Got an algae problem developing...
Its green and is spreading rather quickly across tank glass, the crushed coral, and also on some LR. It wouldn't worry me too much but I am leaving for a 9 day vacatioin in a week. I don't want to come back and find just algae.
Here is where I think the problem(s) exist:
I just bought new lights (pc) 2 weeks ago,
I bought a leather coral which my lfs told me to feed nutrients (2 weeks ago)
I think the brighter lights and the nutrients are bringing on growth. I have stopped the nutrients but the growth continues. I can scrape the front of the tank and have a algae film on it 8 hours later!! I am only worried about when i leave for 9 days.
What am I going to do??? I don't want to leave and come back to find my tank is full of algae growth and the leather has died and poluted the rest.
Someone please tell me there is a supersnail that eats like a horse and will take care of this while i'm gone.
I have a 30 gallon with 2 perculas, 1 gramma, 4 snails, 4 hermits, and 1 emerald crab. About 40lbs LR.
The only person I know who can watch the tank is not aware of potential problems because they don't own a tank. They would basically come and feed the fish what I had already set aside for them.
any suggestions????? Something to help with algae?? :help:
thanks
~d
Its green and is spreading rather quickly across tank glass, the crushed coral, and also on some LR. It wouldn't worry me too much but I am leaving for a 9 day vacatioin in a week. I don't want to come back and find just algae.
Here is where I think the problem(s) exist:
I just bought new lights (pc) 2 weeks ago,
I bought a leather coral which my lfs told me to feed nutrients (2 weeks ago)
I think the brighter lights and the nutrients are bringing on growth. I have stopped the nutrients but the growth continues. I can scrape the front of the tank and have a algae film on it 8 hours later!! I am only worried about when i leave for 9 days.
What am I going to do??? I don't want to leave and come back to find my tank is full of algae growth and the leather has died and poluted the rest.
Someone please tell me there is a supersnail that eats like a horse and will take care of this while i'm gone.
I have a 30 gallon with 2 perculas, 1 gramma, 4 snails, 4 hermits, and 1 emerald crab. About 40lbs LR.
The only person I know who can watch the tank is not aware of potential problems because they don't own a tank. They would basically come and feed the fish what I had already set aside for them.
any suggestions????? Something to help with algae?? :help:
thanks
~d