fishfreek2 Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 I have some green grass growing like weeds in my tank. It constantly grows over the corals blocking out the light. I have a sally light footed crab that I thought would help. "NOT" Please help! Link to comment
DeskJockey Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 well it depends on what it is. Sounds like it could be a number of things macro algae or micro algae..... got a pick? Link to comment
Acoustic Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 I have the same problem. I pull out the stuff by hand and just got an emerald crab. If you solve your problem let me know. PM me asap! Good luck! Link to comment
duckhuntboy Posted April 16, 2003 Share Posted April 16, 2003 I scrape it off with a scalpel(sp?) and get into the live rock when I do so. It's worked fairly well, but I still have a little bit of growth. Link to comment
bwings Posted April 16, 2003 Share Posted April 16, 2003 From what I know it'll be high levels of phosphate in your tank causing nuisance algae. phosphate causes: using tap water for changes/top up ( use RO water from LFS) poor filtration (do you have a skimmer??) poor lighting (algae thrives in sub standard lighting) hope this helps b Link to comment
fishfreek2 Posted April 16, 2003 Author Share Posted April 16, 2003 Here is a picture after I grabbed a handfull from the tank. Link to comment
Smokin-Reefer Posted April 16, 2003 Share Posted April 16, 2003 looks like tradition hair algae to me. I would suggest using RO Water, and continue doing water changes to export the additional nutrients in the water. Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.