Getting some ugly long slimy looking brown-green algae. They are strands that produce bubbles. Kind of annoying since my water quality is pretty darn good. I run a Prodibio LNS and supplement with ZeoVit additives. My parameters are very good little or no nitrates, PO4 usually somewhere under .06, Alk at 8, CA at 480. Corals look excellent. Good growth and color.
I can only suspect a few things. I started dosing Iron to help with my greens. Even though my Iron is very low, pretty much undetectable, I have heard it can cause an algae bloom. Also, I just added another set of T5's. Now I have 2 250w Radium 20Ks, 2 80w T5s and 2 24" 24watt T5s. Th 2 shorter T5s were added on the sides of my tank to fill in the darker areas. Thirdly, I just dosed Interceptor and that helped my corals tremendously. They look great now. Not sure if that can have an effect. And finally I did a major cleaning removing some excess algae rhat I found growing in my overflows.
Any ideas of what type of algae that could be, how it could have be grown and how I can remove it? I'm feeling too good about my tank right now for this stuff to get the best of me.
I can only suspect a few things. I started dosing Iron to help with my greens. Even though my Iron is very low, pretty much undetectable, I have heard it can cause an algae bloom. Also, I just added another set of T5's. Now I have 2 250w Radium 20Ks, 2 80w T5s and 2 24" 24watt T5s. Th 2 shorter T5s were added on the sides of my tank to fill in the darker areas. Thirdly, I just dosed Interceptor and that helped my corals tremendously. They look great now. Not sure if that can have an effect. And finally I did a major cleaning removing some excess algae rhat I found growing in my overflows.
Any ideas of what type of algae that could be, how it could have be grown and how I can remove it? I'm feeling too good about my tank right now for this stuff to get the best of me.
