Bright Red algae in my BB reef

[bluebentgrass]

YOUR TANK HAS THIS CRAP BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA YOU USE OR YOUR KELVIN BULB. PERIOD.

SHALLOW WATER AQUACULTURE WITH THE STUFF IS POINTING TOWARDS LOWER KELVIN BULBS HOWEVER I BELIEVE ITS THE GARBAGE MEDIA IN YOUR REACTORS..

TRY KORALLIN. UNREAL CORALLINE GROWTH. DO YOU RED ALGEA FOLKS HAVE OUTSTANDING CORALLIN GROWTH????????????

I AM TALKING ABOUT OUTSTANDING GROWTH

 

[Znut Reefer]

I'm using the caribsea aragonite in my reactors. Where do you get the Korallin media from? Who sells it? I'm willing to give it a try to see if it will make the algae go away.

 

[bluebentgrass]

Marine depot
korallin not korallith

 

[arconom]

bluebentgrass

So your saying that because of the media he uses it caused this specific Algae to grow in his tank?

The algae had to be there to begin with.

If anything it might have helped it flourish, but thats about all.

So if I were to take a empty tank and fill it with dead rock and filled it with saltwater then ran this media in my reactor I would get this Algae?

Also bluebentgrass, After reading most of your posts to the threads I read, I don't hold much merit in your Philosophy.

 

[bluebentgrass]

The specific algea grows probably becuase the media lack a micro nutrient to grow CORALLINE algea so that red crap grows on the rock.

do you folks with red algea have outstanding coralline growth???????
that is the question i want you to answer.

 

[bluebentgrass]

acronym what do you know about chemistry anyway!!!

 

[Zoom]

The specific algea grows probably becuase the media lack a micro nutrient to grow CORALLINE algea so that red crap grows on the rock.

do you folks with red algea have outstanding coralline growth???????
that is the question i want you to answer.

To answer your Question yes i have coralline algae up the @. some places is 1/4" thick.
Here is a picture of the tank and yes i use ARM media :lol:

Look here is growing right over the Coralline algae.

 

[bluebentgrass]

Looks like its your ARM media zoom
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but hey don't try a different media just tear the tank down and go bb.. oh you already did that!!!

 

[bluebentgrass]

btw zoom i dont consider you tank outsatanding in coralline growth.

Keep using the arm media!!

 

[joefish]

1. Well, not specifically. Once the cheato got too massive, I'd just divvy it up to whoever wanted some. This hasn't happened in a little while, mind you.
With macros I found that they like to trap detritus to feed itself.I would make sure to get it rinsed out if there is some in there . I also had better progress against that algae when I removed the refugium fro the system

2 Honestly, probably not enough. My last order was for 100 astreas and 300 Ceriths which was to boost a population estimated at 75/100. Of course now with Astrea shells being considered as a possible source for the introduction of this crap, I'm in a little bit quandry. And I purposely stopped augmenting my blue-legged hermit population because I could not consistantly find the ones that wouldn't whack my snails. I also probably have a dozen Emeralds. Huge ones that are most likely useless.
I would get a lot more for that size tank.I would also add a couple of globe urchins and a long spine urchin , I had great luck with those on my system .

3. Funny you should ask; just changed them last weekend.
Thats a good thing. It might just take some time to catch up.

4. Yep. ESV in a MRC reactor. Just changed that out last weekend also.

Maybe Bomber can chime in here also , But I believe carbon adds PO4 , and with UV and Ozone carbon might be overkill.

I don't know if what I said will help , but it worked for me .

One last thing , is there places under the rock where detritus can hide ?

 

[joefish]

Blue bent grass,

I believe I read somewhere that this algae uses high amount of magnesium , which if that is true , would explain the lack of coraline . When I had it ,I had shut of the calcium reactor and was dosing for a while ,and That had no effect on it at all .

Once my critters started to eat it , I did start getting better coraline . Even though it was never what it should have been .

 

[joefish]

acronym what do you know about chemistry anyway!!!

btw zoom i dont consider you tank outsatanding in coralline growth.

Even when you have a valid point , these comments come across wrong . Are you here for a discussion or to belittle others ?

 

[bluebentgrass]

I have unreal coralline growth now that iuse crushed shells(korallin) media.
How soluble is p04 when you have ca at 400ppm...

think about the ksp of capo4!!!!

its the dang media of kelvin temp bulb not carbon leachin phosphate or the media leaching phosphate.
it has to do with light or a micronutrient lacking so coralline growth is halted and the garbage algea can grow.

I am not sure who is higher on the evolutionary ladder red algea or coralline algae.

 

[bluebentgrass]

Give it a try that all i can say.. either its 10k bulbs or the media

the shallow water aquaculture points towards the light spectrum


but my experience is the media

 

[bluebentgrass]

i am not here to belittle a sole

You folks are the ones so quick to say no its not the media but what is interesting is that MOST OF YOU USE ARM!!!!!

 

[joefish]

I have unreal coralline growth now that iuse crushed shells(korallin) media.
How soluble is p04 when you have ca at 400ppm...

think about the ksp of capo4!!!!

its the dang media of kelvin temp bulb not carbon leachin phosphate or the media leaching phosphate.
it has to do with light or a micronutrient lacking so coralline growth is halted and the garbage algea can grow.

I am not sure who is higher on the evolutionary ladder red algea or coralline algae.

I have allways used arm , and for 2 years never had problems until this algae was introduced . Then the critters put it in check for me . Like I said even when dosing Kalwasser and B Ionic this stuff did not go away .Also I have allways used 10k bulbs , I supose you think 20K would be better ?

Most people use IO salt should we blame that too ?

The carbon leaching PO4 was aimed twards Mikes problem with the brown stuf , not the red .

 

[joefish]

I am not sure who is higher on the evolutionary ladder red algea or coralline algae.

I believe it does out compete with the coraline for the correct elements to grow .

 

[bluebentgrass]

joe

or coralline cant grow as well if a specific atom(nutrient) is missing

I believe korallin has all the right stuff to grow coralline

Can we agree the stuff grows in CLEAN water?

 

[bluebentgrass]

I use IO salt.

20k bulbs could be the reason i dont have it anymore. All i know is the stuff is gone the only difference is the media and 20k bulbs instead of 14.5k

now shallow water aquaculture has it so maybe it is the spectrum however i believe it is the result of a micronutrient lacking in the arm media.
the natural sea shell media (korallin)appears to grow those creature so i assume it can grow coralline too

 

[Znut Reefer]

I have been told it could be from my media leaching PO4 to feed (Caribsea aragonite) this stuff. Not using ARM but its from the same manufactor. So I'm going to give the Koralline media a try. I used to use IO. But have been using Oceanic with good results. But now I use 1/4 IO with the Oceanic to help with the low Alk of Oceanic.