What type of Algae is it?

[eislekel]

Hello, I have green algae all over my rock surfaces. The bottom parts of the rocks are clean.

Tank size: 20 gallons cube
2 x Clownfish
10x Conch
10x Different types of LPS Corals

My water parameters:
KH/Alk 9
Mg 1350
Nitrate 2,5
Calcium 420
Phosphate 0,01
Temperature: 25C
Salinity: 1.025

My Phosphate level is 0. I think algae is consuming all phosphates.
Is there any way to get rid of these algae and raise my phosphates?

 

[ryanjohn1]

Turf maybe

 

[Kapachuka3]

Wait you have 10 conchs in a 20 gallon?

 

[eislekel]

Wait you have 10 conchs in a 20 gallon?

Yes 10 conch snails.
Should I avoid them?

 

[Kapachuka3]

Yes 10 conch snails.
Should I avoid them?

Nah i love conchs but 10 is a ton for 20 gallons

 

[eislekel]

Turf maybe

Turf looks more hairy, mine looks like a green painting over the rock.

 

[Kapachuka3]

Yes 10 conch snails.
Should I avoid them?

Do you have a picture of the conch snails? Are they fighting conchs or some other smaller type of snail?

 

[eislekel]

They are around 2-3 cm
I dont have a photo of the conchs right now

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello, I have green algae all over my rock surfaces. The bottom parts of the rocks are clean.

Tank size: 20 gallons cube
2 x Clownfish
10x Conch
10x Different types of LPS Corals

My water parameters:
KH/Alk 9
Mg 1350
Nitrate 2,5
Calcium 420
Phosphate 0,01
Temperature: 25C
Salinity: 1.025

My Phosphate level is 0. I think algae is consuming all phosphates.
Is there any way to get rid of these algae and raise my phosphates?

Looks like wire hair algae and will require removing rocks and placing in a container of tank water and scrubbing with a firm toothbrush or detail brush with some 3% peroxide as shown below from Harbor freight. Reduce amount of food fed after clean up, reduce white light intensity and add some cleaners such as pitho crabs, pencil urchins, emerald crab females and both astrea and turbo snails. Im surprised conchs didnt do anything with this.

As for how it got to this stage. . . .
Is this tank by chance at or near a window?
Are you using RODI water or tap water from the faucet?
What is current po4 level?

 

[eislekel]

Looks like wire hair algae and will require removing rocks and placing in a container of tank water and scrubbing with a firm toothbrush or detail brush with some 3% peroxide as shown below from Harbor freight. Reduce amount of food fed after clean up, reduce white light intensity and add some cleaners such as pitho crabs, pencil urchins, emerald crab females and both astrea and turbo snails. Im surprised conchs didnt do anything with this.

As for how it got to this stage. . . .
Is this tank by chance at or near a window?
Are you using RODI water or tap water from the faucet?
What is current po4 level?

I tried to clean with toothbrush but I couldn't remove that green with scrubbing. It's really hard.

 

[Orito]

How old is your tank? You started with dry rock right?

 

[eislekel]

How old is your tank? You started with dry rock right?

It's 4 months old. I started with cured dry rocks. They were all white.

 

[Orito]

That is normal algae, don't do anything, your rock is maturing, probably you'll start to see Coraline replacing this green algae in a while
Your po4 is low because your rock and sand are still binding it a lot

 

[eislekel]

That is normal algae, don't do anything, your rock is maturing, probably you'll start to see Coraline replacing this green algae in a while
Your po4 is low because your rock and sand are still binding it a lot

Should I dose phos?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I tried to clean with toothbrush but I couldn't remove that green with scrubbing. It's really hard.

Detail brush is more aggressive (harbor freight)

 

[Orito]

Should I dose phos?

if you think your corals are starving is a option, also would be a way to avoid dinos

 

[eislekel]

if you think your corals are starving is a option, also would be a way to avoid dinos

I see some tissue issues on my corals.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I tried to clean with toothbrush but I couldn't remove that green with scrubbing. It's really hard.

Is this tank by chance at or near a window?
Are you using RODI water or tap water from the faucet?

 

[Orito]

yeah but it's a delicated matter because in a new reef you could run into algae problems dosing too much

 

[vetteguy53081]

I see some tissue issues on my corals.

And- hang on to the post on rip cleans as There are Times its warranted although rarely