Demo Reef Library

AllFishCoralInvertsPests
Acan Lord ⚠
Acropora Flatworms (AEFW)
Acropora SPS
✓
Aiptasia Anemone
✓
Alveopora
Anthelia (Waving Hand) ⚠
Banggai Cardinalfish
Birdsnest Coral
Blastomussa
Blood Red Fire Shrimp
Blue Leg Hermit Crab
✓
Bristle Worms (Nuisance)
Bubble Algae
Bubble Coral
Bubble Tip Anemone
Candy Cane Coral
Chalice Coral
Chalk Bass
Clove Polyps ⚠
Colt Coral ⚠
Copperband Butterflyfish
Coral Beauty Angelfish
Cyanobacteria
Devil's Hand Leather ⚠
Dinoflagellates
Dragonface Pipefish
Duncan Coral
✓
Elegance Coral
Emerald Crab
Emperor Angelfish
Favia Brain Coral
Feather Duster Worm
✓
Finger Leather ⚠
Firefish Goby
✓
Flameback Angelfish
★
Flasher Wrasse
★
Four Stripe Damselfish
Frogspawn Coral
Galaxea (Galaxy Coral)
Gigantea Carpet Anemone
Goniopora (Flowerpot)
Gorgonian (Sea Fan)
Green Star Polyps ⚠
Haddoni Carpet Anemone
Hair Algae
Hammer Coral
✓
Harlequin Shrimp
Helfrich's Firefish
Kenya Tree Coral ⚠
Kole Tang
Lawnmower Blenny
★
Leopard Wrasse
★
Lettuce Sea Slug
Lobophyllia (Lobo Brain)
Long Tentacle Anemone
★
Majano Anemone
Malu Anemone
★
Mandarin Dragonet
Mantis Shrimp
Marine Ich
Maroon Clownfish
Meat Coral
Melanurus Wrasse
Micromussa
Midas Blenny
Montipora
Montipora Nudibranch
Moorish Idol
Mushroom Coral ⚠
Nassarius Snail
★
Neon Goby
Ocellaris Clownfish
✓
Open Brain Coral
Orchid Dottyback
✓
Pajama Cardinalfish
Pavona (Cactus Coral)
Pectinia
Peppermint Shrimp
Percula Clownfish
Phantom Blenny
Pistol Shrimp
★
Plate Coral (Fungia)
Pocillopora
Porcelain Anemone Crab
Porcupine Pufferfish
Pulsing Xenia ⚠
Regal Blue Tang
Rhodactus Mushroom ⚠
Ricordea Mushroom
Ritteri Anemone
Royal Dottyback
★
Royal Gramma
✓
Scolymia (Scoly)
Scooter Blenny
Seahorse
Sebae Anemone
Six Line Wrasse
✓
Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
✓
Springeri Damsel
★
Starry Blenny
Stylophora
Sun Coral
Tailspot Blenny
✓
Tiger Pistol Shrimp
Toadstool Leather ⚠
Tomini Bristletooth Tang
Torch Coral
✓
Tridacna Clam
Trochus Snail
★
Turbo Snail
✓
Tuxedo Urchin
Vermetid Snails
Yellow Tang
✓
Yellow Watchman Goby
Zoanthids ⚠
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Cyanobacteria
Red Slime Algae, BGA
⚠ PEST · MEDIUM SEVERITY CONTROL: MODERATE
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🚨 IN YOUR TANK
You have 2 susceptible animal(s): 🐚 Turbo Snail, 🦀 Blue Leg Hermit Crab.
Actually a photosynthetic bacteria, not true algae. Forms slimy sheets that smother corals and substrate. Often red, purple, or dark brown. Produces toxins that can stress tank inhabitants. A tank hygiene problem more than an infection.
🔍 IDENTIFICATION
Slimy, bubbly mats of red, maroon, purple or dark brown covering sand and rock. Has a distinctive musty smell. Bubbles of oxygen get trapped under the mat. Pulls away in sheets.
🛡 PREVENTION
✓Ensure all areas of tank have adequate flow — no dead spots
✓Keep phosphate below 0.1 ppm
✓Replace T5/metal halide bulbs on schedule (every 12 months) — old bulbs shift spectrum toward cyano-friendly wavelengths
✓Don't overfeed
⚗ TREATMENT OPTIONS
📋Increase FlowMild
🔧Manual Removal + SiphonMild
📋Reduce NutrientsMild
📋BlackoutModerate
⚗️Chemiclean / Red Slime RemoverStrong