Algae is?

[Andreas' Reef]

*id, sorry for the typo in the title

Here are a few photos. What the heck is this??

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Is this a newer tank?

 

[Andreas' Reef]

Is this a newer tank?

It’s running 7 months now. I just passed the ugly stage. There was a ton of green algae during then and it happened a few months ago. Here are some pictures

then:

now:

 

[Hot2na]

the ID dont matter ...throw some blue life phosphate remover in one of those chambers in the back...regenerate every so often...done

 

[Reefing_addiction]

the ID dont matter ...throw some blue life phosphate remover in one of those chambers in the back...regenerate every so often...done

Except you don’t want to bottom out phosphates

 

[Reefing_addiction]

What’s you nitrates and phosphates at?

 

[Andreas' Reef]

What’s you nitrates and phosphates at?

Nitrate: 0.07 ppm

phosphates 0.08

 

[Andreas' Reef]

What’s you nitrates and phosphates at?

Nitrate: 0.07

phosphate: 0.08

 

[Reefing_addiction]

I would use phosphate remover.

All my white rocks turned that color too.

I would think it’s just more ugly stage

How are you testing nitrates to get .07

Bottoming out nitrates and or phosphates can cause dinos

 

[Hot2na]

Except you don’t want to bottom out phosphates

thats pretty rare if you feed your tank...and forget that phosphate reading your test kit shows...lots of stuff bound into your rock and sand that don't register on the kit , yet fuels your algae issues.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

thats pretty rare if you feed your tank

I almost bottom out Hanna ulr nitrate said .12 and phosphates were .01 started over feeding.

it’s possible if you have a skimmer and a a refugium or a ATS plus other forms of removing crud from tank and you only feed just enough