When will it end ?

My tank has been up for about two months and for the past week i have been battling fine stringy brown stuff. It coats the sand, rock and corals, everyday I come home from work and blow it off with a turkey baster, by the next day it is back. When will it end ? It does not trap air bubbles like a dino or cyano. My PH is 8.2, Amm 0, Nitrite 0, and Nitrate 10ppm. I have been doing water changes but it has not helped.

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You will need to get your phosphates down to less than .05ppm and your nitrates to less than 2ppm. Use granulated ferric oxide(GFO) in a reactor if at all possible and change it monthly or semi monthly until the stuff goes away. You should also use carbon and change it every 2 weeks of sooner also. Start skimming wet also to help reduce the food source for the stuff. A refugium with cheato would probably help also. Run the light on the fuge when your display lights are off.

 

instead of just blowing it off, suck it up and out

 

Have you added a cleanup crew yet? Thatight help. If your tank is still cycling you may just have to wait that stuff out.

 

clean up crew has been in for a month, they wont touch it

 

2in10 good advice. Try a phosphate reactor if u don't already have one. Keep up on your water changes with good R/O DI water and keep filters clean an wet skim. May take some time to get it to stop.

 

I am running Chemi-Pure and Purigen, I don;t think either are doing anything

 

i still think its dino.

 

x2, silicates are in the tank. I had the same thing it went away in 2 weeks, but as soon as i added some frag racks, its been back for last week.

suck it out, clean your glass, do a water change, add GFO and carbon, make sure buildup area are getting good flow. maybe reduce your lighting cycle by 1 hour for a while too.