Algae in the QT tank

[Editour2]

My 10 gal Quarintine Tank has recently shown an outbreak of algae. I am currently running a small sponge filter with carbon and have a small power head with some live rock in the tank. There are a few small snails in the tank & no livestock at this time. Any suggestions on how to eliminate this? P.S. the temp is approx 80 degrees, normal salinity.
Frank

 

[romain]

Since it's a Q-tank, how about dump everything out, clean it thoroughly, then use the water from your display?

 

[Editour2]

The display tank is not currently running, still finishing the plumbing. The QT tank has live sand and live rock which I was going to use to seed the main display.

 

[eckrynock]

Quarantine - a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10452304#post10452304 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Editour2
The QT tank has live sand and live rock which I was going to use to seed the main display.

Kind of defeats the purpose of a QT tank, doesn't it? I would dump that sand and rock before putting fish or coral in the 10 gal.

 

[eckrynock]

What kind of lighting is on the QT tank? Do you have "green water" or just algae on the glass and rocks?

 

[Editour2]

The QT just has the standard flourescent bulb for a small tank. The algae is just on the glass and part of the sand. I got the live sand from a couple of established tanks, (from friends), and started the small tank to hold it until the main display tank was finished. I would prefer to keep it to seed the main tank. Isn't there a way to clear it up?

 

[eckrynock]

Scrape all the glass, stir up the sand and do a 10 gallon water change. That's what I'd do.

With no corals in there, don't turn the light on either, that will help.

 

[gman107]

leave it alone its not going to hurt anything,theres nothing to hurt the water change will remove nutrients if you had to do something.