What algae and how do I fix it

[SpencerT82]

This is the algae in the picture it’s all over my rocks pretty much everywhere it’s doubled to tripled in size over the past two days it’s a 112 gallon with a flame fin tommini tang , clownfish , blotched anthias, blenny, and goby all small. Phosphates are 0.05

 

[glb]

How new is your tank?

 

[PlumbTuckered]

Your tank is brand new and you have it loaded with stock. Just from that small picture, it is obvious that you are rushing.

Are you using dry rock in your tank? Did you bother to cure it before putting it in the tank? Probably not. You can't expect to have a nice tank overnight, which is what I think you're trying to do.

You can't just "fix" it. You have to understand why you have it in the first place!

But no doubt, people will post about "buying a bottle of this or that". Or "dosing" something from a bottle.

You have to get serious about your entrance into the hobby or get out because if you don't do it right, you'll only end up wasting your money.

 

[glb]

If the tank is new, my guess is that the brown stuff is diatoms, which is unavoidable in a new tank and will eventually go away on its own. Your phosphates aren’t that high. What are your nitrates?

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Your tank is brand new and you have it loaded with stock. Just from that small picture, it is obvious that you are rushing.

Are you using dry rock in your tank? Did you bother to cure it before putting it in the tank? Probably not. You can't expect to have a nice tank overnight, which is what I think you're trying to do.

You can't just "fix" it. You have to understand why you have it in the first place!

But no doubt, people will post about "buying a bottle of this or that". Or "dosing" something from a bottle.

You have to get serious about your entrance into the hobby or get out because if you don't do it right, you'll only end up wasting your money.

Dang that sounds good id love to see your tank.

 

[Big Smelly fish]

From the picture it looks brown and stringy with bubbles . It looks like a form of Dino’s.
more information on tank and perimeters. How long as the tank been running.

 

[SpencerT82]

Your tank is brand new and you have it loaded with stock. Just from that small picture, it is obvious that you are rushing.

Are you using dry rock in your tank? Did you bother to cure it before putting it in the tank? Probably not. You can't expect to have a nice tank overnight, which is what I think you're trying to do.

You can't just "fix" it. You have to understand why you have it in the first place!

But no doubt, people will post about "buying a bottle of this or that". Or "dosing" something from a bottle.

You have to get serious about your entrance into the hobby or get out because if you don't do it right, you'll only end up wasting your money.

So first I haven’t been rushing and I’m not looking for some chemical to fix it I have had my tank for a little over a year with a custom made aqua scape that was cured for 2 weeks before going initially the tank. I also waited 8 months to get fish and serious corals.

 

[glb]

So first I haven’t been rushing and I’m not looking for some chemical to fix it I have had my tank for a little over a year with a custom made aqua scape that was cured for 2 weeks before going initially the tank. I also waited 8 months to get fish and serious corals.

No you’re not rushing at all. You’re doing fine.

 

[SpencerT82]

How new is your tank?

It is a little over one year

 

[glb]

It is a little over one year

I agree with the post that it looks like dino’s. I didn’t see the bubbles at first. What are your nitrates?

 

[SpencerT82]

From the picture it looks brown and stringy with bubbles . It looks like a form of Dino’s.
more information on tank and perimeters. How long as the tank been running.

It’s been running for about a year the phosphates are 0.05 with the Hanna ulr phosphate checker and 0.8 nitrates with the hr Hanna checker

From the picture it looks brown and stringy with bubbles . It looks like a form of Dino’s.
more information on tank and perimeters. How long as the tank been running.

 

[SpencerT82]

I agree with the post that it looks like dino’s. I didn’t see the bubbles at first. What are your nitrates

phosphates are 0.05 with the Hanna ulr phosphate checker and 0.8 nitrates with hr Hanna checker

 

[glb]

It’s been running for about a year the phosphates are 0.05 with the Hanna ulr phosphate checker and 0.8 nitrates with the hr Hanna checker

I’ve also found that letting nutrients bottom out can cause problems. Depending on what you want in the tank, you could raise the nitrates. I have an LPS tank and try to keep mine around 5ppm. I keep phosphates between 0.03-0.07. This wouldn’t work for an SPS tank but I’ve found that LPS like more nutrients in the water.

 

[vetteguy53081]

This is likely dinoflagellates and can be beat doing the following:
Prepare by starting with a water change and blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles.
Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10-15% IF you have light dependant corals) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off.
During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as bacter 7 or XLM) per 10 gallons.
Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED CORAL FOODS OR ADD NOPOX as it is food for dinos.
Day 5,, you can start with blue lights - ramping up and work your white lights up slowly
Because yours if fairly light, you can try a 3 day and see how things look and go to 5 day if necessary

 

[glb]

This is likely dinoflagellates and can be beat doing the following:
Prepare by starting with a water change and blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles.
Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10-15% IF you have light dependant corals) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off.
During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as bacter 7 or XLM) per 10 gallons.
Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED CORAL FOODS OR ADD NOPOX as it is food for dinos.
Day 5,, you can start with blue lights - ramping up and work your white lights up slowly
Because yours if fairly light, you can try a 3 day and see how things look and go to 5 day if necessary

This is great advice.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Your tank is brand new and you have it loaded with stock. Just from that small picture, it is obvious that you are rushing.

Are you using dry rock in your tank? Did you bother to cure it before putting it in the tank? Probably not. You can't expect to have a nice tank overnight, which is what I think you're trying to do.

You can't just "fix" it. You have to understand why you have it in the first place!

But no doubt, people will post about "buying a bottle of this or that". Or "dosing" something from a bottle.

You have to get serious about your entrance into the hobby or get out because if you don't do it right, you'll only end up wasting your money.

Don't worry about this, he's probably going thru the same thing, everyone does, some worse than others, but at least your asking for help and honest. When I see comments like that, i do a quick look around their threads and see if i can find up to date proof of the b.s they spout out, most times not.

So first I haven’t been rushing and I’m not looking for some chemical to fix it I have had my tank for a little over a year with a custom made aqua scape that was cured for 2 weeks before going initially the tank. I also waited 8 months to get fish and serious corals.

It does look like dinos probably with a mix of diatoms and hair algaes, a combo of sorts, I had it in my 48g tank not to long ago with cured k.p live rock when I upgraded, you need the tank to get "dirty" skip some waterchanges and set your skimmer on a timer to only run at night, and dosing microbactor7 did help me i can't tell you why, you will have to keep p04/n03 up while doing this, I go for brightwells recommend #'s wich is .02 phosphates and 3 nitrates. this may help you, or get a feel for what others are doing and pick and choose what you think will work for you. Either way your doing it right this is just a speed bump in the road everyone hits.

 

[SpencerT82]

This is likely dinoflagellates and can be beat doing the following:
Prepare by starting with a water change and blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and siphon up loose particles.
Turn lights off (at least white and run blue at 10-15% IF you have light dependant corals) for 5 days and at night dose 1ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide per 10 gallons for all 5 nights. If you dont have light dependent coral- turn all lights off.
During the day dose 1ml of liquid bacteria (such as bacter 7 or XLM) per 10 gallons.
Clean filters daily and DO NOT FEED CORAL FOODS OR ADD NOPOX as it is food for dinos.
Day 5,, you can start with blue lights - ramping up and work your white lights up slowly
Because yours if fairly light, you can try a 3 day and see how things look and go to 5 day if necessary

I have an gold torch with blue tips and 2 leering apple scoots with 1 sps mini colony and a few more soft corals and cheaper torches. Would you still recommend turning off the lights

 

[glb]

I have an gold torch with blue tips and 2 leering apple scoots with 1 sps mini colony and a few more soft corals and cheaper torches. Would you still recommend turning off the lights

It’s ok to turn off the lights for a short time to treat the tank.

 

[SpencerT82]

It’s ok to turn off the lights for a short time to treat the tank.

I know a lot about aquariums and coral and equipment but not so much about algae how did I get in this situation just over filtrated which caused the nitrates and phosphates to drop to low?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have an gold torch with blue tips and 2 leering apple scoots with 1 sps mini colony and a few more soft corals and cheaper torches. Would you still recommend turning off the lights

You can provide them 10-15% blue ( as torch are photosynthetic) although blackout wont harm them.