What type of algae is this?

[elcapitan1993]

I have been using vibrant for about 4 weeks now, it honestly doesn’t seem like it is doing anything, this algae is spreading at an alarming rate and I can not get rid of it, what type of algae might this be? And also does vibrant actually work or is it a gimmick?
I use RO/DI water so that’s not the problem, alk 9.0 ,calcium 440 , ph 8.2, nitrate 0-5

 

[OuteastREEFS]

How old is the tank?

 

[elcapitan1993]

About 5 months old approximately, fully cycled, good copepod population, coralline algae growth, stable parameters, the tank shouldn’t be having any problems

 

[Raege]

What’s your po4?

 

[elcapitan1993]

What’s your po4?

0-.025 I use the api kit for phosphate so it’s really hard to read

 

[Raege]

algae is tough can be at any time in a tanks life. if water is stripped of nutrients can cause issues as can high.
your using api for po4 what are your other test kits and what’s your light cycle?
are you running a skimmer?
whats stocked for fish in tank
what and how much do you feed and how often
lets invite #reefsquad

 

[Raege]

Oh on vibrant worked for me on dinos once as for long term use snd effectiveness on all algae not sure tho there is a thread on it and it’s use on R2r to check it out.

 

[elcapitan1993]

algae is tough can be at any time in a tanks life. if water is stripped of nutrients can cause issues as can high.
your using api for po4 what are your other test kits and what’s your light cycle?
are you running a skimmer?
whats stocked for fish in tank
what and how much do you feed and how often
lets invite #reefsquad

9 a.m to 6 p.m for my light cycle
I am using fluval for calcium
Hanna checker for alk
Milwaukee for salinity
Api for phosphate and nitrate and ammonia
No skimmer at the moment but have one coming
I have one 1 inch yellow belly hippo tang
1 clown fish
2 cardinals
2 hammer corals
Palys
Ricoredia florida
Duncan
I feed a pinch of flakes twice a day
I use reef roids and reef chili twice a week alternating weeks

 

[Fudsey]

Does it blow off the rocks?

 

[elcapitan1993]

Does it blow off the rocks?

I just checked and yes it does, it very easily blew off with a turkey baster

 

[Fudsey]

Sounds more like diatoms then and is the normal "Ugly Phase" of most tanks.

 

[Roger D]

I'd agree with diatoms. If your tanks big enough get a mimic tang they'll clean up any algae.

 

[elcapitan1993]

Sounds more like diatoms then and is the normal "Ugly Phase" of most tanks.

So do I just blow the stuff off of my rocks? Or will it just go away at some point?

 

[Fudsey]

You can blow it off the rocks to get it into the water column and down the overflow into your filter socks. But, that will make the tank look cloudy. They will go away at some point, yes.