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[Company101]

I am honestly at my whits end. According to LFS. Tank parameters were fine 2 days ago. And there wasn't this much a week ago.

Chemi clean was a bismal failure

I am most likely going to take the tank down and put it back up. Or maybe sell. I seriously do t know what to do ?
Peroxide treatment ( have this on hand )
Biofuel ( also have on hand )
Acid bath ( and start all over ) and to what of the tank and livestock?

What of the sand? The sump? Does everything need to go to?

I am completely sick over this.

These pics are only half the tank. It's honestly that bad.

 

[Company101]

This pic was taken not even a week ago.

None of the corals look happy.

 

[Rob&Gab]

If that's hair alge get a few sea hairs they should be done within a week or 2.

 

[Company101]

I seriously don't know what it is.

 

[footballdude2k3]

Get a sea hare, or some turbo snails, or a lawnmower blenny, and you should be good to go. how big is your tank, what's inside?

 

[Rob&Gab]

I would say depending on size of your tank 2-3seahairs and about 10 Mexican large turbos and you should be clean in a week tips if that's GHA I wish you the best of luck and please don't forget pass of your sea hairs when there finished so the don't starve and kill them. Return them or pass them to a friend or someone in need. GOODLUCK on your journey never give up . It's never the best thing to do , always take advice and use it in your own ways and man make it HAPPEN!

 

[Sea_Monkey]

Try some urchins, they helped me with my byropsis.

 

[Reef Pets]

A good clean up crew would help. How old is this tank? Your coral are closed showing there are probably it here issues. What kind of lighting are you using? Are you using ro/DI water? How long are your lights on per day? What's your phosphate levels at?

 

[Company101]

System is 55 with 35 sump. There is about 10 turbos a couple other types of snails. A yellow tank, a lawn mower, diamond watchman gobie, bi color angel,

No one is eating this stuff

I also have two emerald crabs.

We only feed 1 frozen cube of miso shrimp in the evening and we since off the cloudy water.

Nothing is eating this stuff.

 

[Company101]

Parameters. According to LFS they are good. Lighting is T5 on from 8 am till 8 pm. MH are on from 12-2

I think I want to dose with peroxide. It's all I have and I heard it works.

Might try dipping one rock to see how it works.

 

[Rob&Gab]

It could be your RO WATER do you make it yourself? Or buy it ? Or use bottled? Tap? Little info , also you running a skimmer I no it's a silly question but lightens the load on us to ask. Have you checked your phosphates? If so what were they testing at?

 

[Company101]

Tank is about 7-8 months old. I did do a rookie thing and bought " cured " LR from a guy on craigslist. I want to say that is where the problem is I think.

 

[Rob&Gab]

Don't trust LFS READINGS! Always invest in good test kits like salifert and Hanna test kits aswell as red sea and Elos there good too.

 

[Company101]

I have RO/DI water. I also have a fairly new protien skimmer.

I just chemicleaned a little over a week ago.

 

[Company101]

Right now I just have the simple test kits. Going to do my own test tomorrow

 

[Rob&Gab]

What is your RODI testing at? What's the TDS? Phosphate levels?

 

[Company101]

I will test first thing in the morning. As of right now. I dipped a LR in peroxide and water. And took a tooth brush to the whole rock.

 

[jt17]

Tank is about 7-8 months old. I did do a rookie thing and bought " cured " LR from a guy on craigslist. I want to say that is where the problem is I think.

I think you may gave solved your problem. As the nutrients leach out from the old rock it's immediately consumed by the algae and that's why your parameters still appear in check. Over time it will go away but not immediately. Also how old are your t5 bulbs? As t5 bulbs reach the end of their lifetime their spectrum starts to shift in a way that can encourage algae. Don't fret it's not the end of the world. You can always start changing the rock out for new cured rock but only a few pieces at a time. You've come to the right place to figure this out. There are so many smart people here with so much experience. We all have had bumps in the road and you can get passed this one. Best of luck.

 

[Company101]

Jt17. The t5 bulbs are about maybe a month old at most two months.

 

[goodtimes]

A single sea hare with clean that up in a month or less. Sea hares run around $30. In the meantime you can figure out why you have the algae. What's your light schedule. When I had a similar issue I cut back to a four hour lighting period each day and it seemed to slow the growth.