Overgrown glass

[runetspike]

Hi guys! I have a problem that the glass is overgrown with a green coating.
Nitrate 2.5
Phosphate 0.04
In the morning I cleaned it, by the evening everything is completely green.
I dose All for reef 35 ml, after which there is a light fog.

Aquarium month.
Total volume 800 liters.
what am I doing wrong?

 

[A Young Reefer]

Honestly this is one of those riddles that I am never able to solve, I also suffer from the same.
can you please clarify what do you mean by the following statements?;
"Aquarium month."
"I dose All for reef 35 ml, after which there is a light fog."

 

[runetspike]

Honestly this is one of those riddles that I am never able to solve, I also suffer from the same.
can you please clarify what do you mean by the following statements?;
"Aquarium month."
"I dose All for reef 35 ml, after which there is a light fog."

I started the aquarium on May 10, 2022. 4 days ago I started dosing All for Reef at 35ml per day.

 

[RichReef]

I started the aquarium on May 10, 2022. 4 days ago I started dosing All for Reef at 35ml per day.

Do you have SPS in the tank?
What live stock do you have?
Why would you be dosing at this stage? Is there anything in the tank that is using the All for Reef?
Is your cycle complete?
Did you start with dry rock or live rock?

Maybe you are going through an ugly stage?

Need more back round.

 

[Rmckoy]

One thing you will always have to do is clean the glass .
there is no way around it .
but depending on lights , if there is a window close allowing Sun light in all are contributing factors .

 

[Tonycass12]

Are you testing alk, calcium and magnesium? If your not; blindly dosing all for reef is going to cause you more issues. You are in the "uglies" right now. It should pass in the next few months. If you don't have corals yet cut your lighting back.

 

[Koh23]

Its a month old tank, leave it, and don't come back at least for 2-3 months.....

 

[Pntbll687]

What livestock (corals and fish) is in the tank? What type of lighting are you using?

Can you get a decent picture? Is it "dusty" where you clean it and it floats into the water like a dust into air? Or is it harder to scrape off?

 

[runetspike]

Do you have SPS in the tank?
What live stock do you have?
Why would you be dosing at this stage? Is there anything in the tank that is using the All for Reef?
Is your cycle complete?
Did you start with dry rock or live rock?

Maybe you are going through an ugly stage?

Need more back round.

Yes, I have SPS, montipora, chalis 2 pieces and 2 LPS. Zebrasoma Scopas.
Lighting ATI Powermodule T5 10×80 Watt

 

[runetspike]

What livestock (corals and fish) is in the tank? What type of lighting are you using?

Can you get a decent picture? Is it "dusty" where you clean it and it floats into the water like a dust into air? Or is it harder to scrape off?

When I clean the glass, it easily comes off like dust and immediately dissolves.

 

[sixty_reefer]

When I clean the glass, it easily comes off like dust and immediately dissolves.

You may just need more heterotrophic bacteria diversity, some heterotrophs will actually prey on this algae. I would advice in picking a small piece of live rock and add it to your display

 

[Breadbox]

When I clean the glass, it easily comes off like dust and immediately dissolves.

You have Cyanobacteria it seems, nothing eats them in my experience, I have it in my tank as well, Mine hitchhiked in from a coral frag and grown to an apocalyptic proportion.

Again, it might just be green algae, but if you have clean up crews and yet none of them eats it, it's cyanobacteria.

I'm still waiting for my chemiclean to be delivered from the store.

 

[gbroadbridge]

I started the aquarium on May 10, 2022. 4 days ago I started dosing All for Reef at 35ml per day.

It's pretty normal for a tank less than six months old.

Just keep cleaning and watch your phosphate levels.

One day it'll stop.

 

[Dan_P]

Hi guys! I have a problem that the glass is overgrown with a green coating.
Nitrate 2.5
Phosphate 0.04
In the morning I cleaned it, by the evening everything is completely green.
I dose All for reef 35 ml, after which there is a light fog.

Aquarium month.
Total volume 800 liters.
what am I doing wrong?

Sounds like a phytoplankton, a mobile algae. If it is long lasting then it could be a single cell algae. The other shorter lived mobile green microorganism is the reproductive stage of an alga before it settles and grows into a surface attached alga. What you have sounds normal. For now don’t react to it.

 

[runetspike]

Thanks guys for the advice! I added zebrasoma scopas, she ate everything from the stones. Plaque gradually disappears from the glass.