identifying algae

[Asuhdude611]

hey everyone! First time posting on here, hopefully you guys can lend a hand. I've had the tank up for about 9 months now. It was a FOWLR tank for most of it. Just recently I got lights. I'm hoping it's just diatoms. any advice on what i should do or what kind it is would be greatly appreciated. I've been testing the water parameters and everything is good.

 

[Coralreefer1]

Diatoms

 

[ying yang]

Just looks like diatoms to me which is just natural part of a reef tank maturing and one of the many cycles that a tank goes through and continually goes in amd out of cycles from one to another and often back to another .not much to worry about.
All I've done from setting up tank is watch what tank does then act accordingly like if a certain algae growing and cuc cant help me keep upto its maintenance then I research which cuc members are known to help with it and if compatible with my other tank inhabitants then buy a few if then or a few if each kind ,just a few at a time as dont want cuc to starve and eat each other kind of thing ( always got opportunity of target feeding your cuc until tank can feed them itself)

I'm no expert on fish dieseses/ skin of fish and all that but is that how your blue tangs face looks like in person ? Does it look like it got a bit of hille? ( Head and lateral line erosion)
Not saying this to scare you but just noticed it so thought worth a mention ^_^
Some say activated carbon cam cause this ( or not rinsing it out good enough first to get rid of all tje powder finest in it ) but others strongly say not enough concrete evidence to back it up so another one of them lol
But look up hille and look at its causes and any actions needed to stop or halt it if you interested.
As I say im not expert and not saying 100% your blue tang got it
Good luck with your tank and hope you and family get great enjoyment from your tank ^_^

 

[ying yang]

HLLE - Head and Lateral Line Erosion Disease Treatment - Hackers' Reef

HLLE is a disease that afflicts many of the ornamental marine fish in our hobby. The acronym stands for Head and Lateral Line Erosion. Facts & Prevention...

www.hackersreef.com

Little article with some basic Information on hille and possible causes/ treatments for it.
Don't know the author but with a quick glimpse through it pretty much says what other articles on it says

 

[Uncle99]

I see red light, which is a great contributor to pest algae.
Stay within the 400-540nm spectrum.
Violets, blues great contributor to photosynthesis

 

[Asuhdude611]

Just looks like diatoms to me which is just natural part of a reef tank maturing and one of the many cycles that a tank goes through and continually goes in amd out of cycles from one to another and often back to another .not much to worry about.
All I've done from setting up tank is watch what tank does then act accordingly like if a certain algae growing and cuc cant help me keep upto its maintenance then I research which cuc members are known to help with it and if compatible with my other tank inhabitants then buy a few if then or a few if each kind ,just a few at a time as dont want cuc to starve and eat each other kind of thing ( always got opportunity of target feeding your cuc until tank can feed them itself)

I'm no expert on fish dieseses/ skin of fish and all that but is that how your blue tangs face looks like in person ? Does it look like it got a bit of hille? ( Head and lateral line erosion)
Not saying this to scare you but just noticed it so thought worth a mention ^_^
Some say activated carbon cam cause this ( or not rinsing it out good enough first to get rid of all tje powder finest in it ) but others strongly say not enough concrete evidence to back it up so another one of them lol
But look up hille and look at its causes and any actions needed to stop or halt it if you interested.
As I say im not expert and not saying 100% your blue tang got it
Good luck with your tank and hope you and family get great enjoyment from your tank ^_^

Thanks for the information, much appreciated! I actually recently acquired the tang. Someone I know was getting rid of their tank and offered him to me, so I'm not sure. The tank he was previously in didn't have much room for him and was under kept. He seems much happier now then when I saw him in his original tank.

 

[Asuhdude611]

I see red light, which is a great contributor to pest algae.
Stay within the 400-540nm spectrum.
Violets, blues great contributor to photosynthesis

Thanks for the advice!

 

[Spare time]

HLLE - Head and Lateral Line Erosion Disease Treatment - Hackers' Reef

HLLE is a disease that afflicts many of the ornamental marine fish in our hobby. The acronym stands for Head and Lateral Line Erosion. Facts & Prevention...

www.hackersreef.com

Little article with some basic Information on hille and possible causes/ treatments for it.
Don't know the author but with a quick glimpse through it pretty much says what other articles on it says

I think its not HLLE and called something else likely due to poor diet (Jay Hemdal mentioned this in a recent thread and said to try and add dried seaweed (not roasted nori, but rather like the two little fishies stuff)

 

[ying yang]

I think its not HLLE and called something else likely due to poor diet (Jay Hemdal mentioned this in a recent thread and said to try and add dried seaweed (not roasted nori, but rather like the two little fishies stuff)

Sounds good, giving ourselves and or are little fishy friends a varied nutritional diet and what's needed for each fishy,so good food,good water should never harm ^_^