Is this Bryopis or green hair algae

[isaacfish]

 

[isaacfish]

Can anyone help and tell me how to get rid of

 

[isaacfish]

I am loosing my fight with this Gha for a while now

 

[isaacfish]

I am loosing my fight with this Gha for a while now

Please help

 

[shakacuz]

seems more like turf algae, than GHA. or a combination of both. my suggestion is to cut back on white, red and green light and reduce feedings. increase filtration (whether mechanical or biological), and increase the amount of clean up crew you have. lots and lots of manual removal will be needed as well. you can rip the algae off as close to the root as possible. daily.

just as a reminder: when making threads/posts you need to take into consideration that there are many, many, many threads and posts being created every minute or so. you have to be a bit patient and allow other members to find your thread and provide input. don't forget with this hobby you need lots of patience, otherwise it is the wrong hobby for you.

 

[krollins]

Whit light pics would help

 

[jmichaelh7]

Fluconazole should wipe that OUT

 

[isaacfish]

Ok white light pics

 

[TehBrainz]

Agreed with everything @shakacuz said. I had a similar battle a few years ago that almost caused me to leave the hobby. Patience patience patience. This too will pass. Then the next issue will come up and this will be a thing of thr past

 

[isaacfish]

Also with the algae growing my Xenia is not doing so good

 

[isaacfish]

Agreed with everything @shakacuz said. I had a similar battle a few years ago that almost caused me to leave the hobby. Patience patience patience. This too will pass. Then the next issue will come up and this will be a thing of thr past

Thanks guys I love the support I have to remember that often

 

[shakacuz]

i noticed you may have a canister filter. how often do you maintenance/clean this? a poorly running filter will not do its job properly.

what do you use to test your water? what kind of water do you use to add back into the tank as it evaporates? tap water will probably fuel this algae.

 

[isaacfish]

i noticed you may have a canister filter. how often do you maintenance/clean this? a poorly running filter will not do its job properly.

what do you use to test your water? what kind of water do you use to add back into the tank as it evaporates? tap water will probably fuel this algae.

So I don’t have a canister filter I have an RS-100 sump and I use Rodi water to top off

 

[isaacfish]

So I don’t have a canister filter I have an RS-100 sump and I use Rodi water to top off

What you saw was a overflow box probably

 

[shakacuz]

What you saw was a overflow box probably

i saw a hose in the 2nd picture of your original post, i assume wrongly . what skimmer do you have and what size tank do you have?

 

[I never finish anythi]

What is the lighting schedule for the tank ? And what do you have for cuc?

 

[isaacfish]

seems more like turf algae, than GHA. or a combination of both. my suggestion is to cut back on white, red and green light and reduce feedings. increase filtration (whether mechanical or biological), and increase the amount of clean up crew you have. lots and lots of manual removal will be needed as well. you can rip the algae off as close to the root as possible. daily.

just as a reminder: when making threads/posts you need to take into consideration that there are many, many, many threads and posts being created every minute or so. you have to be a bit patient and allow other members to find your thread and provide input. don't forget with this hobby you need lots of patience, otherwise it is the wrong hobby for you.

 

[isaacfish]

If it is turf algae, how do I get rid of it?

 

[TehBrainz]

This was about 3.5 years ago in my 75gallon before moving to my 200g. This EVERYWHERE, including the glass.

 

[isaacfish]

What is the lighting schedule for the tank ? And what do you have for cuc?

So the lights turn on at 9 AM and turn off at 4:30 PM that’s the schedule for the lights. I have a M 50 protein skimmer and I don’t know what CUC is