Can you tell me what this is -- photo attached

[geno]

I've been watching this for a month or so -- no rapid growth -- but decided I ought to get some expert opinions about it. It's very different from the algae growing on the tank walls -- and no one seems interested in eating it.

Sorry the picture is not any better.

thanks,
-gene
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[linda lee]

dawgdude;180317 wrote: Looks like diatoms to me.

Arent diatoms like little brown dust particles without really attaching to anything? They just sort of dust the sand and rocks?

I see little, pea-green globules that seem to be attached to the liverock almost like bubble algae. But it's lighter in color than BA (unless the camera setting is making them look lighter green than they are), and I though BA would grow faster and bigger.

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Geno, is this what we're supposed to be identifying?

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[stroid]

yup diatoms fo sho! lol

 

[linda lee]

Stroid;180320 wrote: yup diatoms fo sho! lol

Okie doke... then I've been mis-Id'ing diatoms all this time.

 

[FutureInterest]

Honestly... the pic is too crappy to really ID. It could be any sort of nuisance algae... it could be bigfoot. It's hard to tell :sad:.

 

[jefft]

FutureInterest;180330 wrote: Honestly... the pic is too crappy to really ID. It could be any sort of nuisance algae... it could be bigfoot. It's hard to tell :sad:.

This is bigfoot looks totally different!:lol2:
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[wable]

not to jump somebody's thread but what do you do about diatoms?

 

[geno]

Okay -- the picture was crap and that made everyone's job harder.

This is the same pic just sized larger -- if it still doesn't do the job -- I'll take another.

The stuff is definitely green -- kinda fuzzy and it seems to have air bubbles trapped in it. I also see some tiny air bubbles on the back wall with algae -- and the lawnmower blennie seems like it fine -- he doesn't touch the stuff on this rock.

I put this rock in on April 2 straight from Sal's home tank -- which he hadn't paid much attention to for some time. I see some migration to other rocks.

What action (if any) should be taken?

Thanks,
-gene

 

[geno]

Forgot -- I can't use FireFox to upload pics --
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[FutureInterest]

I can't see any pics :sad:.

Odd I use firefox exclusively and have no probs... Try uploading it to photobucket then and pasting the link here. In the alternative you can email it to

 

[FutureInterest]

wable;180358 wrote: not to jump somebody's thread but what do you do about diatoms?

http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0297/0297_3.html">http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0297/0297_3.html</a>

Decent article on diatoms. If your tank is new then its not a problem and just wait it out. Once the sponges start growing they will use the silicates in the water and then the diatoms will have nothing to help them grow.

 

[FutureInterest]

jefft;180338 wrote: This is bigfoot looks totally different!:lol2:

It actually looks similar to me... Anyways, I was just analogizing that the pic was to fuzzy/unclear... much like bigfoot photos are always fuzzy/unclear.

 

[FutureInterest]

Could I have included all 3 posts into one single post? Certainly.