bacteria

Hi all! So I have a fresh water planted tank (2 weeks old) and I’ve been very confused on some conflicting information on the internet. My tank is a UNS 16 gallon AIO…using Seachem Tidal Matrix in pouch and two bio blocks that came with the tank, and some Marineland bio balls. I chose to use...

I have this slime on my sand bed and on some of my rock. The slime sticks to the rock and sticks pieces of sand to it. I can’t suck it out with a siphon the sand that sticks to it weighs it down. I have to manual remove the slime and the sand that is attacked to it as well.

I am dealing with something in my tank that I can’t identify. It looks similar to GHA but is white. It flows similar to GHA & comes off objects easily with a toothbrush. It is invading my tank and is killing my corals. It appears to creep up the base of the skeleton and maybe suffocate the polyp...

I’m building a max nano cause a buddy just had it sitting in his garage, no real spacific plans with it, got a little nano sump built and plumbed in. Since Iv just been doing this on free time here and there nothing about it has been urgent. I have some dry live rock I’m gonna put in it. I have...

Symbiodinium (zooxanthellae) extracted from a E. quadricolor and T. Squamosa respectively. Cultured in much the same manner as phytoplankton. These dinoflagellates live symbiotically within corals. - recover coral bleaching - alternative microalgae feed - corals are a bit more receptive to...

So I got a anemone that came with a rock it was attached on. The anemone moved from the rock and when I took at closer look at the rock it looks very strange. Is this some type of algae? It looks like it had tentacles growing from it and some other weird patterns. Please see pictures below and...

Hello everyone, I've been in the hobby for 2.5 years now and have an established 110 gallon with 40 gallon sump. I have a bacteria bloom that seems to be lingering around. I've read conflicting things online wuxj as don't do big water cahabhes as it will prolong the bloom or don't use a UV...

Hello everyone! My tank is a 80 gallon with a 13 gallon sump, its been running since March and most things have generally been going good. I started the tank up with a Maxspect R420 putting out about 220 par at the surface. My nutrition values have been pretty stable from the beginning, sitting...

For some reason I have these in many spots of my tank, some are very large and some are small. Whenever I suck it up with a baster it smells putrid. Does anyone know what it is?

I noticed this white, sludge-like, white thing among my rocks, does anyone have an idea of what it could be?

Hi all, Seeking some advise on what this could be on my yellow tang. It just started a few days ago. Looks like it's bruised or maybe an infection? Has a couple bristles sticking out the red area. Could this possibly caused by bristleworms? The yellow tang eats and swims just fine and no...

Hey everyone, After moving house recently, I re-set up my tank. However, I have hesitation about my bacteria culture. I have AF pro bio S, bio S, and NP pro but all of them’s expiration date is February 2023. I smelled but none of them smell bad they smell what they should smell like. I kept...

Every few days my back wall is covered in these things & in a few small random sections of the tank and sump. They stick on as well. Is it a bacteria or something more sinister.

We just got back from 10 days away to find this weird, thick white substance in our sump (pics below). It's pure white, thick and is mostly on the display drain tube, and on the bottom of the refugium. There is some in the crevices of the live rock that in the refugium too. It blows off in...

Hi hopefully someone can identify this for me. I’ve never seen anything like this before. I tried to manually remove it but it’s surprisingly VERY hard to scrape off even with a toothbrush. It’s a 6month old system 125 gal with a VERY LIGHT bio load(two clowns, a gramma, softies and hammers)...

Hi everyone, I have had a pair of clowns for about 2 years, and over the last two days I noticed some white splotches on the smaller one. It’s been eating normally and hasn’t had any noticeable change in behavior, but I’m worried that it could be a disease. There haven’t been any new fish...

I used it recently to help fight back against cyano, and I see it being used quite often to help with algae. How does it work? Why does it kill the bad stuff, but the tank seems to be perfectly fine? Why is the good bacteria spared? How is it affecting the inverts? Does it accumulate and need...

Most of my arco have bubbles under the skin all over the place; and some of my zoa looks like mutated zombie; the plate coral gets star tips, and hammer tips are bloated. Seems some arco become green. I tested the water a while ago but everything on track. Alk around 8.5, Cal around 430 and Mag...

Hello guys! I just started my first tank about 9 weeks ago and I just want to see what you guys thought on the different types of algae and bacteria. Its all new to me so I really can’t tell what’s good or bad since it is my first tank ever!I if you guys have any suggestions or things that you...

Has anyone tried or know how to cultivate bacteria to be dosed back into the reef tank? I saw a video by WWC with the owner of Coral Morphologic, he did a tour of his facility and he mentioned that he was going to discuss how he cultivates Dr Tim’s bottled bacteria, but never got to it!

So I need to clean my filter, not necessarily replace media just carbon. Last time I changed the carbon I noticed a lot of gunk in there. I have a fluval 307 canister and I’m deathly afraid of cleaning it because of wiping out the bacteria and I don’t want to have a nitrite or ammonia spike...

I wasnt sure what heading to use for this question so I just put all the keywords in there. I have done research online but haven't found anything to be a solid enough answer. 3 Questions in short: - Is Saltwater Nitrifying Bacteria (SNB) exactly the same bacteria as found in Brackish water...

Hey guys, 6 week old tank and i noticed a stringy white thing that’s attached on my rock. Any ideas what it is and what’s causing it?

Hello My Foxface was in Copper Power Treatment (at 2.5 ppm) for 14 days due to an ich outbreak. During Copper Power Treatment i dosed the water with 200 miligrams of Nitrofurazone to avoid any bacterial infections and did 100% water changes every 3 days. The last day QT i noticed a spot like a...

Hey guys, i’ve been getting this browny slimy coating over my glass but predominantly where my zoa is. I initially thought it was the zooxanthellae since it was sort of similar in colour, but now it’s in many more places. It comes right off when i clean the glass, but anyone have an idea to what...