What is the best way to remove brown alage?

smaier6 · 01/26/2018, 08:47 PM

I think my problem started when cleaned the glass and disturbed my deep sand bed. I did a water change every week 10% have 60 gallon reef with live rock, live sand. I changed my filter media still brown alage. Water tested good. Will a bigger cleaning crew help remove the brown alage such as having more hermit crabs and snails. I have nassaris, and 1 turbo.

moondoggy4 · 01/26/2018, 10:17 PM

Seachem Algaefix works pretty good, cleared mine up.

RCS82 · 01/26/2018, 10:28 PM

Is the tank new or old? What kind of filter media ya running?
No fish?

oldhead · 01/27/2018, 05:49 AM

If the tank is new it will clear on its own and move on to the next ugly stage.

mcgyvr · 01/27/2018, 08:20 AM

Probably just a normal.. expected diatom bloom that can happen when disturbing the sand bed...
It will pass.. could be a few days.. could be a few weeks.. but it will likely go away..

I would add a bunch more algae consuming snails to your tank if you just have 1 turbo..

RCS82 · 01/27/2018, 09:14 AM

I would let it pass if it is a new tank. Will be many phases the first year until the tank settles down.
Be careful with adding more cleanup crew and that they have something to consume if or once this stage passes. A large cleanup crew die off won't help things out either.

01/26/2018, 08:47 PM	#1
smaier6 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: RSM , California Posts: 70	What is the best way to remove brown alage? I think my problem started when cleaned the glass and disturbed my deep sand bed. I did a water change every week 10% have 60 gallon reef with live rock, live sand. I changed my filter media still brown alage. Water tested good. Will a bigger cleaning crew help remove the brown alage such as having more hermit crabs and snails. I have nassaris, and 1 turbo. __________________ Thanks, Steve Current Tank Info: 2 Cleaner Shrimp, 4 Zoo, , 1 BTA Pink, cleaners snails and red hermit crabs, 1- candy coral 1 - Pink Button, 1- Porite Xmas Worm, 1-Leather, 2- brains, 1- green torche, 1- sun coral, pulsating exina, live plants,

01/26/2018, 10:28 PM	#3
RCS82 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Sherwood Park, AB, Canada Posts: 273	Is the tank new or old? What kind of filter media ya running? No fish? __________________ After about a 16 year break from fish keeping, Wow, how things have changed. Current Tank Info: 90g, mixed reef, I hope haha

01/27/2018, 08:20 AM	#5
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Probably just a normal.. expected diatom bloom that can happen when disturbing the sand bed... It will pass.. could be a few days.. could be a few weeks.. but it will likely go away.. I would add a bunch more algae consuming snails to your tank if you just have 1 turbo.. __________________ Who me?

01/27/2018, 09:14 AM	#6
RCS82 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Sherwood Park, AB, Canada Posts: 273	I would let it pass if it is a new tank. Will be many phases the first year until the tank settles down. Be careful with adding more cleanup crew and that they have something to consume if or once this stage passes. A large cleanup crew die off won't help things out either. __________________ After about a 16 year break from fish keeping, Wow, how things have changed. Current Tank Info: 90g, mixed reef, I hope haha

01/26/2018, 10:17 PM	#2
moondoggy4 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: menifee So cal Posts: 11,042	Seachem Algaefix works pretty good, cleared mine up.

01/27/2018, 05:49 AM	#4
oldhead Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: New Jersey Posts: 527	If the tank is new it will clear on its own and move on to the next ugly stage.