purple algae, red algae growing in my tank. Is this algae bad??

[jerry26]

Is it kind of fuzzy?

Have you used stuff like reef accelerator or purple up?

 

[leslie]

Yes I know what cyano is. It is nothing like that at all. And no fuzziness to it at all!

 

[leslie]

have not used any kind of reef accelerator at all or purple up.

 

[leslie]

 

[leslie]

 

[jerry26]

Oh idk what that is.

 

[leslie]

 

[leslie]

That is what my tank looks like. The person at the fish store said it was perfect to raising baby frye and they have plenty of places to hide and survive. Any comments on my tannk? Do I need to just take everything out and start over???

 

[leslie]

Thank you anyway Jerry26, at least u looked and tried to help me.

 

[leslie]

Thank you anyway Jerry, at least u tried to help

 

[leslie]

So none of the experts out there have any answers for me??? Come on guys!

 

[Frankie]

Ok. Lets start with you water parameters.
List them out with your results from today.

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[leslie]

I honestly do not know them. Hubby does that and he is not here. We did a 50% water change last night. The tank has been set up for 2 yrs, been about 6 months since we had did a water change.

 

[whippetguy]

This looks like red gracillaria to me which is a good macroalgae.

 

[whippetguy]

This one is harder to identify from the photo, but possibly red turf algae which can get out of control if you don't stay on top of it. Of course the green stuff is caulerpa.

 

[Frankie]

these types of algae thrive in high nutrient water. if that's the case then you're not gonna be doing any breeding.
furthermore, in order to be a decent breeder for success you need to have good husbandry skills and be able to test and understand your water parameters.
I suggest focusing on learning your water chemistry. a little basic water chemistry can go a long way to a future for being able to breed your fish.

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[leslie]

Yeah I knew what the green stuff was. Is this a good tank to raise baby frye in after they hatch??

 

[leslie]

this is the red algae growing.

 

[Frankie]

This looks like red gracillaria to me which is a good macroalgae.

good id whippet.
I was holding out. If they don't know what type of algae that is they definitely are not ready to breed fish.

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[leslie]

sorry did wrong pic