Algae bloom

[jahel318]

I have a nasty green hair algae bloom all over my tank especially on the live rock. I only have 2 clowns and I feed only twice weekly for the past year. Any ideas on how to fix this problem?

 

[ClownMan727]

Brush it off. Are you phosphates in check? I get a little but my foxface and blenny keep it cleaned off completely.

 

[Reeferman1019]

I would check phosphates and nitrates, run GFO...wow twice a week feeding, my auto feeder runs twice a day lol


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[sandman12]

Reefman, what auto feeder do you use? Do you like it?

 

[Reeferman1019]

Reefman, what auto feeder do you use? Do you like it?

EHEIM Auto Feeder been using it for about 4 months and it's been working very well. Easy to setup I feed Hikari pellets Marine S and seaweed extreme. Frozen stuff I feed by hand once or twice a week


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[sandman12]

Thanks!

 

[LOL corals]

Turn off the lights for a few days. If you have corals they'll be fine. Eliminate the light and nutrients (phosphates, etc) and the algae will die. Scrape the algae off the rocks as well.

 

[rogergolf66]

Add a few big 15%-20% water changes into the lights out and you should be good for a bit

 

[college429]

Also, regular water changes, and definetly run GFO.

 

[Munster49]

If it's really bad and killing corals in a hurry, you might want to look into fluconazole. It beat my outbreak back quickly, but not completely. Still, it undoubtedly saved some corals that would have been over run if I waited for GFO and water changes to work.

 

[rogergolf66]

If it's really bad and killing corals in a hurry, you might want to look into fluconazole. It beat my outbreak back quickly, but not completely. Still, it undoubtedly saved some corals that would have been over run if I waited for GFO and water changes to work.

Here is where identification is important if is hair algae it won't help. If it is bryopsis then that will work great