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#1
10/19/2007, 10:56 AM
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green grassy algae
In my 55g I have green algae that almost looks like grass growing in one corner of my tank. I just checked my parameters:
Ammonia:0 Nitrite:0 Nitrate:2.5 and they seem normal. What can I do to get rid of this algae? Also my sand is turning brown almost everywhere. My tank has been established for about 5 months and this started about 2 weeks ago. Could it be my lighting? I have two regular flourescent tubes as lighting (I am looking for t5 lights as replacements) since I have a FOWLER tank. I was advised to get a sand sifting goby of some kind to help with the sand. Do you think this is a good idea? Thanks for the help |
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#3
10/19/2007, 11:29 AM
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The tank is about 5 months old, I have maybe 10 hermit crabs and 3 small turbo snails. My big turbo snails have slowly died in the last 2 months. I dont think my phosphates should be bad because i fill with filtered RO water from the store.
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#8
10/19/2007, 12:05 PM
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When I had mine it wasn't a question of flow the more I messed with it the more it grew. I even had it growing on the outlet of the pumps, so again I assume it wasn't flow. My problems were the nitrates. I kept getting low readings, but come to find out this was because the hair algae was eating all of the nitrates. Well this is what I was told anyways. I put some chaeto in my sump and bought a sea bunny that eat all the hair algae very quickly. Now I don't have a problem and the chaeto seems to keep the nitrates in check.
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#9
10/19/2007, 12:24 PM
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You need more flow.
I have 2 maxi-jet 1200s and a Koralia #1 cross from the back. My questions would be: Do you dose anything? How often do you feed and how much? Are you feeding Nori to the tang and is it near that particular corner? |
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#10
10/19/2007, 12:27 PM
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I dose purple up once or twice a week. I feed 1-2 times a day for a total of 1-1/2 mysis shrimp cubes a day. Sometimes I replace the mysis with Rod's food. I dont feed the tang Nori but I hang seaweed for him to nibble on all day. It is not in that corner
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#11
10/19/2007, 12:33 PM
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Increased flow does not negatively affect hair algae. It even seemed to grow better with more flow. As for the brown stuff on your substrate, that will probably go away with more flow and time. Sounds like a pretty typical algae succession. I had the same problem right around the same time. I just kept up with water changes (10%) per week and made sure I was using good water and everything eventually went away. It took about 2-3 months to get rid of, but I don't have any algae anymore.
The snails dying could indicate something with the water. But, most people will tell you that they are not as hardy as you might think. Make sure you drip acclimate them well when adding. Oh, and make sure they didn't die because they fell off a rock and landed upside down. Those big turbos are not very good at turning themselves back over. If you don't notice and right them within a few hours, the other clean up crew members will make sure there is nothing left to turn over. Regarding your RO water, I wouldn't be surprised if the grocery store RO machine had some phosphates. I have used that water before with no problems, but it really depends on how often the company changes the filters and how many people use it.
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#12
10/19/2007, 12:37 PM
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Whoa, 1-1/2 mysis cubes a day.
The frozen ones? I have: 2 clowns 1 lawnmower blenny 2 damsels 1 green chromie 1 pink tipped Haitian anenome And I feed less than a third of a cube if that a day. And a couple sprinkles of Ora food for the clowns some days. And some flake to break it up. Some days I only feed a little flake. I would cut that back. I know I don't have much more experience with this than you do. But I had a nano tank go HA to the max on me.It can be a real PITA. |
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#13
10/19/2007, 01:41 PM
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yeah I agree it seems that you are overfeeding. it can never hurt to add more flow since its only in one corner that may the case cause if it was through out the tank then you know that its not the flow.
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