Hey - Did I actually solve my tank's algae problem?

Barnabie Mejia · Jan 28, 2020

s_tempest said:
I just did the one dose. By one month it was obvious that the algae was gone. And it is still gone!
i did one 15% water change on day 19 and then another 15% ten days later.

Did you black out the tank or did you just leave the lights running?

s_tempest · Jan 28, 2020

Barnabie Mejia said:
Did you black out the tank or did you just leave the lights running?

I left the lights running as usual. The only thing turned off was my skimmer, and that only for the first 5 days.

S.Pepper · Jan 28, 2020

My tank is 3.5 months old. I have no fish, just corals. Diatoms finally came about 3 weeks ago. It has now turned to a green algae over the last week. From what I have read, and my hope, it will turn to coralline algae. My nitrates are low at 5ppm and remain very consistent. Phosphate is running btwn .02-.04. Like I said, I hope it goes to coralline.
Here's what it looks like now, and thanks for sharing your information.

Reef Stallion · Jan 31, 2020

I don't see any source of coralline in that tank. Did you add a piece of rock with coralline on it or add some other seeding source?

ScottB · Jan 31, 2020

Barnabie Mejia said:
Did you black out the tank or did you just leave the lights running?

The way fluconazole works requires photosynthetic process, so you need to maintain lighting.

Nanorock1970 · Jan 31, 2020

S.Pepper said:
My tank is 3.5 months old. I have no fish, just corals. Diatoms finally came about 3 weeks ago. It has now turned to a green algae over the last week. From what I have read, and my hope, it will turn to coralline algae. My nitrates are low at 5ppm and remain very consistent. Phosphate is running btwn .02-.04. Like I said, I hope it goes to coralline.
Here's what it looks like now, and thanks for sharing your information.

Yes yes, you need a source of Coralline in order to have it....either some clean up crew that has some on it from the LFS or a live rock, or just some scrapings from someone/place. Tank looks great on the aquascape. Your post is from sept 2019. How is it now?

S.Pepper · Jan 31, 2020

Nanorock1970 said:
Yes yes, you need a source of Coralline in order to have it....either some clean up crew that has some on it from the LFS or a live rock, or just some scrapings from someone/place. Tank looks great on the aquascape. Your post is from sept 2019. How is it now?

Those pics are from this week. I did add a bottle of Purple Helix which supposed to have a source of coralline?

Nanorock1970 · Jan 31, 2020

S.Pepper said:
Those pics are from this week. I did add a bottle of Purple Helix which supposed to have a source of coralline?

Yeah I think you should be good...Saw a review on youtube from reef noob and he has coralline going on from it...I myself don't have any experience with it.

xabo · Feb 22, 2020

Treated my tank with Flux Rx for bryopsis. Instead of mixing with water, my dumb butt dumped the powder into the tank not realizing that I should have mixed it first. Should I do another treatment mixed with water or wait it out a few days? 7000 mg into a 225 gal. with a 60 gal. sump.

Greneis · May 2, 2020

I came here to snoop because I just dosed with Fluconazole yesterday. Unrelated - did you put your tangs in together or add them separately? I have Scopas in my 150gal tank currently and would love to add another tang, but I am worried about aggression??