Green Algae Completely overran my NANO

[Kris39]

I'm having a horrible green algae problem, just normal green algae, no hair algae, but everything I do just won't help.

 

[Copingwithpods]

Got a picture of what you're dealing with

 

[Kris39]

Got a picture of what you're dealing with

I'll be home in about an hour and I will post a picture. Its pretty much all over the tank, covered the sand, back wall, side glass, and even the wavemaker.

 

[Kris39]

Got a picture of what you're dealing with

 

[Pablopufferfish]

Bump, this hasn’t been answered.

 

[Miller535]

I am sorry no one helped you yet. Can you give me a little info about your tank? How and when it was cycled? And what your tank parameters are? And what kind of lighting and light schedule

 

[BullyBee]

I’m not an expert in saltwater but I’d start with turning the lights down and manually cleaning as much as you can. From there I would do a water change and implement some kind of refugium, whether it be HOB or reactor.

In freshwater if I get bad algae I put in floating plants (salvinia minima). Why? Because it absorbs all the nutrients the algae needs to thrive. That is what the refugium In marine aquariums do. I run co2 on all my planted tanks, but algae still happens.

That’s the thing. No matter what algae still happens.

 

[waleedreef]

good algae. tang fish will remove it.

 

[lapin]

Looks like a film algae. The snails are eating trails on the glass. In a new tank stuff will grow until you have enough coral or something to out compete it for nutrients. Siphon it off the sand and rocks and wipe the glass with paper towels. It should go away over time.