rdmpe
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Hi all,
I am seeing somemicro algae in my sump. It is growing on the macroalgae. It looks like there are some long filaments trailing out into the current off of some of the algae that is growing on the caulerpa. Maybe it is hair algae? I think part of the problem is that I trimmed the caulerpa back a lot. Maybe I took too much out. But anyway, when I trim it, I end up getting some die off within what is left. That die off seems to create areas prone to microalgae where maybe it is fed by the macro decaying. But I'm talking about just individual leaves and small parts, not large sections of macro dieing. The macro is actually doing really well overall, hence the trimming that was required.
I've read something about the fact that if certain parts of a caulerpa plant are cut, the remaining parts die off. Something about it being the largest single cell organism - I can't remember any of the details.
Anyway, back to what I think might be hair algae in the sump, the snails don't seem to find it since they generally don't crawl around on the caulerpa. I'm not sure if I should worry about it or not. And I'm not sure what I could do about it either, since snails can't seem to find it since it is in the caulerpa.
Sump is lit 24/7 and I've been getting really good caulerpa and cheato growth. Water parameters are all very good, zero PO4, zero NO2, zero NO3, etc. all tested with salifert kits.
Any suggestions? Don't worry about it? I don't want it to choke out my macro. It's not nearly that bad yet but I want to catch it early if I need to.
I am seeing somemicro algae in my sump. It is growing on the macroalgae. It looks like there are some long filaments trailing out into the current off of some of the algae that is growing on the caulerpa. Maybe it is hair algae? I think part of the problem is that I trimmed the caulerpa back a lot. Maybe I took too much out. But anyway, when I trim it, I end up getting some die off within what is left. That die off seems to create areas prone to microalgae where maybe it is fed by the macro decaying. But I'm talking about just individual leaves and small parts, not large sections of macro dieing. The macro is actually doing really well overall, hence the trimming that was required.
I've read something about the fact that if certain parts of a caulerpa plant are cut, the remaining parts die off. Something about it being the largest single cell organism - I can't remember any of the details.
Anyway, back to what I think might be hair algae in the sump, the snails don't seem to find it since they generally don't crawl around on the caulerpa. I'm not sure if I should worry about it or not. And I'm not sure what I could do about it either, since snails can't seem to find it since it is in the caulerpa.
Sump is lit 24/7 and I've been getting really good caulerpa and cheato growth. Water parameters are all very good, zero PO4, zero NO2, zero NO3, etc. all tested with salifert kits.
Any suggestions? Don't worry about it? I don't want it to choke out my macro. It's not nearly that bad yet but I want to catch it early if I need to.
