Angeljr8282 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 need help with this brown algae tank been running for about 8 months Link to comment
CrazyCarl Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Looks like dinoflagellates. Not good and will kill your corals. Do some research. I don't have any personal experience, but there are plenty of treatments. Link to comment
Angeljr8282 Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 I read there no stoping this stuff if it is Dino I'm just going to break down the tank and quit the hobby Link to comment
evilc66 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Uh, no. Just take a deep breath, and think this through. There are far worse algae to deal with than this. Take a look at this: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/how-i-beat-dinoflagellates-and-the-lessons-i-learned Some of the steps involve running only actinics, but with some lighting setups, that's not always possible. Opposed to just running actinics, you could run a severely reduced photoperiod, say 4 hours, if you can't run actinics (or just blue LEDs if that's what you have). Link to comment
Angeljr8282 Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 I'm running 10k white leds and blue leds they're on separate switches so I could run either/or I noticed every morning when the lights come on there no algae..the tank looks nice and clean it takes about 3-4 hours to I start seeing this stuff coming out start off like this long stringing brown algae on the glass and corals..but once I cut the lights it just disappears Link to comment
CrazyCarl Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Read the article and follow the steps. Go lights out 72 hours. Large water change. Then only blue for a week. You can beat it man! Don't give up. Link to comment
Angeljr8282 Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 I'll start my process on Friday and see if this works for me thanks for the help I'll keep you the forum updated in a few days Link to comment
markalot Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Are you dosing vitamins or aminos? I get Brown snot if I dose too much. Link to comment
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