COBRA201
10/19/2003, 05:16 PM
I have a 75g reef tank that is 3 years old. I am having a problem that i never had before and that is with algae. There is algae all over the rock and its spreding fast. I have that green ball algae dont know what is call. Also that algae that looks like green grass all over my rock, is not long its short and its going fast. None of my fish will eat this algae not my blue tang nor my angel fish. I have to remove all the algae that grows on the sand bed once a week and is very thick i end up loosing alot of sand.
My water parameters are;
ammonia 0.0
Ph 8.0-8.1
nitrite 0.0
nitrate 5.0 ( this one is the only one that always been high i can never get it down and never had an algae bloom. )
calcium 500
alk 9
water change every 2 weeks or 3
The only thing i change in my tank is that i started using RO water because the city water is too durty now.
What should i do? should i buy other tangs (yellow eye tang or yellow tang i heard that they are very good with algae)? Please help people!!!!!!:eek1: :eek1: :confused:
My water parameters are;
ammonia 0.0
Ph 8.0-8.1
nitrite 0.0
nitrate 5.0 ( this one is the only one that always been high i can never get it down and never had an algae bloom. )
calcium 500
alk 9
water change every 2 weeks or 3
The only thing i change in my tank is that i started using RO water because the city water is too durty now.
What should i do? should i buy other tangs (yellow eye tang or yellow tang i heard that they are very good with algae)? Please help people!!!!!!:eek1: :eek1: :confused: