Henry Colf
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So I get this algae growing on my overflow. It's real thick and pulls off pretty hard. Does anyone know what it is and if it's good or bad. Thanks in advance.
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Gary Majchrzak
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damned lights are causing a glare
damned lights are causing a glare
does it look like little long balloons?
damned lights are causing a glare
does it look like little long balloons?
Henry Colf
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Hey Gary, no it grows more in tufts than anything else.
Steve Canyon
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Are you vodka dosing? (the tank Henry, the tank)
Henry Colf
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yesSPS growing on the side of your overflow???
Henry Colf
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I think it's like turft algae or something similar to it. I've scraped it off with a razor it comes back. Just was tryimg to figure out if it was benefical or not.
Henry Colf
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Thanks Steve but no, no vodka dosing the tank or I..:beer:
Gary Majchrzak
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as an algae scrubber it's beneficial...
I can't make out what it looks like from that pic...
research Cladophora or Derbesia or Bryopsis
Steve Canyon
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I know you realize the only reason I ask is because I saw something like this back when I dosed vodka. It went away when I stopped. I ask only to explore possible commonalities...
Henry Colf
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From the pictures I found it looks like a type of cladophora. The one it looked like the most says it forms in tidal surge zones or something like that. I'll just keep pulling it off and cleaning the teeth on the overflow. If my red planet keeps growing upward it will be blocking the teeth on the overflow...
Gary Majchrzak
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if it really IS Cladophora the stuff is REALLY STIFF. Forms a mat like base that REALLY STICKS to whatever it's growing on. I have some Cladophora in my aquarium.
Henry Colf
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I think i'll just manually remove it. Everything in my tank is growing and looking good and I don't want to sabotage that..
Gary Majchrzak
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I agree. Besides, some algae in any reef aquarium is a GOOD thing IMO. Especially when it's acting as a high rate scrubber!
agree. not a fan on the overflow, like to keep water moving freely through there. personally, on my tank there are two float switches in the overflow - on tells me the pump is working, the other is a high level shutoff in case the drain ever gets clogged.
I've noticed that when I let algae build right near the grates it moves to the float switches.
Don't know what it is? The red planet and that algae might block that overflow soon. I had an encrusting monti block mine and tank levels started to rise a bit. I scraped it off and got some nice frags. Now it's coming back over it again.
FWIW I've used H2O2(3% hydrogen peroxide) for dips and to dribble on red turf algae with the rock out of the water.Does a good job killing it off and doesn't harm the corals in small doses. I would not, however, use it as an in tank treatment. Might wipe down an overflow out of the water with it though with care not to dribble much into the tank water, if there was an algae I wanted out and couldn't remove easily.
FWIW I've used H2O2(3% hydrogen peroxide) for dips and to dribble on red turf algae with the rock out of the water.Does a good job killing it off and doesn't harm the corals in small doses. I would not, however, use it as an in tank treatment. Might wipe down an overflow out of the water with it though with care not to dribble much into the tank water, if there was an algae I wanted out and couldn't remove easily.
AmherstReef
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I have the exact same algae along with a little bubble algae growing in my overflow and just built a cover for it to block out the light. Just put it on yesterday so we'll see what happens in a few days.
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