I have a nano cube 12 gallons and it isn't doing very well. i only have live rock in it. Live sand also but i can't get rid of green and brown algae. Any good tips on how to get rid of it? I also have a 55 gallon salt water doing really well. I have a 75 gallon and 100 gallon freshwater. I haven't had no problems with any of these just my 12 gallon? :idea2:
algae problem
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What are you prams? Nano's are much less stable than larger tanks. I'd imagine that you have excess nitrates in your water or you're running the lights for too long. Try a water change first and go from there.francor said:
IME smaller tanks of mine tended to have more noticable algae problems early on than my other tanks. Once the tank gets up and going I would add the clean-up crew and it should start to work itself out. If it is a new tank than you probably aren't overfeeding, so thats not it. Probably all the excess nutrients from the cycle just being used up. You could also get some chaeto in there. It will compete with the other algaes and use up some of the food. Hope this helps.
Rick
Rick
what kind of filtration do you have? is it only biological with the sand and rocks? how long has it been set up?
I agree maxilaria about the size being hard to take care of.
I agree maxilaria about the size being hard to take care of.
if you have a green algae problem dont do anything untill the red algae has killed off the green one then add some turbo snales to eat up the red algae..
green algae is the hardest to eradicate as its more of a backteria then an algae once the red algae eats up all the food for the green one it shuld die off completly add some turbo snales and maybe a hermet crab will get rid of the red stuff rather quickly and start your nitrate cycle in the process before you add your fish you want..
once your nitrate cycle bacteria gets devloped it shuld stop a lot of algae from growing in the first place.. in a small tank you will have to monitor your water alot more then if you had a 1000 gall tank thats were the shops tell you saltwater tanks are harder they are refering to small slatwater setups as they are the most common ..
water changes only dilute the problem and not remove it algae grows faster if you have a phosphate problem than a nitrate problem .. then again water changes will only dilute a phosphate problem and not remove it .. with no fish crabs you wont have a nitrate problem anyways ..
if you dont have fish in it yet you shuld not have the light on yet anyways so turn it off ..
green algae is the hardest to eradicate as its more of a backteria then an algae once the red algae eats up all the food for the green one it shuld die off completly add some turbo snales and maybe a hermet crab will get rid of the red stuff rather quickly and start your nitrate cycle in the process before you add your fish you want..
once your nitrate cycle bacteria gets devloped it shuld stop a lot of algae from growing in the first place.. in a small tank you will have to monitor your water alot more then if you had a 1000 gall tank thats were the shops tell you saltwater tanks are harder they are refering to small slatwater setups as they are the most common ..
water changes only dilute the problem and not remove it algae grows faster if you have a phosphate problem than a nitrate problem .. then again water changes will only dilute a phosphate problem and not remove it .. with no fish crabs you wont have a nitrate problem anyways ..
if you dont have fish in it yet you shuld not have the light on yet anyways so turn it off ..
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