What will eat this green alage?

[bjmartie]

What will eat this? My tank is right at 4 months old. Already battled diatoms and won(i think!). I ordered a 90 gallon CUC from reef cleaners, but looking to find something that will eat this off the rocks and the glass!

Also, I do have a BTA that I added to my tank at 4 months old. It appears to be doing great! Never moved from where I had out him. Aklanity stays around 9 and calcium stays around 400. I have a 90 gallon with 40 gallon sump, (roughly 100 total gallons). I do weekly 10% water changes. Should I stick with that or will every two weeks be ok?

 

[vetteguy53081]

What will eat this? My tank is right at 4 months old. Already battled diatoms and won(i think!). I ordered a 90 gallon CUC from reef cleaners, but looking to find something that will eat this off the rocks and the glass!

Also, I do have a BTA that I added to my tank at 4 months old. It appears to be doing great! Never moved from where I had out him. Aklanity stays around 9 and calcium stays around 400. I have a 90 gallon with 40 gallon sump, (roughly 100 total gallons). I do weekly 10% water changes. Should I stick with that or will every two weeks be ok?

I assume you’re using RODI water?

Pic kind of dark but appears to be wire algae. Often you can press your thumb into it and peel it off in little sheets
Reducing both white light intensity and number of hours will help
Pencil or pincushion urchins should eat it as well as ninja star snails

 

[bjmartie]

Pic kind of dark but appears to be wire algae. Often you can press your thumb into it and peel it off in little sheets
Reducing both white light intensity and number of hours will help
Pencil or pincushion urchins should eat it as well as ninja star snails

I just tried that and nothing. I even scrubbed it with the clean tooth brush I use and it doesn't even want to came off. Does coarline alage start off as green?

Current light schedule. Corals seem to love it where I got it now.

 

[Rigoberto]

Yeah, that's not coraline algae IMO. What are the nitrates and phosphates?

 

[AydenLincoln]

An urchin will! But you do want to figure out what’s causing it too. It could be nutrients, a poor water source, lighting, etc.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I just tried that and nothing. I even scrubbed it with the clean tooth brush I use and it doesn't even want to came off. Does coarline alage start off as green?

Current light schedule. Corals seem to love it where I got it now.

Yeah it’s tough stuff and needs to be scraped away or mini scrub brush
Toothbrush not aggressive enough

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Top crown snails.
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[bjmartie]

Yeah, that's not coraline algae IMO. What are the nitrates and phosphates?

Using a hanna checker, phosphates are zero.
Don't have hanna checker for nitrates, using api, it appears to be right around 5.

 

[bjmartie]

I think I know what it is. So I have a 35g fowlr as well. It's crystal clear, do everything the same. But... I don't use red sea reef energy plus upstairs! Or reef roids from polyp labs!

Do y'all think that could be causing it?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I think I know what it is. So I have a 35g fowlr as well. It's crystal clear, do everything the same. But... I don't use red sea reef energy plus upstairs! Or reef roids from polyp labs!

Do y'all think that could be causing it?

Absolutely. Those foods raise phosphates which promotes algae along with light

 

[exnisstech]

If everything is doing good maybe just sit back and let the tank mature.