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Anyone have this algae in your SPS tank?
I have almost no algae in my tank beyond this ugly brown/red turf stuff. It grows in high light/ high flow areas and nothing seems to eat it.
I was thinking of getting an urchin? Any input on what it is or how to eradicate is appreciated! |
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I have it too and nothing will eat it.
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turf algae i heard people cover their rocks / put them in shade
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I am trying vodka dosing to see if that helps after a six month battle
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Look up Asparagopsis taxiformis
http://www.aquatouch.com/algae.htm Mithrax crabs picked at it in my tank but it was the Mexican turbo snails that really devoured it. You'll likely have to do a bit of hand picking because the turbos won't touch it if it's not cropped pretty short Good luck |
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Great link static. Anyone tried urchins?
JVHam, this seems to be a "low nutrient" algae. I clean my glass once a week and chaeto has ceased to grow... but this stuff still does |
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Sally lightfoot crabs eat it.
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I have those red hair algae bloom when I had phosphate and silicate problem from water source. When I reduced the phosphate and silicate level they look like bleaching. The are still there but does not spread anymore.
Looks like I need those crabs to clean them up. |
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I still have nightmares about that crap. I have no idea how I got rid of it but I pray I never see it again.
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I bought a rabit fish and he took care of all of it.
Michael
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I have this algae too... I had A LOT of it. I have been dosing vodka for about two months now. My glass stays clean for a week and my acros are pale, but this algae just keeps growing. A week ago I bought two mexican turbos snails and so far they have consumed about a third of it. I am planning to buy two more to see of I can get rid of it altogether.
Blair |
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My Foxface eats it, but it is still there.
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that alge sucks I had it in my old tank hope I don't get stuff again in my new set up. I never was able to get rid of it. good luck to every one.
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i notice it when i dose ammino acids. when i stop it goes away on its own.
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I've posted a couple times about that stuff. Nothing eats it. Have tried mexican turbos, sea hares, various crabs. Only thing I have found that helps is really keep good parms to keep corraline growing as that will outcompete it. It needs light, so every once in a while I move my rocks around and flip them over. After a year I'm slowly winning the battle.
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Is that two different algaes? I see brown turf style on the top photos and the last one is that red cotton stuff is it not?
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quoted from the link I posted earlier There seems to be a few different varieties of snails sold as Mexican Turbos so if you try one and it doesn't work maybe try getting one from a different LFS and trying it. Personally I've had the best luck with the ones that have a smooth shell and black and white zig zags or checkerboard type patern. |
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Dont let that get on your corals. I had some spidery looking red **** nearly take out my jacquelinae by surprise. I had to break it off the infected base and ditch the rock it was on. Kill it if you can.
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I had alot of this stuff at one time. Added a Phosban reactor and it was gone within two weeks.
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IMHO not Asparagopsis taxiformis. Taxiformis in reef tanks resemble cotton candy, and color usually pink. Very fragile and fluffy. Mexican turbos do eat taxiformis, IME. Diadema urchins do not.
If its tough, short turf best bet IMO is Diadema urchin. Diadema gnaw rock down to bare white bone after which less rugged grazers have better chance to inhibit regrowth of this type algae. Small Diadema likely take weeks to dig in and start clearing patches of rock, IME. Diadema also grow fast and eventually become bad resident in small tank and have to be removed, IME. I had a Acanthurus japonicus which was also a pretty good inhibitor to tough red turf algae, but I think fish will be more hit or miss than an urchin. Turf algae not unusual in SPS tank. If the coral can keep it from advancing on it's base, it was never a problem for me except for appearance. Bigger colonies will shade it out around their bases as they grow.
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I have the same algea, and my Redsea sailfin tang (desardini tang not the regular zebra tang) ate it all up. He also eat buble algea and anything that is green by far the best algea eating tang I ever had.
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[quote]I notice it when i dose ammino acids. when i stop it goes away on its own[]/quote]
I notice when I cut way back on feeding I get more of the stuff.... perhaps related. I have been feeding heavy this week to try to darken my acros and the red stuff is completely gone (I did add 3 large turbos though) and the short brown/white stuff is going away in areas that aren't really bright. I also have the red cotton mixed in with my cheato and it is fading who a dark brown. Who knows. |
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I have the red-wiry variety in my SPS tank... I've PM'd a few folks who've had it and none of them seem to have figured out a solution.
Thanks so much for this thread -- particularly for the early response about not dripping Kalk near the GFO... That's exactly what I've been doing and the effectiveness of my GFO seems to have been very short lived (a week and a half?). (I use the deltec phos kit and a hanna when i have time). Given that I have a small tank and have been using C-Balance (no Ca Reactor) I think I'm going to stop dosing Kalk for a while and see if the GFO lasts longer... I notice the turf grows when I don't change the PhosBan as often... -tE |
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