A Simple Guide To Common Problematic Algae And The Means To Control It..

[Zero Nitrates]

Great write up Steven!

 

[alberthiel]

Thanks .... another one you may want to add is red slime - cyanobacteria - not really algae but referred to as slime algae or red slime algae ... and yes there are Green Wiry algae as well and also the other type of green Bubble algae ... the one that grows in small clusters, and of course red bubble algae so as you say ... there are indeed plenty more that hobbyists may have to deal with ...

Thanks for all the info ....

Albert

 

[Mike2112]

Thanks for the write up, I am currently fighting an algea issue, so the info was great!

 

[Vwtbug]

U running rodi

 

[ReeferMan420]

Great thread and useful info. Maybe a thread on different kinds of macroalgae

 

[blue.flyzz]

great info, thanks

 

[Arjsmithy]

Very Nice Post

Very Nice post great right up:tongue:

Very nice! Good reference thread!

 

[jonnyvexilar]

Great info thanks

 

[Mike2112]

I am running RODI and the media was changed in Nov 13 and 7/13 about every four months

 

[reefobsessed]

Great info...I currently am dealing with a diatom. My tank has been set up for 5 months, and I have had the diatom for over two months. I use RO/DI water.
Change 5 gal a week in a 29 bio cube. Does RO water contain silicate? If I stir the sand, its back within 30 min. Is this just a waiting game?

 

[Mike2112]

I too have the 29 BioCube and do water changes the same too. Some say it is a waiting game, some say it may be the salt or sand. Test the RO water first then after you mix it with your salt, then when in the tank. If your water is pure, you know that is not the source. If Silicate is still at zero after you mix the salt and let it age a day or so, it is not the salt, so the only other thing is the sand. I believe I am correct about this...input??

 

[Mike2112]

Check your food souce too, it may have silicate as a filler (just remembered that one).

 

[bitumenman]

Check your media too, if you don't have any look into a phosphate/silicate media

 

[nexusnight]

I have what looks like a cross between diatoms and hair algea but only on the sand bed. Any ideas? I can't se to get it to go away. Currently I have no fish in the tank and run carbon and Gfo and of course always rodi water. When I had my tangs in the tank and a sand sifting goby it seemed to keep it under controll. My fish are in qt as somehow I got ick

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

You running a skimmer?
What are you Phosphate levels?
What is the TDS of your top off water?

 

[nexusnight]

I run a vertex in180 and my system is about 170gallons. Tds is 0 and phosphates are undetectable on Hanna phos checker

 

[unionfishguy]

I have a mildly bad Cyanobacteria problem and I was hoping to get some tips to get rid of it

 

[cpt]

Is lighting height a factor in algae growth

 

[bitumenman]

Their is not one source for algae growth. It usually consists of two or three factors, poor lighting, nutrients, heavy bio load, water source, over oxygen (aka bubblers), fluctuations via temp alk mag,
Consistent parameters are key to a successful reef system

 

[bitumenman]

Another big one is flow