Algae problem
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joshbrookkate
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I picked off what I could on an ongoing basis until I had it down to a few rocks. I thought I was going to be able to continue to do this until it was all gone. But I watched the caulerpa waft sperm(?) into the water column so I had to set up a canister with carbon and floss to clean it up. I pitched those rocks right away, didn't even put them in my sump, just in case it got back into my DT.
I am caulerpa-free now.
My advice - get rid of whatever rocks you can spare and be diligent about picking the rest clean. Don't wait like I did.
I am caulerpa-free now.
My advice - get rid of whatever rocks you can spare and be diligent about picking the rest clean. Don't wait like I did.
ravedood
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I am fighting the same thing right now. No matter what i do i cant get rid of it. Water changes, gfo, carbon, lighting, higher flow, nothing. I just started dosing reef bio fuel, lets see how that goes. Im thinking about taking out the affected rock and letting it die off then put it back in.
rovster
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Looks kind of like bryopsis. Is it fern like? At the end of the day there is an excess in nutrients. Maybe cut the feeding, increase the export via waterchangees, wet skimming, increased gfo, and most importantly patience. Did this come out of nowhere?
Manual removal and upping the CUC or adding an herbivorous fish would be a plus. Just don't freak out. Assess the situation in 2 week increments not day to day. I'm going through something similar with cyano. It's a PITA....
Manual removal and upping the CUC or adding an herbivorous fish would be a plus. Just don't freak out. Assess the situation in 2 week increments not day to day. I'm going through something similar with cyano. It's a PITA....
It's about 3-4 different types of algae. I do believe I have a bryopsis but then calupera, and others.
This is a 60 cube. I did add a medium sized yellow eye kole tang and have been slowly adding crabs and snails weekly. But the problem is growing. Nothing else is effected.
This has slowly grown in like this. I was manually removing it and stopped. I moved my tank once and when I pulled the rock out I thought I got it all only to find it returning.
This is a 60 cube. I did add a medium sized yellow eye kole tang and have been slowly adding crabs and snails weekly. But the problem is growing. Nothing else is effected.
This has slowly grown in like this. I was manually removing it and stopped. I moved my tank once and when I pulled the rock out I thought I got it all only to find it returning.
Well, apparently, my skimmer got turned way down. I have it running wet now.
I originally thought the problem may have been caused by my r.o. System introducing nutrients but my tests claim otherwise.
Noticed this yesterday. Skimmer filled a 3rd of the cup by morning. Green. Yay.
I originally thought the problem may have been caused by my r.o. System introducing nutrients but my tests claim otherwise.
Noticed this yesterday. Skimmer filled a 3rd of the cup by morning. Green. Yay.
rovster
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Oh boy. The GFO will definitely help. At this point manual removal is definitely a must. That definitely looks like bryopsis which is hard to kick, as well as caulepra. That said if you can strip the tank of nutrients, you should see a huge improvement. If it was me, I'd do a tank cleanup. Baste rocks, siphon sand and sump, manual removal, 50% water change, and up the waterchanges and GFO.
That said, don't put a mess of GFO in there. Put the recommended amount and change more frequently rather than a ton of it all at once.
That said, don't put a mess of GFO in there. Put the recommended amount and change more frequently rather than a ton of it all at once.
AquamanE
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I agree ++++++
gemini aquarius(t)
Always Learning
Also, add a uv sterilizer. With the manual removal and maybe a hydrogen peroxide treatment should take it down.
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