Pics of problems in tank glowing green stuff

mtbiker9000

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Okay so this may just be another paranoid reefer but I have 4 problems in my tank that I would like you all to look at, my water parameters are all zero 81 degrees 1.025 and 400w 10k mh, fourth an final of my series of questions for today is this please refer to the attachments to see a rock that was purchased when I first cycled my tank about 3 months ago. This rock was covered in corraline algae. About 40% bleached out and just recently started coming back in full force but at the same time a green glowing substance is also forming in this bleached area. HMMMM don't know what it is but where it is the corraline is not and the rock is comepletely covered again.

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What's your ph/kh and calcium /ca it looks like you have some bleached coraline algae. It's popssibly a green coraline algae if you have bright lights but, possibly ,"and sadly more likely,' it's either hair or one of the other problem green algaes. What sort of clean up crew do you have in your tank? Also have you tested ph/kh/ca levels? If they are too low ," coraline algae can use all the calcium in your water," it stops growing.
I'm just going to reply to all of your posts here if that's ok. I'd say that you have an overabundance of nutrients in your water. That's why hair algae is taking over your tank. Nitrates will also cause your anemone to gape like it is and that isn't good unless these guys are eating or pooping they should keep their mouths closed. I know yu say your readings are at all 0 but , from the pics and the c.c. in your tank I don't find that to be very likely. I'd strongly suspect a faulty test kit and would get a 2nd opinion quick. Also if you are having water quality issues it's very important for the continued life of your anemone that you don't correct anything too quickly. The first thing I'd do would be to take my water to a lfs/friend for a second test. I hope that there are no issues and I'm just being a chicken.
That having been said I'd still get rid of the c.c. and go with dsb. Also if your anemone is in c.c. that's part of the reason your anemone isn't happy lta's live in sand not c.c. What kind of lighting do you have and how old is your tank how much lr. do you have. I'm really not trying to flame you just want to answer all of those posts here.
HTH
chris
 
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my ph is 8.5 my calcium is 500 as for the kh I only have the low med high test and it reads medium, as for the green stuff I only have the long hair algae on one rock the green stuff that looks like bleached coraline is growing in a spot where that happened I got a rock from a freind that I am trying to grow coralline on it which isn't a problem in my tank. The rock he gave me previously was bleached in this area but since going in my tank has grown the thin layer of GLOWING green stuff on it very similiar to whats on my LTA. Excuse my ignorance but what is c.c. and dsb I'm not familiar with these terms and can't deduce what they are, by the way thanks for your help and and I got the second opinion but to no avail they read the same there as they did at my home 0. I almost wish that were the case cause thats an easy fix. As for the anemone he looks great now and his mouth is closed like a trap, I had just fead him a little too much maybe 2 silversides in one day he took the first one so fast thought I would give him another since then he has spit out more brown balls than I care to mention but seems great now, he is also deep into my sand bed which is roughly 5-7in deep. Thanks again
 
your ca+ is too high which can lead to a form of ca+ that is not readly absorbed by your coralline. try to reduce the ca+ level to about 420. and use a buffer weekly. this might help. also check your iodine and stronium levels. i would look into getting some sort of macro algae. like halimeda tuna or discoidea. these are great in the main tank have slower growth rates than caulerpa with no toxic effect like caulerpa if nipped at. thats my 02 good luck with that.
 
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