overnight algae

hayley2684 · 05/30/2006, 12:00 AM

This morning when i woke up i notice quite a bit of algae. some of my rocks and sand have a golden colour on them. two of the rocks have a very fine dark green in paches over them (one is right near the thermostat ) another has plumes of red sort of clump like but only small.

the rest of the rocks have no growthon them at all they are the same as they were before and i haven't done anything to the tank that i know of to make this happen. are any of the algaes good or do i need to try and get rid of them all?

current inhabitants include 4 oclaris clowns and 2 corla banded shrimp.

bertoni · 05/30/2006, 09:53 PM

How long has the tank been running? Blooms like this are fairly common in new tanks.

dime079 · 05/30/2006, 09:57 PM

sounds like what happened to me, seems like one morning i woke up and had to start cleaning the glass after seeing nearly ZERO algae growth for the first 5 weeks. from what i read this is typical in a new tank, as bertoni said, so i wouldnt sweat it unless it starts getting out of control then you may have to take action. the red clumps? i dont know exactly what it is but i have had that on one of my rocks when i bought it and it hasnt appeared to be growing so just keep an eye out.

hayley2684 · 05/31/2006, 01:59 AM

the tanks only been up and running for just over a month. had fish in it now for almost 2 weeks.

thanks guys. it's always good to know you're not the onlyone

juke · 05/31/2006, 12:27 PM

that is a good sign that the cycle is truly complete on a newly established tank...

completely normal - you may want to do a 10-20% waterchange and add a small clean up crew and in a couple of days it will be gone

bertoni · 05/31/2006, 01:51 PM

I agree that it'll likely go away on its own. If not, just post back in a few weeks. The water changes sound like a fine idea.

05/30/2006, 12:00 AM	#1
hayley2684 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: sydney australia Posts: 121	overnight algae This morning when i woke up i notice quite a bit of algae. some of my rocks and sand have a golden colour on them. two of the rocks have a very fine dark green in paches over them (one is right near the thermostat ) another has plumes of red sort of clump like but only small. the rest of the rocks have no growthon them at all they are the same as they were before and i haven't done anything to the tank that i know of to make this happen. are any of the algaes good or do i need to try and get rid of them all? current inhabitants include 4 oclaris clowns and 2 corla banded shrimp.

05/30/2006, 09:53 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	How long has the tank been running? Blooms like this are fairly common in new tanks. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

05/30/2006, 09:57 PM	#3
dime079 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 236	sounds like what happened to me, seems like one morning i woke up and had to start cleaning the glass after seeing nearly ZERO algae growth for the first 5 weeks. from what i read this is typical in a new tank, as bertoni said, so i wouldnt sweat it unless it starts getting out of control then you may have to take action. the red clumps? i dont know exactly what it is but i have had that on one of my rocks when i bought it and it hasnt appeared to be growing so just keep an eye out. __________________ i only wanted a nano tank, what do you mean 500$ start-up costs?!?!?! all my money, damn fishes Current Tank Info: 10g nano reef, 55 reef in planning

05/31/2006, 01:51 PM	#6
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	I agree that it'll likely go away on its own. If not, just post back in a few weeks. The water changes sound like a fine idea. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

05/31/2006, 01:59 AM	#4
hayley2684 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: sydney australia Posts: 121	the tanks only been up and running for just over a month. had fish in it now for almost 2 weeks. thanks guys. it's always good to know you're not the onlyone

05/31/2006, 12:27 PM	#5
juke Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fallbrook, Ca Posts: 36	that is a good sign that the cycle is truly complete on a newly established tank... completely normal - you may want to do a 10-20% waterchange and add a small clean up crew and in a couple of days it will be gone