jgpico Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get rid of this nastiness in my tank? It started out as diatoms and now I have some gha on the rocks. I have literally not been feeding the tank lately and my perams are all looking good. I have shortened my photo period and I've even done a 5 gallon water change. I know that 3 fish isn't too much for this tank to handle but this is starting to suck. I'm beginning to think it has something to do with my AI. I really want to figure this out so I can have my tank back. HELP PLEAESE! Link to comment
FishBrawler Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Larger clean up crew could help! Gfo? Link to comment
jgpico Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 I was thinking about upgrading my cuc but I feel like I have a lot of snails and stuff already. I already added 2 emerald crabs to help with the problem which has helped a tiny bit but not as much as I would like. I really wanted to put macros in this tank but now that plan is kinda screwed since the emeralds will eat it. I am not running any kind of skimmer on this tank currently, do you think that would help out at all? Link to comment
Javious Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 You need to starve out the algae. I was just reading about chaeto for nitrates and Xenia for phosphates and ammonia. I think the diatoms come from silicates found in sand and plastics among other things. Once the silicates are consumed you should be able to vac/turkey baster it off sand and rock. Link to comment
Javious Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I was thinking about upgrading my cuc but I feel like I have a lot of snails and stuff already. I already added 2 emerald crabs to help with the problem which has helped a tiny bit but not as much as I would like. I really wanted to put macros in this tank but now that plan is kinda screwed since the emeralds will eat it. I am not running any kind of skimmer on this tank currently, do you think that would help out at all?If you want to get your head spun around, check out the nano skimmer thread that is usually in most recent section on the home page. http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/317332-nano-skimmer-need-help/page-3#entry4139459They are convincing me to not use a skimmer at this point. Can you return the crabs? Link to comment
jgpico Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 If you want to get your head spun around, check out the nano skimmer thread that is usually in most recent section on the home page. http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/317332-nano-skimmer-need-help/page-3#entry4139459 They are convincing me to not use a skimmer at this point. Can you return the crabs? I'll have to check out that topic on the skimmers. I can definitely return the crabs, the issue would be getting them out of the tank. Link to comment
jgpico Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 I really want to run T5's on this tank. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what kind of fixture would be a good one for me? Link to comment
FishBrawler Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Why not the leds? And I think a skimmer would help. The xenia is good and fix my problem with algae but I cant get rid of it! Link to comment
jgpico Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Why not the leds? And I think a skimmer would help. The xenia is good and fix my problem with algae but I cant get rid of it! I might stick with leds but I would like to do a different fixture. I have always liked the output of T5 and the growth and color of corals under T5. I absolutely refuse to put xenia in this tank lol Link to comment
FishBrawler Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Glad to hear about the xenia becaus ethat was a terrible mistake for me! As for the led, you should try a radion! If you sold this one you would almost have enough money and that would be full spectrum (to an extent) , but you could do a retro fit t5 on it to get the full spectrum! I also think a skimmer would help tremendously! You need to remove phosphates and that should kill the algae! Link to comment
jgpico Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Glad to hear about the xenia becaus ethat was a terrible mistake for me! As for the led, you should try a radion! If you sold this one you would almost have enough money and that would be full spectrum (to an extent) , but you could do a retro fit t5 on it to get the full spectrum! I also think a skimmer would help tremendously! You need to remove phosphates and that should kill the algae! Radion was my fixture of choice. Im going to see what I can get for selling an mp40 and another ai white led I have laying around. Should get enought to cover a radion. Link to comment
FishBrawler Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Hoping I can get a radion soon! Got me some christmas money but not nearly enough lol! Let me know how the color compares to everything. Growth too! Link to comment
gena Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get rid of this nastiness in my tank? It started out as diatoms and now I have some gha on the rocks. I have literally not been feeding the tank lately and my perams are all looking good. I have shortened my photo period and I've even done a 5 gallon water change. I know that 3 fish isn't too much for this tank to handle but this is starting to suck. I'm beginning to think it has something to do with my AI. I really want to figure this out so I can have my tank back. HELP PLEAESE!That stinks! Well, I think the first step is to make sure you are using 0 TDS water for everything..water changes and top offs. Are you sure it's HA? If so, that's great cuz it's pretty easy to get rid of. It will just take some time. Now, if it's bryopsis that's a different story. You used dry rock, right? Could be phosphates bound within that to fuel the algae. Keep up the water changes, run some GFO and wait it out. It will eventually run out of fuel. Unfortunately time takes soooo long in this hobby Another option is to fill that baby up with macros...but get rid of the crabs. Link to comment
jgpico Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Does anyone have any suggestions as far as what kind of chemical filtration I should try? What combination of things has worked for you? Link to comment
JR! Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 hey jg what powerhead is that Link to comment
jgpico Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 hey jg what powerhead is that The one that I can sell you for a hefty price. Its a hydor as well. I actually totally forgot about that one since I took it out of the tank a while ago. Link to comment
JR! Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 The one that I can sell you for a hefty price. Its a hydor as well. I actually totally forgot about that one since I took it out of the tank a while ago. o yea ill take it then Link to comment
bobssecrtsn Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 do you have closeups of the algae? are you using gfo? try doing a 3 day black out and 3 hours a day lighting and increase it every other day 1 hour each time.. if your using gfo, you might be using to much because the gfo has iron in it which supplies brown aglae. brown algae indicates more of like silicate/iron type not po4 or no3. Link to comment
jgpico Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 This is the best pic I could get of the algae. Link to comment
JR! Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 clear you pm's bro. i wanna snag that powerhead from you Link to comment
jgpico Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 clear you pm's bro. i wanna snag that powerhead from you Sorry man, my pms's are cleared. Link to comment
jgpico Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Anyone have any ideas on the pic I posted of the algae? Link to comment
gena Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Looks exactly like the stuff I had on my rock the first couple of months. The macros outcompeted it though and it disappeared. It just took some time. It's ugly stuff...I know from experience Link to comment
JR! Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 i had some in my shallow build too. it finally died off. running the skimmer wet seemed to help Link to comment
FishBrawler Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 i had some in my shallow build too. it finally died off. running the skimmer wet seemed to help +1 I had that too and it helped I think the most to get rid of it! Link to comment
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