algea id please

[smurphruss1]

Please help me identify this algae. Thank you.




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[Avi]

It looks pretty clear that your blessed with hair algae...the green micro-algae...and cyanobacteria....the dark red one. Did you just want an ID, or did you want to know what you can do to rid your rank of them?

 

[Mrs.kbmdale]

I second Avi's response......

Good Luck and Happy Reefing!
Brianna:rollface:

 

[smurphruss1]

Advice on removal please.

 

[Avi]

Smurr...could you post some info, more spefically...

Nitrates
Phosphates

....How long your tank's been set up...what size it is...do you have a skimmer and what kind, of you do...total amount of flow in your tank...do you have a sump, etc.? It'd help a lot at getting that stuff under control.

 

[smurphruss1]

I have a 55g that has been running for alittle over 3 months. aqua 70 & 20 powerheads, I had a seaclone 100 skimmer but it never worked so now I have an aqua c remorora thats been running for 2 weeks and I have to dump it everyday.
phos 0
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
ammonia .25
ph 8
I am in a new house and I don't have curtains in this room. I was told that could be part of the hair algea prob.
ls bed and lr
recently put a tang in and a variety of snails.......seems to be helping alot
I was feeding frozen brine shrimp everyday but cut it back to every other day.
Fluval 305 canister filter

 

[LivinThaLyfe33]

sounds like you are on your way to ridding it...no idea about the cyano never had the problem...but the tang and snails will start taking care of the algae buti would find a way to get curtains up or a darker background to prevent that much light getting in...goodluck

 

[angelsj247]

ammonia should always be 0, i wonder why its up, you could cut back on the lights and try redirecting your powerheads to prevent dead spots.

 

[smurphruss1]

does anything eat cyano?

 

[zarro]

I had the same thing 2 years ago mine was do to cheap
MH light. gave off bad uv or somthing like that.Now that ive got good light its all gone.

 

[Avi]

Not much of anything will eat cyano but I think that you're trace of ammonia would be contributing to an overall imbalance that the cyano is able to capitalize on. Overall, though, I think that the fact that you have an effective skimmer on the tank will make a big difference.

I'd suggest some water changes to address the ammonia issue, if in fact you have one, or it's a faulty test kit you're using. It's unual that you'd have an ammonia reading at this stage.

Getting something to block the rays of the sun from the windows would, in all likelihood help the algae and cyano problem faster. Cyano, like you have isn't unusual though in the early months of a reef setup, like you are in the midst of. Do, don't fret too much.