Green Algee
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teamdulski
The Saltiest!
Do you use any form of phosphate remover?
FSU3NOLES28
New member
Green hair?
Are you using tap water?
Ro/di water?
Are you using tap water?
Ro/di water?
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
looks like a healthy aquarium to me!
If you don't have anything that eats snails I'd put a couple of big "Turbos" in there. (I see some Astreas are slowly mowing it.) What herbivorous fishes do you have?
Worse case scenario.... if that algae really bothers you scrape it off with a razor blade BUT as long as you have it there it's acting as an "algae scrubber" and it's only "bad" aesthetically and PERHAPS indicative of a PO4 problem BUT I bet if you test your water PO4 won't be terribly high because nuisance algae is keeping PO4 low.
Remember- snail turds are a huge source of PO4. Brisk water movement and good filtration removes snail turds which fuel nuisance algae. It's a vicious never ending cycle in closed systems.
If you don't have anything that eats snails I'd put a couple of big "Turbos" in there. (I see some Astreas are slowly mowing it.) What herbivorous fishes do you have?
Worse case scenario.... if that algae really bothers you scrape it off with a razor blade BUT as long as you have it there it's acting as an "algae scrubber" and it's only "bad" aesthetically and PERHAPS indicative of a PO4 problem BUT I bet if you test your water PO4 won't be terribly high because nuisance algae is keeping PO4 low.
Remember- snail turds are a huge source of PO4. Brisk water movement and good filtration removes snail turds which fuel nuisance algae. It's a vicious never ending cycle in closed systems.
mr86mister
Saltaholic
Hey Terry! How long has it been since you changed your RO/DI filters? Using your automated system you are going through tons of water, and may need to change them out quicker than you think. I also agree with Gary, a clean up crew is always helpful as long as everything else is stable.
