damb this algae

[nissanrs]

i dont understand i thought it was the spectrapur rodi nope the crtridges are new.. phos is .1.. but why do i get greeen on the glass.. i have an acua c ev which is pulling a lot of green, and i also have a phosbhan reactor.. help me out here plzz

 

[Phin]

Can you describe the algae a little better or post pics? What are you params at?

 

[nissanrs]

ph 8.3 0 nitrates its like green hair algae..
i wouldnt mind if it was coraline algae.
i thought it might of been purple up promoting this so i stoppd using it

 

[AZDesertRat]

How old is the system? Algae is a common part of starting a new system up and will eventually pass as it goes through its various stages. I think in the first 6 months or more of my present systems life I went through every type of nuisance algae there is, bubble, hair, red slime, bryopsis you name it.

 

[wicked demon]

purple up doesn't cause algea blooms, it's pre balanced carbonate and calcium, the algea is from insufficient nutrient export, do you have a sump with bio-balls to start the system? Lots of live rock (aragonite)? Chaeto or other plant that will compete for nutrients? A worth while skimmer? Do you feed every day? There are a few ideas but with out knowing more about your system and mainenance habits I am in the dark.

 

[nissanrs]

ok the tank has been up for about 4 months... about 150 lbs of live rock in main tank, its a 72g tank. ther is a a sump no bioballs, just a sock. a acau c ev skimmer inside sump, a phosban reactor in sump.. ther is a tee in the return pipe, some of the water goes into refugium (made from a cooler) some of the water goes bck into main tank.
ther is a little bit of rocks in refugium, mud, chaeto and caulerpa

 

[CoralBandit]

If its on your glass its prob phyto and wont go away get a mag float

 

[nissanrs]

phyto? i wouldnt mind if it was coraline when do you i think i will start seeing coraline on glass and not phyto

 

[wicked demon]

as the tank becomes cycled and stable with proper calcium and Kh levels coraline will grow, but the phyto and diotomes will never stop.

 

[nissanrs]

nothing i can do about it?
i mean yea its a reef store, but their glass looks so so clean

 

[wicked demon]

magfloat,-everyday,-magfloat, clean glass is how they make a living.

 

[Phin]

Reef stores usually clean the glass every day. Get a magfloat if the only spots are on the glass.

 

[nissanrs]

another question is i see the back of the tank coverd in coraline... if this does occur in my tank (probably cnat be said) will i still get the green back ther

 

[CoralBandit]

yea use a scraper

 

[bobzreef]

One type of 'green' algae that you will see on your tank IS coralline algae. Don't clean it for a few days, and watch it turn into coralline.

bob

 

[nissanrs]

wat color does it start from and wat color does it change too??

 

[BlazinNano]

Coraline? It normally starts green then will change to purple. The way to tell if it is coraline growing, is it hard? Can you just wipe it off with a finger? If you can wipe it off with your finger it is not coraline, plus coraline normally is a round dot when it starts growing.

 

[Braves Fan]

Are you doing water changes, how often and how big.

 

[nissanrs]

20% every other week