Algae Problem Starting!!!....Any Advise?

[ScottB]

Don't run GFO in a new tank full stop. In an older system, you shouldn't need GFO unless you PO4 is running closer to .2.

I just clacked this bit into another thread this morning at the same stage as you...

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Agreed just part of the new tank uglies. I would not sweat about them. When did you start the tank? Any live rock at the start?

A couple other unsolicited pointers for:

a) Your tank is cycled now. Unless you have unexplained fish deaths, no need to test for nitrites (NO2) nor Ammonia any longer.
b) Just keep steady temp and salinity and let your new biome do its development work.
c) After a month or two, start your water change routine (20% every two weeks is common) and perfect that routine so that it is accurate, fast and easy. Accurate (temp & salinity) and easy.
d) Study up on fish nutrition. Good nutrition leads to good immune systems. New systems need healthy fish. Corals only need fish poop and stable conditions.
e) Avoid other additives for a while; you are just interrupting the maturation of your biome. There are a very few exceptions to this, but not many.

Have fun and keep asking questions. "

Not all applies but hope it brings some comfort.

 

[Larry101]

Found on the PolybLab website about One : This product will temporarily cloud aquarium water after dosing so it is recommended to dose ONE at night.

Yeah, but it usually only clouds the water for 2 hours, it is now still cloudy after 10 hours. I’m not sure what it is.

 

[X-37B]

It may be a bacterial bloom. Have patience and it should go away.
I get it now and then, unknown why, and I dose MB7 and it goes away within 24hrs.
I have no experience with what you dosed.
Just checked polyp lab one. You do not need to feed the corals. Just feed your fish. Your tank is to new for coral food and it will just create algae issues. My tank is 9.5 months old and I just feed the fish.

 

[jeffchapok]

As much as we would like to keep our tanks pristine, and believe me that I am as OCD as anyone you will meet, reefs in the wild are covered in various types of algae. It's healthy and necessary for the benefit of these creatures we keep.

My tank looked like this at first:

Then a few months later it looked like this:

Now just over a year later it looks like this:

You just have to resign yourself to it and welcome the biodiversity.

 

[X-37B]

As much as we would like to keep our tanks pristine, and believe me that I am as OCD as anyone you will meet, reefs in the wild are covered in various types of algae. It's healthy and necessary for the benefit of these creatures we keep.

My tank looked like this at first:

Then a few months later it looked like this:

Now just over a year later it looks like this:

You just have to resign yourself to it and welcome the biodiversity.

Exactly. Mine has some hair algae too. Took a month to get a sea hare.
Only been in the tank for 3 days and is already putting a dent in it.
Once its gone I will give it to someone who has gha issues. Pass it around and it will clean anyones tank clear of hair algae.
I am not into chemical eradication of gha.

 

[jeffchapok]

Exactly. Mine has some hair algae too. Took a month to get a sea hare.
Only been in the tank for 3 days and is already putting a dent in it.
Once its gone I will give it to someone who has gha issues. Pass it around and it will clean anyones tank clear of hair algae.
I am not into chemical eradication of gha.

Same here regarding chemicals. I just added turbo snails until I got enough to keep it under control.

 

[ScottB]

As much as we would like to keep our tanks pristine, and believe me that I am as OCD as anyone you will meet, reefs in the wild are covered in various types of algae. It's healthy and necessary for the benefit of these creatures we keep.

My tank looked like this at first:

Then a few months later it looked like this:

Now just over a year later it looks like this:

You just have to resign yourself to it and welcome the biodiversity.

Exactly.