I still can't get this under control!

[ebeez]

See pics attached. I have been dosing twice a week with Vibrant, only have the lights on for 3-4 hours a day. I have blacked out for 3 days twice but it keeps coming back. Nitrates are below 5 and phosphate is almost nonexistent (low PO4 could be because of the algae). Ammonia and nitrite 0. C

oming up on almost 4 weeks now. Changing GFO and carbon more frequently, cleaning glass almost every day. Any help of suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Eric

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Can you get a close pic to see details.

Is it wiry? Looks like a turf alge.

 

[ebeez]

Can you get a close pic to see details.

Is it wiry? Looks like a turf alge.

tons of bubbles.. my initial though was bryopsis .. not so sure now

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

tons of bubbles.. my initial though was bryopsis .. not so sure now

The bubbles aren't uncommon with vibrant. Likely some cyano of gassing o2.
Def not bryo.

You did the full dose and followed it ?

 

[ebeez]

I'm probably overdoing the dosing. 150 gal (including the sump) and dosing 20 ml twice a week.

 

[Coralfuture]

+1 Turf algae...was in my system for the first 4 months....cuc took care of it immediately once I added an ATS. Crazy bubbles and everything

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I'm probably overdoing the dosing. 150 gal (including the sump) and dosing 20 ml twice a week.

Got it. Def use caution with that stuf. Its weird.

Have you tried scrubbing it while doing the wc?

 

[ebeez]

+1 Turf algae...was in my system for the first 4 months....cuc took care of it immediately once I added an ATS. Crazy bubbles and everything

CUC and ATS?

 

[ebeez]

Got it. Def use caution with that stuf. Its weird.

Have you tried scrubbing it while doing the wc?

yes.. need to get more off the rocks.. crabs are hiding in them so hard to take them out.. little buggers.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Trip. And it is the green mat Alge in the first pic yea?
(Second didn't work out so goo)

 

[Coralfuture]

CUC and ATS?

Clean Up Crew...mostly hermits and tronchus snails.....Algae Turf Scrubber....if you make one don't overthink it.

 

[ebeez]

Trip. And it is the green mat Alge in the first pic yea?
(Second didn't work out so goo)

yep.. here's is a better pic.. iPhone can only do so much!!

 

[ebeez]

Clean Up Crew...mostly hermits and tronchus snails.....Algae Turf Scrubber....if you make one don't overthink it.

ah gotcha! Have 3 hermits in there and 8 green emerlads

 

[ebeez]

I forgot to mention it also grows on the sand bed!?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Clean Up Crew...mostly hermits and tronchus snails.....Algae Turf Scrubber....if you make one don't overthink it.

Yup. Cuc cuc cuc.

Let me phone a friend too.

@Brew12 hey buddy. Have you seen read of green algaes bing vibrant resistant?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I forgot to mention it also grows on the sand bed!?

Lol. That's a ?!?!? For sure.

I do def in general reccomend snails. But sometimes when it gets out of hand.....

 

[Coralfuture]

I should also mention I had considerable damage to that algae once I added a lawnmower blenny. He wasn't able to keep up with the growth but there were large patches of bare rock when he was in there. Once the algae was gone he lasted a month and then made a 5in leap out of the tank one night and haven't replaced him yet. Miss him he was fun to watch will be replacing him once I make a screen.

 

[ebeez]

Lol. That's a ?!?!? For sure.

I do def in general reccomend snails. But sometimes when it gets out of hand.....

I may stop dosing with Vibrant for a while .. let the CUC do their jobs and get a few snails (gives me another excuse to got the LFS!!

thanks to all for the amazing help and fast responses!!!! I absolutely love this community!!

 

[Forsaken77]

ah gotcha! Have 3 hermits in there and 8 green emerlads

Did you try Algaefix Marine? I used that stuff and it worked great. You have to slightly under dose it and aerate a lot. But it works good, ime.

 

[Brew12]

Yup. Cuc cuc cuc.

Let me phone a friend too.

@Brew12 hey buddy. Have you seen read of green algaes bing vibrant resistant?

I'm not sure any are "resistant" but some are much tougher than others. Bryopsis can literally take months to clear.

Vibrant is a tool, not a miracle cure. If you are using Vibrant 2x a week and still have NO3 in your system after a few weeks it will take more than just Vibrant to get things fixed.

At its heart, Vibrant is just carbon dosing with a little kick of algaecide. If you can do that much carbon dosing and still have any detectible nutrients at all there is a shortage of nutrient export in the system imo. As an example, after 3 weeks of Vibrant I had to dose NO3 to keep from starving my coral.