55 gal tank algae trouble

bebitte70 · 08/26/2007, 09:08 PM

I have a 55G tank and within the last week brown algae has grown onto a bit of everything. Nothing has died.My skimmer has never skimmed that much skimmate. I will do a big water change and test the parameters. I have coarse crushed coral for sand unfortunately. Is my tank crashing?

thanks

vid660 · 08/26/2007, 09:21 PM

Is this a new tank? If so, it will pass. Be patient. You'll wake up one day and it'll all be gone.

bebitte70 · 08/26/2007, 09:53 PM

Oups I forgot to mention, the tank is almost 2 years old.

vid660 · 08/26/2007, 09:55 PM

Have you added anything recently? Fish, lighting, etc. How often do you do water changes? How much? Please test water and post results.

08/26/2007, 09:08 PM	#1
bebitte70 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 206	55 gal tank algae trouble I have a 55G tank and within the last week brown algae has grown onto a bit of everything. Nothing has died.My skimmer has never skimmed that much skimmate. I will do a big water change and test the parameters. I have coarse crushed coral for sand unfortunately. Is my tank crashing? thanks

08/26/2007, 09:21 PM	#2
vid660 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 466	Is this a new tank? If so, it will pass. Be patient. You'll wake up one day and it'll all be gone.

08/26/2007, 09:53 PM	#3
bebitte70 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 206	Oups I forgot to mention, the tank is almost 2 years old.

08/26/2007, 09:55 PM	#4
vid660 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 466	Have you added anything recently? Fish, lighting, etc. How often do you do water changes? How much? Please test water and post results.