 

[concept3]

dinoflagellates

I don't think they look like dinoflagellates though...... they look like "slime" algae to me.

nice tank by the way.

 

[malulu]

thanks for the info...
i just put this in...  http://www.algone.com/dinoflagellates.htm 
let's see if it help...
:-\

Tank is looking OK... the picture have much better color than the real one... too bad, that is my friend's new camera... not mine...

 

[Erich]

I recently had the same problem the red slime would just not go away. even with medication. So I did a 50% change on my 72 gal tank, and it has gone away. I also brushed off the thicker stuff off the sand and corals and removed it from the tank. You will see a change quickly. Other water change periodically will have to be done until the it is totally gone. Do not panic.

 

[malulu]

thanks for the advise - Milkman...

I tried with the ALGONE... it did improved other type of Algae... but the purple thingy is still there... and seems getting more... i finally brush them off during last weekend... and will do more water change and see if they fade away...

thx

 

[Brian]

Somtimes the algae can be caused by bad lighting as well. How old are your lights?

 

[malulu]

this is the light i have... been using it since Feb 2005, there are 3 HQI.

http://www.aquarium-supply.biz/products/CoralifePro72LG.jpg

my plan for going forward is every 3 months i will change 1 HQI, so the ussage of each HQI is about 9 months. (last time i changed was on Sept 2005, the 2nd one will be on Dec 2005, then 3rd one will be on Mar 2006...etc.)

thx for reply...

 

[malulu]

the purple thingy i brush off from the TWO corals, they are now doing better, and seems starting to recover...  but my other 2 corals started to have this purple stuff showing up...   I can brush them off again... but, what's next, is there any way to get rid of them for good?  i don;t want to see this thing start to show up every where...

i purchased a cleaning crew on our recent group buy event (will be in TWO days), i hope this could help...

in the mean time, i started to do 5% water change every other day...

 

[RichT]

Ya know......I have some redish purplie velvety stuff on my rocks that is actually coralline. Kinda looks like felt almost. I'll try to get some pic's up so you can compare.

 

[Brian]

this is the light i have...  been using it since Feb 2005, there are 3 HQI. 

http://www.aquarium-supply.biz/products/CoralifePro72LG.jpg

my plan for going forward is every 3 months i will change 1 HQI, so the ussage of each HQI is about 9 months.  (last time i changed was on Sept 2005, the 2nd one will be on Dec 2005, then 3rd one will be on Mar 2006...etc.)

thx for reply...

That sounds like a good plan, I don't know if you have to wait 3 months for every change though. I would think A couple weeks would be sufficient. (Unless your wallet doesn't like it!)