This post I am making for my aunt, who has 3 saltwater tanks going and algae is just out of control. Her husbandry towards her tanks are top notch, but she is losing this battle, and I am stumped. My uncle used to have a gorgeous 65g SPS tank. Just to show something positive in this thread, this is his old 65g from many years ago...
Now onto this issue at hand ... This algae is spread amongst 3 different tanks - 29g Biocube, 12g Aquapod and a 30g Frag Tank w/ Sump. None of these 3 tanks are connected to each other, however, the water comes from the same brute. the RO unit reads 0's across the board.
This is how her 12g used to look...
The tanks read...
Alk: 8.4, 9.8 and 9.1
Calc: 450
Mag: 1320 & 1400
At least 10% water changes are done every week to each of the 3 tanks, and the 30g Frag only has 1 damsel, the 12g Aquapod only has 1 damsel, and the 29g Biocube has a Yellow Wrasse and a Firefish.
None of these tanks are new, they have all been running for many months. Lighting hasn't changed on any of them either - corals were doing great, now most corals aren't looking too happy. There are some SPS Colonies in the 29g Biocube that are doing well, but not growing.
The first order of business is, I don't know how to get this algae under control? Purigen and Chemipure are being used, and I figure on top of the water changes, I don't see what the issue could be. Algae used to not be a problem, except a couple months ago it just seemed to come and spread rapidly.
The algae you see along the front of the glass was sucked up just a day before, and it comes back almost immediately.
What is she battling, and how can she win?
Thank You!
Now onto this issue at hand ... This algae is spread amongst 3 different tanks - 29g Biocube, 12g Aquapod and a 30g Frag Tank w/ Sump. None of these 3 tanks are connected to each other, however, the water comes from the same brute. the RO unit reads 0's across the board.
This is how her 12g used to look...
The tanks read...
Alk: 8.4, 9.8 and 9.1
Calc: 450
Mag: 1320 & 1400
At least 10% water changes are done every week to each of the 3 tanks, and the 30g Frag only has 1 damsel, the 12g Aquapod only has 1 damsel, and the 29g Biocube has a Yellow Wrasse and a Firefish.
None of these tanks are new, they have all been running for many months. Lighting hasn't changed on any of them either - corals were doing great, now most corals aren't looking too happy. There are some SPS Colonies in the 29g Biocube that are doing well, but not growing.
The first order of business is, I don't know how to get this algae under control? Purigen and Chemipure are being used, and I figure on top of the water changes, I don't see what the issue could be. Algae used to not be a problem, except a couple months ago it just seemed to come and spread rapidly.
The algae you see along the front of the glass was sucked up just a day before, and it comes back almost immediately.
What is she battling, and how can she win?
Thank You!