Should i get rid of this?
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Not very many types of algae that grow in such a large fashion are good. I'm far from an expert on algae but I'm seeing either green turf algae (which basically means it's green and there's a lot of it) or bubble algae (especially when I zoom in on the second picture). Something that's growing that quickly and spreading normally isn't a good sign because they can start starving the tank of nutrients and even oxygen or overrun corals you want to put in, or worse, release spores throughout the tank making you battle the problem for a long time.
Someone with more experience will hopefully chime in, but I think it's gotta go.
It looks nice but if you didn't put it there, you probably don't want it there.
Someone with more experience will hopefully chime in, but I think it's gotta go.
It looks nice but if you didn't put it there, you probably don't want it there.
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It's taken about 2 months to get that big. My numbers are great and I test twice a week. Best way to get rid of it? My friend said I should just scrub it off with a toothbrush out of the tank.
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You need to get nutrients in check.
What are your parameters?
Alk
Cal
Mag
Phos
Nitrates
Salintiy
Temp
Lights and schedule?
Pull it off to get rid of it...but it will come back unless you find the issue.
What are your parameters?
Alk
Cal
Mag
Phos
Nitrates
Salintiy
Temp
Lights and schedule?
Pull it off to get rid of it...but it will come back unless you find the issue.
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Yep, just dive in and start removing.
As MERKEY said, unless you find the issue, some pieces are going to still be in the water that you can't see. Gotta find the underlying issue to correct the situation.
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Whats the light schedule for your cube? You could try to cut the whites time down a bit.
Also if you can get a phos checker and try to keep that under .1
How often are you feeding and how any fish do you have...I see the 1.
Also if you can get a phos checker and try to keep that under .1
How often are you feeding and how any fish do you have...I see the 1.
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Warmer temperatures 100% boost algae growth. Definitely try to get that reduced. Where is the tank located where the temp is getting to 82?
Best range is probably 78-79.
Best range is probably 78-79.
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It's far from any windows and in a relatively cool place in the house. I just started leaving the AC set to 75 in the house. Hopefully that will help. It has been pretty warm here in California.
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I feel you, I'm in Texas and we've been dealing with a 110 heat index for a while now. My daughter won't sleep with a blanket so we keep the bedroom temp around 78. At that temp, the qt tank just sits without heater or chiller. The other two tanks need heaters (kept in room temps of 73).
I think it looks nice, like a mountain. If you wanted to focus on a macroalgae tank with some softies then I don't see any reason you have to totally eradicate it but you may need to prune it/pull it out like any plant to keep it in the areas you want.
Planted salt water tanks are great looking too
Planted salt water tanks are great looking too
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I totally agree that it looks good but its an unknown agent that's taking over quickly. I'm all for a planted tank but in those situations, you know what's planted. In this, you didn't introduce the plant, it spread on its own.I think it looks nice, like a mountain. If you wanted to focus on a macroalgae tank with some softies then I don't see any reason you have to totally eradicate it but you may need to prune it/pull it out like any plant to keep it in the areas you want.
Planted salt water tanks are great looking too
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They wont deplete oxygen they may infect help produce oxygen and uptake carbon dioxide. That's a good thing. The problem is it will overgrowth all your coral. If it's an fo tank. May give it some color and movement.
meh, lots of unknowns come in on live rock. You can buy a macro like it at KPA called toadstool algae. He said it's not growing that fast and it doesn't appear to be GHA. I wouldn't want it in a SPS tank but wouldn't panic at all about it in a macro and soft coral tank, especially a small tank like that.
But I also put nicely colored neon green and pink majano's (even paid a good amount of $$ for them) in my mixed nano tank and that doesn't bother me either. Stuff is pretty easy to control in a small tank.
One man's pest is another man's treasure?
Yoshi had an awesome macro tank years ago on another forum and had green carpeting algae similar. Macro's look so good under whiter lighting which his tank seems to have with the stock lights.
That is sort of what I was envisioning
That is sort of what I was envisioning
