Brown algae

[saltyfilmfolks]

Hmmm. Ive heard that.

I will say I had to do a similar recently on my 30g. recently but I didnt need to do all of the rocks. Most and the sand Sections probably? over the month?

 

[dandrews40030]

Okay. I'll go ahead and do the rocks this weekend. Thanks for all the help. I'm so determined to make this the most intense reef tank ever. Haha. Hopefully my boyfriend plays along.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

A pleasure. If its too much to do all the rock at once stages are fine too. AS Diesel did counsil. But Id concentrate on the water quality first. I got bad water from the get go in my new DT build, from a HIGHLY trusted source. Plagued me for months lost some good little friends.

Consider for other reefkeepers and folks learning too, a build thread. You can call it "Ressurection" or something dramatic and cool like that.

And read up on those links. Youll be happy you did.

 

[pingzing47]

My suggestion is to test phosphate and nitrate levels. Get the skimmer and begin using no-pox by red sea. It takes time but algae will go away as nutrients are removed. It works.

 

[friedwilly]

I am sure everyone has gone through this once or twice, if not more. When I have had to deal with algae issues, my measures have been to do the following:

• Check phosphates and replace GFO frequently, if you are running GFO.
• Adjust Skimmer to skim a little more wet.
• Stay on top of water changes of 10%
• Hair Algae - Increase clean up crew
• Red Slime Algae - Lights out for one week, on 7th day actinic only. Then lights on. Repeat once a month until gone. You can also use a baster to suck it off the rocks and use a fine mesh net and recycle water back into tank, minus algae.

This is based on my experience and what I have done to combat certain types of algae. Keep in mind that this is a natural process of nature and don't get too crazy about it.