Need help with an ID please

Ice34452 · Jul 17, 2016

Can anyone help me ID this algae that is growing please? Also, steps towards resolution would be greatly appreciated as well as the help with ID. TIA

Diesel · Jul 18, 2016

The TAG is defect

Tahoe61 · Jul 18, 2016

Welcome.

Can you post an image please?

Ice34452 · Jul 18, 2016

Ice34452 · Jul 18, 2016

Sorry, just now learning how to navigate the site.

Diesel · Jul 18, 2016

Regular green algae IMO.
How long has this tank been running?
Any test results from the last couple of day.
Do you mix your own saltwater?

Ice34452 · Jul 18, 2016

Tanks been up about 3 weeks now, I do mix my own water using RO/DI and Red Sea Coral Pro salt mix to a specific gravity of 1.025-.026. Using Red Sea marine test kit my Params are: 8.2 pH, 8-9dkh, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 0 nitrates. 0 Po4 using a Hanna checker I picked up Saturday and plan on upgrading to the Hanna checkers for everything else soon. I just replaced all bulbs yesterday as well which I believe to have been contributing to the problem as 2 were not performing correctly and I just noticed it, we're doing good then started seeing this and did some reading and started checking.

Ice34452 · Jul 18, 2016

Those Params are from yesterday and specific gravity from tonight.

Diesel · Jul 18, 2016

Your Po4 and No3 readings could be false because of the algae as it consumes both before you can test for it.
3 weeks is still a very young system and IMO not done through the complete cycle yet.
Any livestock in the tank?

Ice34452 · Jul 18, 2016

Yeah got some clean up crew as well as a few fish, used some Dr. Tim's One and Only as advised to help the tank cycle. Seems to have worked for the most part but I'm wondering what could've been the perp in why this outbreak happened besides probably insufficient lighting which has been corrected.