Brown stringy stuff ?

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  1. cjrudy

    cjrudy Coral Banded Shrimp

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    So my tank has been up for about 2 months and in the past few days I have had an outbreak of some stringy brown strands all over my rock , sand bed and even the corals. I have been blowing it off everything with a turkey baster, but within about 24hrs it comes back. Is is just a diatom outbreak ?
     
    cjrudy, Jul 8, 2010
    cjrudy, Jul 8, 2010
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  2. suckafish

    suckafish Montipora Capricornis

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    pix please, as well as your parms.... all of them

    probably GHA, and diatom
     
    suckafish, Jul 8, 2010
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  3. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    pics would help too:p
     
    elweshomayor, Jul 8, 2010
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  4. samsdb0

    samsdb0 Bristle Worm

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    sounds more like dinoflagellates to me

    does it trap air bubbles? is it slimey?

    does it look kind of like this?

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    samsdb0, Jul 8, 2010
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  5. cjrudy

    cjrudy Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Definitely NOT what is in that picture, it is stringy and velvety.
     
    cjrudy, Jul 8, 2010
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  6. suckafish

    suckafish Montipora Capricornis

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    ok, how old is the tank and what are you parms? very important info, and pix please
     
    suckafish, Jul 8, 2010
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