New fuge results on Nitrates and Phos in my tank

[KMP]

^ good tip.

[MrMikeB]

I am no macro algae expert, but has anybody seen their macro get coated with another type of algae? The cheato in my sump is a dark green, save a growing reddish coralline color on some of the sections. At first I was thinking cyano - but there is none in the tank I can find. There is a good deal of coralline growing all around the sump next to where this stuff lives, but I did not think coralline could grow on organic matter. Its almost like there is a bit of red chaeto mixed in with the good green stuff.

[coolfish5]

I have seen the cheato in my fuge get other green algae on top of it, usualy the bits that are extending from the surface, when it overgrows the fuge. I would say its hair algae. This is in a small hang on back fuge made from a Aquaclear 500, with a 7w CFL from one of those azoo tanks, though it does get light spillage from the VHO's on the tank as well.

[GreshamH]

Originally posted by CaptiveReefSystems
a cheato tip. it needs pretty good water flow or it will just break into little pieces and clog everything.

low nutrients can cause the same effect as well.