PeeperKeeper Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 It started building up just on this one candy cane about a week ago. I have other candy canes, but they don't have it. At first I thought this one had just snagged some frozen mysis when it was polyped out at feeding time, but it doesn't go away and it's been getting bigger. Again, it's only on that one coral, except there's another little glob of it below that coral on a rock that I think just broke off and got hung up. I'm gonna get it out because it can't be a good thing, but I was just curious if anyone knows what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra2 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 http://reefcleaners.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54&Itemid=81 The color looks like Cotton Candy algae. The bubbles look kinda like Dinoflagellates. The link above should help you ID and decide the right course of action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmanning Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 + on the previous post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeperKeeper Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Thanks for the link. I'll keep that one. I definitely don't think it's the cotton candy. Dinoflagellates or maybe even a variant of cyano seems more like it. I did have a cyano problem not too long ago and thought I had it kicked after a weekend of darkness and reducing my feeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viet-tin Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Almost looks like a type of asparagopsis. That stuff can and will take over if not taken care of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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