Help identifying algae - wierd looking.
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Thanks for providing the info....Ok, tank water turnover..
Your tank is 55 gallon...minimum (10 x) water flow required for this tank is 550 GPH for fish only with live rock....Minimum water (20 x) flow for the tank if its a coral reef is 1100...
So, with your current equipment, you have 450 GPD water turn over (filter 100 GPD and each powerhead gives you 175 GPD = 450 GPD)
From them figures above, you could do with raising the flow in the tank.. Suggest something like a maxijet 1200 to bolster the flow, and this would bump you up too 745 GPD flow...this will greatly enhance the all round water circulation...
Niko
I am going to replace the aquaclear 30's with maxijet 1200's I guess.
So is it cyano, or hair algae? two people have told me two different things.
And what should I do in addition to increasing my waterflow to get rid of it? Someone told me to use chemi-clean.
Thanks
Ryan
So is it cyano, or hair algae? two people have told me two different things.
And what should I do in addition to increasing my waterflow to get rid of it? Someone told me to use chemi-clean.
Thanks
Ryan
the possibility is there for it to be a mixture of both. In combating this, good flow, low ( near to zero ) phosphate counts and dont over feed.
Personaly, i am firm believer that additives such as chemi-clean should only be used as a last resort. When using additives in the tank, all they do is deal with the issue, but not remove it at source..It is always best to stop problems at source, else all you are doing is masking away the results of the issue...
Niko
Personaly, i am firm believer that additives such as chemi-clean should only be used as a last resort. When using additives in the tank, all they do is deal with the issue, but not remove it at source..It is always best to stop problems at source, else all you are doing is masking away the results of the issue...
Niko
waaah. I found this in my tank tonight as well! I swear, I'm growing a colony of algaes in this thing, forget the fish and corals.
Germanman
My fish are my babies
just thought id toss it in but after switching to my Hydor Korallia pumps ill never use another powerhead...not even maxijets...u may wan try em out.
Ok update, my water is better now I think:
Here is a better description of everythign thats going on now:
and I have the 2x maxi1200's shipping to me right now...
OK
55 gallon
2 AQ30 powerheads, Maxijet1200 on a remora hang on skim, and a penguin 350 biowheel hang on.
Started cycling with live rock, agra-alive sand 2.5 weeks ago.
40 pounds of sand, 60 pounds of rock
just added 10 snails to try and get the brown stuff, they are not realy eatting it though, or else its just growing back too fast.
SG: 1.025
PH: 8.3
KH: 11
CA: 240 (dosing with reefchem ca) was at 150ish 4 days ago.
phosphate: 0
Amonia: 0
Nitrite: almost undetectable, way below 0.1
Nitrate: 0 ? test shows 0, I just did 50% H20 change yesterday so its possible.
Temp : 80 degrees
Lights: now up to 4 hours a day, gradualy increasing, ... was lights off untill about 4 or 5 days ago, started with 1 hour, increasing gradualy.
Pics:
see how feathery it looks???:
even my snail is suffering from it
Here is a better description of everythign thats going on now:
and I have the 2x maxi1200's shipping to me right now...
OK
55 gallon
2 AQ30 powerheads, Maxijet1200 on a remora hang on skim, and a penguin 350 biowheel hang on.
Started cycling with live rock, agra-alive sand 2.5 weeks ago.
40 pounds of sand, 60 pounds of rock
just added 10 snails to try and get the brown stuff, they are not realy eatting it though, or else its just growing back too fast.
SG: 1.025
PH: 8.3
KH: 11
CA: 240 (dosing with reefchem ca) was at 150ish 4 days ago.
phosphate: 0
Amonia: 0
Nitrite: almost undetectable, way below 0.1
Nitrate: 0 ? test shows 0, I just did 50% H20 change yesterday so its possible.
Temp : 80 degrees
Lights: now up to 4 hours a day, gradualy increasing, ... was lights off untill about 4 or 5 days ago, started with 1 hour, increasing gradualy.
Pics:
see how feathery it looks???:
even my snail is suffering from it
Germanman
My fish are my babies
that is cyanobacteria, or red slime alga. good flow, low nitrates and phosphates and some patience will get rid of em.
good to hear some positive outlooks ! lol.
So those three things done, shoudl I physicaly remove the existing cyano by hand somehow? I try with a net, and sometimes with a siphon tube, but it ends up drifting particles of it EVeRYWHERE.
Shoudl I just let it be and get some hermit crabs to take care of some of it?
I guess my real question is, what shoudl I add to the tank at this point, now that its cycled. I have 10 snails. shoudl I go for some more snails + hermits now? anything else?
Thanks for all the replies!
Ryan
