Green Brown Algea,

[diver22]

Hi all, I have this bright Green and brown algae growing in my reef tank, my water parms are good:

Temp -77.7
Nitrates - 4
PH - 8.3
Alkalinity - 11.8
Salinity - 1.025
Calcium - 430
Mag - 1320
Phosphates - 0.02


Lights are Vipraspectra, running 50% Blue and No whites to see if that would help, not sure if is to much or to little. I did have a PAR meter when things get back to normal.

Seems that the green stuff is behind and the brown stuff in front, I do use RO/DI, I live in Florida so I do have some Silicate in the water, but when I test for TDS is 0. Honeslty have not tested for Silicate myself planing to get a Salifert test kit. I have even installed a UV and see if it helps and it has improved some... I have removed my aqua scape and srubbed the crap out of it and seems to come back.

I have also tried Vibrant and I think it did worse than good so I stopped it. I do not want to put anything else in here. Tank has been setup for two years and cannot get it right. I have scrubbed the heck out of the rocks numerous times.

Here are some pic's of the tank is driving me crazy been battling it for longer than I want to, not sure what else to do.

 

[i cant think]

Hi all, I have this bright Green and brown algae growing in my reef tank, my water parms are good:

Temp -77.7
Nitrates - 4
PH - 8.3
Alkalinity - 11.8
Salinity - 1.025
Calcium - 430
Mag - 1320
Phosphates - 0.02


Lights are Vipraspectra, running 50% Blue and No whites to see if that would help, not sure if is to much or to little. I did have a PAR meter when things get back to normal.

Seems that the green stuff is behind and the brown stuff in front, I do use RO/DI, I live in Florida so I do have some Silicate in the water, but when I test for TDS is 0. Honeslty have not tested for Silicate myself planing to get a Salifert test kit. I have even installed a UV and see if it helps and it has improved some... I have removed my aqua scape and srubbed the crap out of it and seems to come back.

I have also tried Vibrant and I think it did worse than good so I stopped it. I do not want to put anything else in here. Tank has been setup for two years and cannot get it right. I have scrubbed the heck out of the rocks numerous times.

Here are some pic's of the tank is driving me crazy been battling it for longer than I want to, not sure what else to do.

Honestly, to me that’s just the tank going through it’s ugly phase (That often lasts a few months whilst the tank is aging)

 

[Not an IT guy]

It could be wrong but the bright green is the beginning of coralline algae

 

[diver22]

Honestly, to me that’s just the tank going through it’s ugly phase (That often lasts a few months whilst the tank is aging)

2 years? I seem not not get out of the ugly phase… lol

 

[diver22]

It could be wrong but the bright green is the beginning of coralline algae

Yes at the begiing is what I thought but does not seem to break all this ugliness… definitely frustrating.

 

[Not an IT guy]

Yes at the begiing is what I thought but does not seem to break all this ugliness… definitely frustrating.

I’ve had my tanks for 4 and I still have some bright green growing again

 

[TheVinylReef]

Clean up crew! That's what it's for! Astrea and Turbo snails.

 

[diver22]

Clean up crew! That's what it's for! Astrea and Turbo snails.

Yes I have clean up crew, Torchus snails, and blue and red legs...