algea

So, I have had this 13.5-gallon saltwater tank kit for a few months now and its never stops having loads of algae in it. I do water changes every week from the water from my local Petco, but I also have my own ROM but it's too cold to use it since I connect it to my hose into my basement. I just...

Hi again. So my tank is around 4 months old now and been going through all the uglies. I am happy taking things slow and really not bothered about the uglies all that much. It recently went through a massive GHA bloom which I mostly left to its thing while manually removing some and it’s now...

Hey there everyone! I’ve had my mind made of for a while on getting a orange diamond foby for sand sifting. I’ve been told also that if I don’t have enough algae growth it could potentially die and rather fast in my 24g nano … what are some options I have besides snails. Which shrimp would serve...

I have some brownish stringy algae on the sand bed. Here’s some scope pictures with a link to the video. One person said diatoms already but I’d like to get that confirmed. Thanks! https://youtube.com/shorts/bIbPYK4BhB4?feature=share

Hello, I’ve had brown algae for months in my tank and I believe they could be dinos from all pictures and descriptions ive seen, however I’m still not sure. Can anyone help me ID these??

I have been consistently getting 0 on Nitrate and Phosphate. I have chaeto in a back chamber that’s literally doubling in size in about a weeks time. I give it 18 hours of light which I’d read was recommended. I also have green hair algae forming on the sand. As of yesterday, my ammonia level...

Ok I’m not sure what kinda algae this is. I was thinking dinoflagellates but I’m kinda puzzled though as I don’t have a ton of bubbles like traditional dinos and I have nutrients. I did a 10% water change last night I’m pretty religious on weekly water changes but this one was closer to 10 days...

I've had my tank for 5 weeks now, and I've noticed something growing on my xenia. Can any tell what it is?

I have a biocube 32 LED with a current cuc of 7 astrea, 4 cerith, and 5-8 nassarius (I have no idea how many I have they breed all the time), and 3 hermits (1 dwarf red leg, 2 dwarf blue legs). I have a lot of red slime and dust algea still and he hair algea is slowly being eaten by the astreas...

I have regular purple coralline growing on my rocks. I also have this very light blue colored algea that looks similar and a hard green algea on some of my other rocks. Are these coralline? Also some white colored areas on my back wall. Is that the start of coralline?

Hi all new to the forums. I've searched a bit, but have not found quite what I was looking for. Or if I have it's been worse then the stage I'm at. But as my title states, I have a BioCube 32 that's been up for just about 3 months. It's been a month since diatoms have disappeared and all seemed...