|
|
|
09/04/2008, 05:05 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: McAllen,TX
Posts: 720
|
Dark Green Cotton Ball type algae?!
I have an out break of fluffy cotton ball type algae that is dark green. Looks, I have cut down my light cycle by a few hours with no luck.
Nitrates, silicates, phosphates, are all 0 ppm. I sure wish it would go away. Any ideas? |
|
|
|
09/04/2008, 06:53 PM
|
#2 |
|
Moved On
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Stockton, CA
Posts: 14,854
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/04/2008, 07:13 PM
|
#3 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: McAllen,TX
Posts: 720
|
Cool site, I definitely have bryopsis of to, but I do not thing that is what I was asking about.
The stuff, I was asking about is similar I think it might be a type of hair algae. I can't get rid of this stuff. |
|
|
|
|
09/04/2008, 07:39 PM
|
#4 |
|
Team RC Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: houstonia
Posts: 7,989
|
what else have you done other than cutting back the light cycle? Just because some of the tests read zero, that's not necessarily an accurate tell of the actual levels. If you have hair algae, you have phosphates in the tank.
__________________
-Chris- You don't win friends with salad. "Look! They're trying to learn for free!" ... "Use your phony guns as clubs!" Current Tank Info: rectangluar? wet? |
|
|
|
|
09/04/2008, 07:59 PM
|
#5 |
|
Registered Member
 
|
Mexican Turbo Snails love the stuff. My 90 was completely overrun with that stuff when I first set it up. Three Mexican Turbos ate every spec in less than a week.
EDIT: That was the Red Cotton Ball, not the green. I've never seen the green....can you get a pic?
__________________
insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009. |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
