Algae issue, and Algae ID,

[Greatdane]

My algae is taking over, it used to be all over the back of the tank. But now it seems to be hanging around the corals, a lot of it. First of all I have no idea what algae this is, second, anyway i can get rid of it. We do water changes consistently change the filters. Any other methods or items that will help it slowly go away? Or slow down

 

[Greatdane]

I know its hard to tell but, the algae is a redish color

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Picture under 100% whites would help for a positive ID.

 

[Greatdane]

Picture under 100% whites would help for a positive ID.

Ill try to get that to you soon

 

[Greatdane]

Picture under 100% whites would help for a positive ID.

 

[Greatdane]

Its like a redish

 

[Garf]

Can you siphon it out, or is it firmly attached? Looks more bacterial to me.

 

[Greatdane]

Can you siphon it out, or is it firmly attached? Looks more bacterial to me.

Cant really syphon it out, its stuck and stuck hard

 

[Garf]

And your clean up crew isn’t touching it

Cant really syphon it out, its stuck and stuck hard

what CUC have you got?

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Its like a redish

Stringy, glob like, hairy?

 

[Bfragale]

I had red turf algae. Got an urchin and started dosing vibrant. Those two things really helped me beat it back.

 

[Greatdane]

And your clean up crew isn’t touching it

what CUC have you got?

What is cuc?

 

[Greatdane]

I had red turf algae. Got an urchin and started dosing vibrant. Those two things really helped me beat it back.

Vibrant?

 

[Greatdane]

Stringy, glob like, hairy?

All of the above

 

[Bfragale]

Vibrant?

Yeah, it’s takes a while to work, but I dose weekly 1ml per 10 gallons of tank water.

it’s really helped me beat a bunch of algae’s.

 

[Bfragale]

What is cuc?

Cuc= clean up crew - like hermits/snails/urchins/tangs- etc. anything that eats or cleans up waste and or algae’s

 

[Bfragale]

What’s your current water parameters?
Alk
Cal
Mag
Po4
No3
Temp
Salinity
Ph

these may point to high levels which will contribute greatly to nuisance algae.

 

[Greatdane]

Cuc= clean up crew - like hermits/snails/urchins/tangs- etc. anything that eats or cleans up waste and or algae’s

Hermits

 

[Greatdane]

What’s your current water parameters?
Alk
Cal
Mag
Po4
No3
Temp
Salinity
Ph

these may point to high levels which will contribute greatly to nuisance algae.

Ill check for ya real quick

 

[Greatdane]

Yeah, it’s takes a while to work, but I dose weekly 1ml per 10 gallons of tank water.

it’s really helped me beat a bunch of algae’s.

Will look at it thanks!