tons of algae but parameters are good??

[anthonys51]

half of my rock isnt live. but how does the ro water kill it? the water i have is ro water ive bought and mixed salt into to top off the tank.

any rock that has been in the tank awhile is live rock, doesn't take that long for bacteria to grow on it. when you said rinse in ro water i was assuming you meant freshwater. freshwater will kill the live stuff on the rock. if you mean ro saltwater than thats fine. also are you only using ro water or do you mean rodi water. because ro doesn't take everything out of the water you really should be using rodi

also what heath said, you dont top off with saltwater. when water evaporates it leave behind the salt, you only use freshwater rodi water to top off

 

[AboutAcans]

Usually most algae with bubbles in it is photosynthetic. Chances are it's feeding off excess light from somewhere if your parameter are fine. Happens a lot with new lights and stuff. Might be that.

 

[superdave104]

any rock that has been in the tank awhile is live rock, doesn't take that long for bacteria to grow on it. when you said rinse in ro water i was assuming you meant freshwater. freshwater will kill the live stuff on the rock. if you mean ro saltwater than thats fine. also are you only using ro water or do you mean rodi water. because ro doesn't take everything out of the water you really should be using rodi

also what heath said, you dont top off with saltwater. when water evaporates it leave behind the salt, you only use freshwater rodi water to top off

im not sure of the difference between the ro and rodi. i just went to the store and bought a bunch of what they said was ro.

im not topping off the tank with saltwater. i have extra from making up the difference with the tank switch and i added a skimmer.

 

[superdave104]

Usually most algae with bubbles in it is photosynthetic. Chances are it's feeding off excess light from somewhere if your parameter are fine. Happens a lot with new lights and stuff. Might be that.

i was wondering if i have too much light. ive got a pretty strong led setup. i have it set on a 24hr cycle with intensity changing hourly. but i dont have it set to turn completely off.

 

[anthonys51]

That's too much. Do a max of 12 with max intensity of 4to 6 hours. Corals don't get 24 hours of light in the wild


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[anthonys51]

Usually most algae with bubbles in it is photosynthetic. Chances are it's feeding off excess light from somewhere if your parameter are fine. Happens a lot with new lights and stuff. Might be that.

ps all algae is photosynthetic. some require more lights than others, but all need light to survive

 

[anthonys51]

ro = reverse osmosis
rodi= reverse osmosis demonized

to keep it simple ro part only takes out certain things in the water while the di part takes out the rest

 

[superdave104]

That's too much. Do a max of 12 with max intensity of 4to 6 hours. Corals don't get 24 hours of light in the wild


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well it goes into night mode. i gues it replicates moonlight (super dark blue
). not sure if its putting out any uv. but ill turn them down just in case.

 

[anthonys51]

oh moon lights i understand. i would turn them off for now see if that helps.
i would guess some algae can still use that light for photosynthesis but not an expert on that

 

[superdave104]

no idea. cant hurt to try. i guess ill just watch my water quality close, adjust lighting, and scrub what i can and remove whats floating with a net/skimmer. i dont want to completely shut down the lights for too long though as the lights are working as a heater for the tank. they keep the water around 78 degrees.

 

[anthonys51]

If you have led lights. Those moonlights aren't doing much to heat the water. Plus go spend 30 bucks on a heated. Corals don't really like big changes in water temp


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[superdave104]

the temp stays very constant. not enough change for me to worry

 

[anthonys51]

Ok your tank. Your call


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[Timfish]

FYI some of the cyano species are low nutrient species. Moving things would have put stuff back in the water and algae will respond faster than corals will. All I would suggest is small frequent water changes ans siphon out as much cyano as you can with each water change.

 

[superdave104]

will do

 

[CStrickland]

ok here they are

That first pic looks a little like dinos to me, try searching for pics of dinoflagellates and see if that matches your tank. If so, my condolences and you'll want to research that specifically as it doesn't respond to common algae treatments well.

Another thought, if it's cyano, is that while a 40 and a 55 aren't that diff volume-wise, it can be tricky to get the flow right in a long tank so you might want to reduce dead spots. That can help a lot with cyano.

 

[superdave104]

That first pic looks a little like dinos to me, try searching for pics of dinoflagellates and see if that matches your tank. If so, my condolences and you'll want to research that specifically as it doesn't respond to common algae treatments well.

Another thought, if it's cyano, is that while a 40 and a 55 aren't that diff volume-wise, it can be tricky to get the flow right in a long tank so you might want to reduce dead spots. That can help a lot with cyano.

ill look it up. i only had one power head and it wasnt enough so i just added another the other day on the opposite end.

 

[superdave104]

and yes it looks exactly like dinos on google... :deadhorse1::blown:

 

[sappho]

Maybe ur nitrates are high but its simply not showing on the test. I though I had 0 nitrates because it is necessary to shake the bottle before use. The important bits sink to the bottom over time.

 

[superdave104]

Maybe ur nitrates are high but its simply not showing on the test. I though I had 0 nitrates because it is necessary to shake the bottle before use. The important bits sink to the bottom over time.

they are at 0