Algae growing over my Zoanthids
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ReefApprentice
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Might need to be manually pulled.
I had an issue like that, but with green hair algae. It took a few weeks to solve, but I:
- Reduced feeding amounts
- Reduced lighting times
- Added CUC (snails and hermit crabs)
- Manually pulled the algae off my zoas, using a pair of tweezers.
A couple of bit of zoas died anyway, but the rest recovered well.
Good luck!
GBose
- Reduced feeding amounts
- Reduced lighting times
- Added CUC (snails and hermit crabs)
- Manually pulled the algae off my zoas, using a pair of tweezers.
A couple of bit of zoas died anyway, but the rest recovered well.
Good luck!
GBose
everything gbose said and maybe a phosphate pad in ur filter...do u use RO, DI, or tap water? Have algae problems in general? Set ur lights for 12 hrs on n 12 off if not already. How often do u feed your fish and what kind/how many fish do you have? sorry so many questions but i want to help considering i had algae problems in the past...
jimv
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I use RODI water and my TDS is at 0 coming out of the unit. My salt is at 1.025, PH 8.0, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 0 and Phosphate is at 0 but I am still getting a bit of algae growth (green, red, brown and whatever is growing on my Zoanthids) and have some spirorbis popping up that I am told indicate high nutrients. I did pick up some Chemi-Pure Elite to replace my carbon with but I have not done so as of yet. I'm currently running my lights for 8 hours a day. The bulbs and actually the entire tank is approximately 3 months old. I am not feeding much because I currently have no fish in the tank (they are in a quarantine tank) and only have blue hermit crabs and snails. A lot of my Nassarius snails have gone missing (my Cerith and Margarita's I see all the time) but I would think if they were decaying my water parameters would be off. I'll try to post an whole tank pic later so you can see how much algae I have.
the nassarius will need food without fish since they mainly eat fish waste and any uneaten food left over
they could be starving when i add food they pop out of the sand to find it. your rocks are very clean so I'm guessing everything is going hungry hopefully you only have a few
That red algae looks seriously annoying! My tank is between 2 & 3 months old also & I am having algae problems. I'm just keeping my tests done & water changes made. I did add a new bag of Purigen & swaped out one bag of Chemipure Elite yesterday for a fresh bag. Running my lights only 8 hours also. It's frustrating but I'm hoping it will run it's corse without harming any corals. I also added a Vortech MP10 for making better water flow. It just takes TIME for any changes made to make a difference.
Good Luck to You!
Good Luck to You!
ReefApprentice
Well-Known Member
Red slime?turkey baste should remove most of the algae but it might peeve off the zoa's .
The earlier green algae is just a nuisance algae. I say that because I forgot the name. Usually caused by low Mag. levels.
The red looks like Cyano bacteria.
Has the tank cycled?
New tank setup?
The red looks like Cyano bacteria.
Has the tank cycled?
New tank setup?