Hello! I read a while this site and I must admit that I got a lot of information by reading the various topics. However the problem that I face (thou not new to many) make me open this subject: problem with red-brown algae.
The tank is 60g and has Remora HOB skimmer with 1200 pump, 2 wavepumps SunSun 5000L, 70-80 lbs of live rock, coral sand 1 to 2 inches deep, without sump or refuguim. In the external filter I have active carbon and antiphos for about 2 months and from about 2 weeks I start adding 1 ml of vodka/day in the morning.
The light configuration is:
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- PC 96W dual actinic 50/50
- PC 96W dual day light (6500/10000) 50/50
- T5 39W aquablu+
- T5 39W blau red
- T5 39W aquablu+
- T5 39W aquablu+
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At last check Ca - 420, Mg - 1470, KH - 10, Ph - 8.2, 79-80F temperature, salinity 1026, NO2, NO3, NH4, PO4 - undetectable by a test JBL. Until one months Kh was 7, but I decided to keep it up at 10 with 50ml/day (evening and morning) - Kh Buffer Live Reef.
I have some zoanthus, Ricordi Florida, LPS and SPS, featherworms, sponges, 9 shrimps, 4 crabs, 4 turbo snails and more Stomatela, 1 red fromia starfish, 2 serpent starfish, 2 sand sifting starfish, 2 ocellatis clowns, 1 banghai cardinal, 1 Yellow Clown Goby, 1 yellow goby wachman, 1 Hi Fin Red Banded Goby, 1 purple firefish.
Feeding is a cube of frozen food per day plus food for the coral 5ml per day Grotech. Occasionally flakes and pallets.
Now the problem that is bothering me is the about 14 types of algae that I have in the aquarium, most of them red-brown. Some algae are impossible to pull because when you pull them the stones can be moved, and the crabs and the snails that I got in the aquarium are not helping me.
Taking into account the above, do you have any suggestions?
Note: I use google translate with the additional corrections that I am able to make. Not easy to write.
The tank is 60g and has Remora HOB skimmer with 1200 pump, 2 wavepumps SunSun 5000L, 70-80 lbs of live rock, coral sand 1 to 2 inches deep, without sump or refuguim. In the external filter I have active carbon and antiphos for about 2 months and from about 2 weeks I start adding 1 ml of vodka/day in the morning.
The light configuration is:
---back---
- PC 96W dual actinic 50/50
- PC 96W dual day light (6500/10000) 50/50
- T5 39W aquablu+
- T5 39W blau red
- T5 39W aquablu+
- T5 39W aquablu+
---front---
At last check Ca - 420, Mg - 1470, KH - 10, Ph - 8.2, 79-80F temperature, salinity 1026, NO2, NO3, NH4, PO4 - undetectable by a test JBL. Until one months Kh was 7, but I decided to keep it up at 10 with 50ml/day (evening and morning) - Kh Buffer Live Reef.
I have some zoanthus, Ricordi Florida, LPS and SPS, featherworms, sponges, 9 shrimps, 4 crabs, 4 turbo snails and more Stomatela, 1 red fromia starfish, 2 serpent starfish, 2 sand sifting starfish, 2 ocellatis clowns, 1 banghai cardinal, 1 Yellow Clown Goby, 1 yellow goby wachman, 1 Hi Fin Red Banded Goby, 1 purple firefish.
Feeding is a cube of frozen food per day plus food for the coral 5ml per day Grotech. Occasionally flakes and pallets.
Now the problem that is bothering me is the about 14 types of algae that I have in the aquarium, most of them red-brown. Some algae are impossible to pull because when you pull them the stones can be moved, and the crabs and the snails that I got in the aquarium are not helping me.
Taking into account the above, do you have any suggestions?
Note: I use google translate with the additional corrections that I am able to make. Not easy to write.
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