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09/26/2010, 05:59 PM
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HELP! Algae Bloom
Hello,
My aquarium was initially set up in July but the lighting was started on August 12th. There is certainly an algae bloom as part of its normal cycle but I am noticing it seems to be out of hand. I already went through the dark brown algae on the sand bed and now as you can see in the picture there is nasty algae on throughout the live rock that is beginning to contact the SPS corals. Recently had an ich outbreak which started with a Powder Tang and many other fish died. However, my main concern now is the algae bloom. What should be the best course of action? Thanks so much, Hector Solana Xl 60 Gallon Ca Reactor, UV, Bio Pellets, Vortex Protein Skimmer PH: 8.0 Alkalinity: 10 Calcium: 420 Salinity: 1.024 Temp: 77F 1 Flame Angelfish, 1 Six Line Wrasse, 2 chromis, 1 goby + pistol Several SPS, LPS, Elegance Coral + Soft Corals |
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09/26/2010, 06:07 PM
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Location: Aurora Co
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what are your perameters. Nitrate nitrite phosphate. What is your filtration system. seems like you are trying to move to fast, sps in a 2 month old tank.
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09/26/2010, 06:12 PM
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Location: Carmel, IN
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Why do you have so many coral in a tank that is just cycling? As the other RCer ask...What are the parameters that matter for algae problems? Do you have a fuge with macroalgae in it so they consume all the nutrients/phosphate? |
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09/26/2010, 06:28 PM
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Undetectable nitrite, nitrate and ammonia. No phosphate. Water is r/o. It may be Silica. I have a sump > mechanical filtration. Just added an Extrax Phos media from Brightwell today. Yes, I agree, I may be moving way too fast!
I have read that water changes at this juncture may be counterproductive...have reduced lighting period (Aqua Illumination LEDs) to six hours per day and feeding to once per day. Thanks for your responses...Hector |
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09/26/2010, 11:15 PM
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Location: Sand Springs, OK
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Do you have a tds meter on your ro/di? Are you using ro/di for topping off as well? The phosphate remover will help, but you need to find the source of the problem. A sea hare will mow your excess algae in the meantime.
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09/26/2010, 11:24 PM
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Looks like hair algae, the only way to get rid of it is to cut back on how much nutrients you add to the tank in the form of uneaten food, TDS from water changes/top off, amount of light you have etc. it the practice of good husbandry that is going to take care of this problem. running dome GFO in a reactor wont hurt either.
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