brown alge

bradsound15 · 08-08-2008, 08:14 PM

hi I have heaps of brown alge on my live rock, i think it is because i use tap water instead of ro water. Is there a chemical to remove silicate from the aquarium?

and i am starting to use ro water is there a conditioner i nned to use before adding it to my tank,,
Cheers Brad

ds69 · 08-08-2008, 08:16 PM

How long has the tank been running? Tap water will cause that for sure. Only thing you need to add to Ro water is a salt mix.

Kevin

BigJay · 08-08-2008, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bradsound15

Is there a chemical to remove silicate from the aquarium?

you can run something like phos-ban or chemi-pure elite to help remove the phosphates already in the tank.

bradsound15 · 08-09-2008, 09:26 AM

bout 2 years it has been a problem all the time but i hasnt been that bad, now its every where. So i should use ro water and add salt to it. But what if i want to add the fresh water because fresh water has evaporated.

Brad

Witfull · 08-09-2008, 10:06 AM

top off with RO water. use RO for everything. tap water is bad.

Witfull · 08-09-2008, 10:06 AM

top off with RO water. use RO for everything. tap water is bad.

Heliux · 08-09-2008, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Witfull

top off with RO water. use RO for everything. tap water is bad.

Agreed, you dont need to add anything to the RO water if its just top off for the tanks evap rate. But yes salt mix if your changing out water. dont forget that salt doesnt evaporate. Also I add Seachem Prime to all my water just because it offers some small bonuses such as, helps detoxifies ammonia, nitrite, nitrates in the water and gives your fish a little slime coat to help them out. Hope that helps, and limit your time you have your big lights going through the day to 8-9 hours because that can be a big deal when it comes to nuisance algae

Last thing is a big water change can always help out, Clean up crew of emerald crabs, sally lightfoot crabs, sandshifting starfish, hermit crabs, and urchins just love the brown algae that shows up in my tank. I have alot of brown algae growth in my tank because i run my T5 HO fluorescents for 14 hours in the day. A lot of folks say that inverts dont like brown algae and i have found that to be false from my observations.

GL with the algae problem and i hope i atleast helped a little

Lix

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bradsound15 Tubeworm Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: sydney australia Posts: 32 View Gallery Karma Komment	brown alge hi I have heaps of brown alge on my live rock, i think it is because i use tap water instead of ro water. Is there a chemical to remove silicate from the aquarium? and i am starting to use ro water is there a conditioner i nned to use before adding it to my tank,, Cheers Brad

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ds69 Midas Blenny Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Modesto, Ca Posts: 122 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: brown alge How long has the tank been running? Tap water will cause that for sure. Only thing you need to add to Ro water is a salt mix. Kevin

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bradsound15 Tubeworm Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: sydney australia Posts: 32 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: brown alge bout 2 years it has been a problem all the time but i hasnt been that bad, now its every where. So i should use ro water and add salt to it. But what if i want to add the fresh water because fresh water has evaporated. Brad

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