Serious algae problem
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Any way to attach the photos instead of screenshots of the photos? hard to see the details. Please include more information about your tank as well; how long has it been up and running? What are your water parameters?
BanjoBandito
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Looks like hair algae. You are gonna just have to get in there with a toothbrush and scrub it off. Get your phosphates lowered so it’s not rooted and it’ll scrub right off. If you can take the rocks out one by one, take one out, spray with H202 and toothbrush it off. Wait a day, do another rock. It won’t hurt your cycling bacteria.
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Hard to say without more info but...looks like some truf and hair algea.
With a small tank you could pull the rocks out and scrub all of them algea with hydrogen peroxide then rinse in rodi water.
With a small tank you could pull the rocks out and scrub all of them algea with hydrogen peroxide then rinse in rodi water.
BanjoBandito
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If someone locally has a sea hare you can put it in. It’ll wipe it out no matter the length in a week or so. But it’ll starve without more algae. It’s the only thing that’ll eat the long stuff that I know of.
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In some aspects I see diatoms but on rock, I see what looks like Calothrix which is a member of the cyano group and appears as a slimy/fuzzy algae. Calothrix looks very similar to Dinos and needs to be physically scrubbed off with a firm toothbrush in a separate container of tank water.
After returning rock to tank, you can help control with addition of snails such as astrea, chiton, ninja star and 12 caribbean blue leg hermits
After returning rock to tank, you can help control with addition of snails such as astrea, chiton, ninja star and 12 caribbean blue leg hermits
homer1475
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Was just going to say the same thing. Looks like regular old GHA, and some calothrix.
Thank you so much for the help. Last time when i added both snails and crab. All snails were killed. Another time the snails were breeding so intensively that i was in a trouble. What type of snails are going to breed less
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The key to breeding those species that will breed freely in the aquarium (trochus snails; ceriths; money cowries) is not having predators that will eat the eggs. Many wrasses, angelfish, filefish, and dottybacks will make quick work of any eggs that they find; you just have to have luck that your fish won't be interested in them. The best way to get a breeding population of molluscs, in my opinion, is to establish a healthy population before you add your fish.
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1. How old is your tank?
2. Did you use Dry Rock or Live Rock.
3. If Dry Rock, did you cycle it before placing it in your tank?
If you place dry rock directly in the tank, the organics will cause the rock to grow algae like a Chia Pet.
2. Did you use Dry Rock or Live Rock.
3. If Dry Rock, did you cycle it before placing it in your tank?
If you place dry rock directly in the tank, the organics will cause the rock to grow algae like a Chia Pet.
