Algae help!!!!

fishyman12 · 07/20/2011, 07:45 AM

I just finished cycling my tank and there seems to be little "stalks" of green hair algae everywhere!!! What should I do about this!? Is it even GHA because it is not like a "fluffy" pile of GHA its just small spots every where on the glass, gravel, and rocks. Thanks Jack
ps.... I use reverse osmosis and have a sump

dslizzy · 07/20/2011, 07:48 AM

typical after cycling. My tank got gha pretty bad, it will go away though. Time for some snails. I personally dont like crabs, but I know alot of people do.

Lorenz725 · 07/20/2011, 07:54 AM

A clean up crew should take care of it. My hermits take care of any algae that pops up in my tank.

Manta034 · 07/20/2011, 09:18 AM

Algae is pretty normal for a newly cycled tank. Snails will help. Hermits help too but IMO can cause more harm than good. Since you have a sump you may want to look into getting some macro algae, specifically chaeto, to aid in absorbing excess nutrients. Eventually you may want to look into using GFO to further reduce phosphates.

07/20/2011, 07:45 AM	#1
fishyman12 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 122	Algae help!!!! I just finished cycling my tank and there seems to be little "stalks" of green hair algae everywhere!!! What should I do about this!? Is it even GHA because it is not like a "fluffy" pile of GHA its just small spots every where on the glass, gravel, and rocks. Thanks Jack ps.... I use reverse osmosis and have a sump __________________ FISH ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD Current Tank Info: 46 Bowfront Reef Tank 30 Gallon Sump

07/20/2011, 09:18 AM	#4
Manta034 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 74	Algae is pretty normal for a newly cycled tank. Snails will help. Hermits help too but IMO can cause more harm than good. Since you have a sump you may want to look into getting some macro algae, specifically chaeto, to aid in absorbing excess nutrients. Eventually you may want to look into using GFO to further reduce phosphates. __________________ 75g rimless, 30g sump/refigum. Lighting: 400w MH with lumenbright wide reflector, 2x 48" actinic VHO. Skimmer: SRO 1000sss. Flow: Vortech MP40, Tunze 6045 (soon replacing with MP10). Return: Mag 9.5 Reactor: BRS GFO reactor

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07/20/2011, 07:48 AM	#2
dslizzy Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: St Louis Posts: 52	typical after cycling. My tank got gha pretty bad, it will go away though. Time for some snails. I personally dont like crabs, but I know alot of people do.

07/20/2011, 07:54 AM	#3
Lorenz725 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 942	A clean up crew should take care of it. My hermits take care of any algae that pops up in my tank.