Sal10104 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 so I'm having an outbreak of free floating algae in my tank, what is the best treatment? and i know people will say uv sterilizer what brand is cheap while still works efficiently? is there any other treatments? Link to comment
seabass Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Do you run mechanical filter media? Also, do you monitor nitrate and phosphate? If it's temporary (like right after you have manually removed algae), use a fine mesh net to capture any free floating particles that you wish to remove. Link to comment
seabass Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Oh... you mean phytoplankton (green water)? Yeah, an UV sterilizer would probably help. Depending on your livestock, dosing peroxide might be an alternative. Usually phosphate is the root problem; GFO or Phosguard might potentially help. Link to comment
Sal10104 Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Oh... you mean phytoplankton (green water)? Yeah, an UV sterilizer would probably help. Depending on your livestock, dosing peroxide might be an alternative. Usually phosphate is the root problem; GFO or Phosguard might potentially help. current stock: cleaner shrimp and 70ish blue legs and a couple turbos, any UV sterilizer you would recommend? Link to comment
seabass Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 current stock: cleaner shrimp... With the shrimp, definitely don't dose peroxide. ... any UV sterilizer you would recommend? Actually, I'd try to address the cause, not the symptom (possibly phosphate). I've never run a UV sterilizer; however, for a 95 gallon tank, I might look at a UV clarifier for small ponds (maybe something like: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=5163+5165+23771&pcatid=23771). Link to comment
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