Hello. My 7 year old daughter and I just set up a 14 gallon biocube aquarium. We have about 22 lbs of live rock with 7 live corals (Frog Spawn, Pulsating Xenia, Leather, bubbles, mushrooms, sunpolyp, and brain). The tank has been up and running for about 4 weeks now and lately we have been getting a thin layer of lime green algae on the glass and on some of live rocks that are closer to the top. We have been having the lights on for about 10 hours a day and have since cut it back to 6-8 hours. Towards the bottom we have a 4 branched frog spawn that was looking very well up until the algae started. Since then, I have noticed some of the green algae on the individual tentacles of the frogspawn and have noticed that it does not come out as full anymore. Two of the 4 branched are fully retracted and has some green algae on top of it. It looks to me that it is not going to come out anymore. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I can do for this live coral? Thank You.
Frog Spawn Question
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What is the temperature of the tank after the lights have been on for 5-6 hours compared to what the temperature is after the lights have been off for 5-6 hours? Sometimes the little tanks get a big temp. swing
If you used quality, well cured live rock, especially live rock from an existing reef tank, you won't have the cycling issues the others are talking about. If you used freshly imported live rock, you may have jumped the gun a bit. You should try and syphon out all the algea and do a partial water change. you can also blast the algea off the rocks with a clean turkey baster The algea will come ack pretty quick, so do another change in a few days, it will straighten out given some time and water changes. There is also a product called bio-spira, that is a living culture of the beneficial bacteria you would be looking for, this could help a lot. If you increase the waterflow, you'll help prevent slime algea, also. The waterflow will help the corals a lot. Hope this helps
If you used quality, well cured live rock, especially live rock from an existing reef tank, you won't have the cycling issues the others are talking about. If you used freshly imported live rock, you may have jumped the gun a bit. You should try and syphon out all the algea and do a partial water change. you can also blast the algea off the rocks with a clean turkey baster The algea will come ack pretty quick, so do another change in a few days, it will straighten out given some time and water changes. There is also a product called bio-spira, that is a living culture of the beneficial bacteria you would be looking for, this could help a lot. If you increase the waterflow, you'll help prevent slime algea, also. The waterflow will help the corals a lot. Hope this helps
Everything said about setting up a SW tank is... go slow... IMO... try and go even slower. Your post says 2 months so I would agree that your tank is still cycling. That is also a very small amount of water volume. Make sure you do water changes, and if you are not making your own RO/DI water, buy ALL of your water at a LFS. Most will sell you water for .30 - .40/gallon. Do not use tap water.
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