Algae went sexual!! Help!

[cprice]

So I just came home to a very cloudy tank and a refugium full of white caulerpa algae. I am very confident it went sexual and the cloudiness in the tank is a result of the released spores. I have 300 gallons in my system and can only make so much RO water, what should I do to help solve the problem? Will this kill my SPS?


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[bif24701]

Not outright, but you need to clean the water/tank. Skim heavy and wet, run mechanical filtration, whatever you got.


Aaron

 

[mikeatjac]

Keep an eye on your ammonia levels. Run some carbon and water changes. Can you buy some water from you LFS.

 

[alb_56]

Could always get distilled water from Walmart.

 

[cprice]

I've got 2 45 gallon trash cans filling now. Going to do one 30% water change of 90 gal and the I'm running an extra carbon reactor now. We'll see what happens. We'll see how it goes!

 

[cprice]

So I posted that last reply before I looked at the tank this morning.

To my surprise and relief, the tank was crystal clear after looking like this last night (radions at 80%):

The white caulerpa next to regular algae in the fuge:

So happy that my tank took care of itself. Yay for 300 gallons of water volume and a strong beneficial bacteria colony.


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