Algae ID and best solution

[jeremyd]

Hello all, I recently was out of town for roughly a week and a half, and I had my 75gallon tank mostly automated, but just needed a friend to help me out by changing out filter floss and feeding my herbivores.

Long story short, I came back to a tank full of algae. Turns out he didn't change the filter floss, and fed (and overfed) all fish, not just the herbivores. (carnivores are fed via auto feeder)


Is this a type of hair algae? And what would be best solution? nitrates are steadied at 0 and phosphates around 0.13- 0.17 (likely due to algae consuming any free nitrates)

Should I beef up cleanup crew, take rocks out, brush and use peroxide, then place back in, or replace with algae free cured rocks?

 

[Jekyl]

For sure add CuC. Reduce white lighting and get after the algae with a toothbrush and siphon.

 

[jeremyd]

For sure add CuC. Reduce white lighting and get after the algae with a toothbrush and siphon.

Thank you for the input. I have a sand sifting star, small yellow tang, and sailfin/lawnmower blenny. Snail wise I just have nassarius right now for the sand, and my falco hawkfish eats any crabs I bring.

What would be good to help clean this up?

 

[Jekyl]

Thank you for the input. I have a sand sifting star, small yellow tang, and sailfin/lawnmower blenny. Snail wise I just have nassarius right now for the sand, and my falco hawkfish eats any crabs I bring.

What would be good to help clean this up?

Reefcleaners.org and get the cleaner package for 1/2 your tank size.

 

[Dan_P]

Hello all, I recently was out of town for roughly a week and a half, and I had my 75gallon tank mostly automated, but just needed a friend to help me out by changing out filter floss and feeding my herbivores.

Long story short, I came back to a tank full of algae. Turns out he didn't change the filter floss, and fed (and overfed) all fish, not just the herbivores. (carnivores are fed via auto feeder)


Is this a type of hair algae? And what would be best solution? nitrates are steadied at 0 and phosphates around 0.13- 0.17 (likely due to algae consuming any free nitrates)

Should I beef up cleanup crew, take rocks out, brush and use peroxide, then place back in, or replace with algae free cured rocks?

Looks like hair algae covered with cyanobacteria.

 

[Blumon18]

I have Chemi Pure in my Media, GFO in my media reactor and dosing vibrant once a week now for three weeks guess just takes time I've done a good cleaning my last water change and I've switched my feeding to once every two days. Help please

 

[Dan_P]

I have Chemi Pure in my Media, GFO in my media reactor and dosing vibrant once a week now for three weeks guess just takes time I've done a good cleaning my last water change and I've switched my feeding to once every two days. Help please

It is hard to tell what you have growing with the blue light photo. Can you send a photo with white light?

 

[Blumon18]

It is hard to tell what you have growing with the blue light photo. Can you send a photo with white light?

 

[Dan_P]

Sorry, for some reason this does not play on my iPad

 

[Blumon18]

Can see it in this picture

 

[Reef and Dive]

Turf algae - Cladophora.
Fluconazole 9mg/L, manual removal and heavy nutrient export.

 

[Blumon18]

Nutrient export what's that

 

[Reef and Dive]

Nutrient export what's that

Methods to remove nitrate and phosphate frim the water:
- carbon dosing
- GFO (phosphate only)
- fuge / macroalgae
- ATS
- others…

 

[Blumon18]

Methods to remove nitrate and phosphate frim the water:
- carbon dosing
- GFO (phosphate only)
- fuge / macroalgae
- ATS
- others…

I have GFO in my media reactor and Chemi Pure in my Media is that to much or no sorry I'm new to saltwater tanks and have been going a year this April

 

[Reef and Dive]

I have GFO in my media reactor and Chemi Pure in my Media is that to much or no sorry I'm new to saltwater tanks and have been going a year this April

Check your phosphate and nitrate to know if it is enough, if you use fluconazole keep in mind that the phosphate from the algae will go back to the water.

 

[Blumon18]

Check your phosphate and nitrate to know if it is enough, if you use fluconazole keep in mind that the phosphate from the algae will go back to the water.

My phosphate level last check was 0.28

 

[Reef and Dive]

My phosphate level last check was 0.28

That’s pretty high to me… I prefer to keep mine below 0.05