algae

I have a algae issue in my 10g fowlr tank running on tap and my parents are gonna make me get rid of the tank they think it’s rotten I told them it’s algae it’s normal is there any creatures to help with algae on glass and sand (If snails I’d rather have them flip themselves over as I’m not home...

Hey everyone, I’m really struggling with something in my reef tank and I could use some advice. My tank is about a year old, and I keep getting this green coating all over the rocks and back glass. I cleaned it all off yesterday, and within 24 hours it’s back again. It feels slimy and doesn’t...

Any one have any ideas it's a folwer tank been up since 2018 but this is its third tank I've done many blackouts but it always comes back i do run a 40watt uv the tank is a 240g to not it's also not on the sand. I plan on getting a microscope if I must. Thanks

Anyone have any idea what this is? Working on getting a test kit so parameters are unknown right now.

Hi there, I have a 3 month old tank that I turned the lights on a couple weeks ago and started getting algae on the rocks. I’m receiving Scarlet red hermits, some clean up snails, and have a tail spot blenny. Is this algae I should be worried about or will it go away with time? Thanks

+/- 20 gallons tank of caulerpa algae (not tank)

Have to go today, I am turning down my system for moving. Still have a 5-6 inches Marron Clown, 20 gallons tank of caulerpa algae, and a coral stuck in a rock

I have about 8 week old 160L Saltwater tank with my cleanup crew, about 5 turbo snails and 2 blue legged hermits and added 2 clownfish about 2 weeks ago. All is going good so far. Over the past week some white stringy stuff is appearing attached to the rocks I have in there. Is this Algae...

Hey reefers, I need help with an algae/bacteria ID. I’m at my wit’s end- nothing seems to match 100%. TL;DR: 664 gallon inter-plumbed trough system in retail setting. Bubbly/turfy green/brown eyesore appeared about the same time as nutrients bottoming out a few months ago. Stabilizing chems...

How's is going everyone Today while cleaning my reef tank i found this white coral like growing on my rocks , i have a few torches , zoas and one anenome in my tank , found this very odd and it's in a few spot ! is this good or bad and should i take it out asap ? i've had the tank a little...

How's is going everyone Today while cleaning my reef tank i found this white coral like growing on my rocks , i have a few torches , zoas and one anenome in my tank , found this very odd and it's in a few spot ! is this good or bad and should i take it out asap ? i've had the tank a little...

This is a new but cycled tank. Looking at the stringy things on the bottom of the rock. Parameters are good (I don't have noticable algae elsewhere). It's on a live rock that I got from someone who had there tank setup for years. I currently only have hermits for cleanup crew. If this is...

I scrub or blow off my live rock on a weekly basis and this hairy/slimy stuff keeps showing up. I’ve battled Dino and Cyano with success but can’t get rid of this stuff. Can anyone ID? If it matters it is focused on the bottom half of the live rock and I do have a good flow from 2 wavemakers...

Using a 200x (all I could get my hands on) I took this trying to ID algae. I can tell there is GHA, I think dinos, and what was that worm??? Thanks!

Hello all, first post here on R2R! I love this site because it almost always answers any questions I have. So I thought I’d give it a try with questions directing towards my setup. First off I have a 20g long Innovative Marine Lagoon. It’s been up for about a month. I recently upgraded from a...

Still new to marine system Tank going well but do I need to get rid this algae bloom on back off tank

Still new to marine system Tank going well but do I need to get rid this algae bloom on back off tank

Up for sale is a Tunze MAR 3182 (large size). I purchased this for my new tank thinking I would need it and set it up for a week, before realizing I actually need to add nutrients not remove them. Everything is included that you would get if purchased new except for the box. I threw the box...

Hello Everyone, I’ve been having a battle with what appears to be a wiry, clumpy, red turf algae for quite a while now in my nano tank. Parameters appear to be fine with nitrates around 2-3 ppm and phosphate around 0.05. I’ve been manually removing but can only get so much out, especially with...

What do all algae (and cyano too) need to survive? Nutrients. What are nutrients? Ammonia/ammonium, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate and urea are the major ones. Which ones cause most of the algae in your tank? These same ones. Why can't you just remove these nutrients and eliminate all the algae in...

Is this algae good or bad? I’ve been thinking of removing all the algae growing on the back glass but is there any benefit of leaving it?

Currently have algae build up in the sand bed. Po4 is reading 0.0 but was steadily running at 0.7 prior to this. With the algae growing I don’t think it’s truly 0.0? Running a 400gph return with rotating random flow nozzle and a slw 5 100% on random/else mode. Would appreciate any feedback or...

Blade Hybrid Algae Reactor 16 • Purchased a turf scrubber to deal with a heavily polluted tank with nitrates of 55ppm and heavy hair algae. • Tank is 92g volume so I purchased the 16 version as headroom and the 10 inch might not benefit as well due to the tank being heavily stocked. Over the...

Any advice? Is this Dino’s or Diatoms. Bubbles as you can see suggest Dino’s. 4 month old tank, nitrates at 20. Been siphoning into a filter sock this is it after 2 days.