Sand Problem please help!!!!!
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afboundguy
Acan's are inedible candy
Do stringy air bubbles develop about halfway through your light cycle?
afboundguy
Acan's are inedible candy
If you are developing stringy snotty air bubbles then it might be dino's 
It's hard to tell from the pics if it is or not but the discription of how it comes right back is what leads me to think it might be. Check out my battle with dino's and look at the pics of dinos... http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=69806&highlight=dino
And also what are your phosphates and nitrates at? Problem algae needs nitrates, phosphates and light... Usually problem algae is a result of too much of one of these (usually not lights)
It's hard to tell from the pics if it is or not but the discription of how it comes right back is what leads me to think it might be. Check out my battle with dino's and look at the pics of dinos... http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=69806&highlight=dinoAnd also what are your phosphates and nitrates at? Problem algae needs nitrates, phosphates and light... Usually problem algae is a result of too much of one of these (usually not lights
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afboundguy
Acan's are inedible candy
Ohhh man!!!
So now i have to dose kalk i dont even know how to do that
Well you need to be sure their dino's first kalk is great for other things (I still drip even after battle with dinos)
And are phosphates at 5
or do you mean .5 or .05? Ideal levels are .05 and lower. If they're at 5 or even .5 that is really really high and you should do something to combat the problem. Are you using RO/DI for water changes/top offs? If you're using tap water that could be the problem right there... Also are you doing anything for nutrient export (GFO, refugium etc?)
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There is your problem I would start with the basic get you regular maintenance in order.
Maybe layout what you are doing for maintenance and what equipment you are running.
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I see diatoms not dinos. Diatoms are no big deal, just a little annoying.
Do you see some of the same stuff on the glass if you don't clean it for a few days? If so, does it come off kind of like a dry looking powder that blows away in the current? If so, it's definately diatoms.
Dino's are stringy, slimy, usually have bubbles stuck in the stringy part, and feels like snot to the touch.
Assuming it is diatoms, they are fed by excess silicate. That said, there is always some silicate present, and some diatom growth is totally normal.
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If the turf in a bucket was working at all, it would have been taking up some of the available nutrients in the water colum. With that nutrient draw, the other algaes in the tank would be slowed some. Take the turf off line and things will have to readjust and it's not surprising that you'd see algea(s) bloom.
Do you see some of the same stuff on the glass if you don't clean it for a few days? If so, does it come off kind of like a dry looking powder that blows away in the current? If so, it's definately diatoms.
Dino's are stringy, slimy, usually have bubbles stuck in the stringy part, and feels like snot to the touch.
Assuming it is diatoms, they are fed by excess silicate. That said, there is always some silicate present, and some diatom growth is totally normal.
Edit, adding;
If the turf in a bucket was working at all, it would have been taking up some of the available nutrients in the water colum. With that nutrient draw, the other algaes in the tank would be slowed some. Take the turf off line and things will have to readjust and it's not surprising that you'd see algea(s) bloom.
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I think the flow its good i dont see any spots with no flow this algae is spreading everywhere on the sand.
