algae

Hello, all I have had quite the GHA algae that just keeps coming back I am waiting on more test strips to get a better idea of why it keeps growing so bad. In the meantime what does everyone recommend for LONGGGG GHA like 3-4INCH I have big Mexican Turbos, Smaller turbos and the algae on the...

Hi all, This tank is new to me as of 3 months ago, but was up and running for over 2 years and i didn’t take it down. It’s a 10g jbj AIO with global nano 2.0 LED lights. I was recently gone for Christmas for 2.5 weeks and had an ATO failure. Thankfully i had a camera on the tank and a nice...

Hello Fellow Reefers Let’s start off with my story. I have a Waterbox 25 Peninsula. It is an AIO and has been up and running since late May/June. I have now stumbled across some sort of algae issue. I am unsure if it’s algae or dinos or something else? I’m going to be honest I got lazy with...

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Hi all! I’m quite new to the reef tank world. So far I’ve kept a clownfish, favia coral and strombus snail on a 45 liter tank. All is well so far and water parameters are good. I’m now introducing a trochus snail, a skunk shrimp and a hammer coral. Different random algae has been growing on my...

Sorry for the crappy photo quality, looks like small plate like algae that is growing all over a rock. Also small strands coming off of it. Thanks for any help!

Hello, I started my tank in October and took a 45 day break as I was doing a fallow because of brook. I am using RODI water. Don't know where the start of the diatoms is so I am just planning to get a Clean Up Crew. I have 1 bumblebee Snail that was a hitchhiker from one of my coral. My tank is...

I am struggling to get my corals and rock looking healthy. Tank has been running for about 8 months. It took me awhile to learn about how to keep proper nutrients and for the first 6.5 month I was running with 0 nitrate and 0 phosphate. My corals were starting to brown and had no polyp...

I am running an Eshopps 9.5 gal. bi-level nano tank. This is my first saltwater aquarium and have had running for about 1 year. I started with live rock and live sand with two clown fish. All of the corals I have glued on the top tier have died. Usually within a month or two. In the...

Hi everyone was hoping to get some help on identifying this green leafy algae that been driving me crazy. It grows in short tufts and has a curved leafy appearance with a lime green color. It attaches very firmly to the rocks and won’t fully come off even when scrubbed vigorously. If I try to...

I have this algae (or possibly something else) that’s on my rock and on corals. It doesn’t easily blow off and in fact is very difficult to remove. It’s likely not cyano as I just did a treatment with chemiclean and it didn’t help at all. Any ideas and how to rid my tank of it? Lowering...

Hi! First of all, I would like to thank you all for your help! Whenever I have a problem with my tank, you help me solve it ASAP! Now to the issue: In the past few days, I noticed that a white spot appeared on the top of my clownfish. I have no idea what this could be, so I want to hear your...

Trying to overcome my agae woes. All (98%) of my long hair algae is gone in the display tank, but now I have a stubborn Turf Algae growing. I saw videos of people suggesting spot treating each day where roots are more stubborn, but some threads on here seem to have me believe there is no such...

Good day everyone, I want to introduce to you all my Red Sea Max Nano G2 XL salt water tank. You may just simply look at it, follow with interest for updates, and please give me your honest opinions. My setup is only running a Red Sea NanoMat currently, and some Red Sea carbon just before the...

Nitrate is at 1.2 ppm Phosphate is at 0.06 ppm The corals have been growing like crazy lately, I did a 10 gallon water change Sunday Not sure if I should cut back on the skimmer for a week so the nutrients can rise back up. Any help is greatly appreciated, I went to California for 5 days and...

Hey guys any ideas if these blobs are feather dusters or something else? When I hit them with my scraper it appeared like it retracted. Almost looks like fuzzy jelly. Hard to describe but appear white/translucent. They reside on the live rock that is always shaded.

In the process of starting up a nano tank and I am ironing out my fish list. I would like an algae grazing fish, but because of the 25g nano I am limited to small fish. So do algae grazing blennies make a difference? Is there another fish for the job? I have also read that many blennies nip...

Hello i have a 40 gallon breeder tank with a 20 gallon sump approximatly 50 gallons total water volume, i use rodi water with tropic marin salt, at about .24-.25 salinity i do water changes about twice a month usually 10 gallons a water change i have a fleece roller, skimmer, return pump and a...

Specs are a 15g Nano reef waterbox filtration is a filter sock, and a protein skimmer that to be honest seems to work half the time. Automatic RODI water top off I don't have

Hey, this algae has coated my entire tank. I’ve a fake rock background on my tank which is also coated with it. I’ve no nitrate or nitrite or ammonia. I’ve changed my AI prime 26hd light to the “David saxby” schedule since, as It might be because I was running my lights too white? I’m wondering...

this is a blue glitter face Goni (aquacultured) that I received as a frag that was doing great until I accidentally clipped the very tip of a torch tentacle off with a tweezer - that tip proceeded to take off in the flow & landed directly on this at-the-time beautiful- blue glitter Goni. I acted...

Hi guys I'm having a problem with GHA and I'm trying to fix it with Flux Rx. I've dosed it Friday October 25, and I'm still not able to see any changes in the algae color or their root strength. Does anyone have any experience with this product and how it will work with GHA? On the back says...

Hello, I’ve finished setting up my sump for my 60 gallon breeder. I set this tank up a while ago using live ocean rock but I’m just now adding a sump and fish to it. The dimensions of the tank are 48.5" x 18.5"x 18". So far, I’ve only added a pair of clownfish and some soft coral and they’re...

Hello! I have this very interesting orange Algae (I think) growing around my rocks. Does anyone know what it is? Is it good? Bad? Should I be worried I recently had a drop on my salinity so maybe that is what caused it but don’t really know what it could be I have some imagines to help...

Back story. Ok so I have been reefing since 2016 and have had several tanks since then. I set up a folwer tank 155 with live rock from my lfs. I then set up another tank a reef tank 60 gallon using dry rock. No real issues so far. I then upgrade the fowler to the current 250 gallon and the reef...