algae

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.

I have had this white hair looking stuff for as long as I can remember that wont go away. Ive researched multiple times and ive always though it was a bacterial bloom but im really not sure. My alk/dkh is the only thing that is low but ive raised it up to 2.9/8.1 since i need to go slowly but...

So, I had this tank for about 2 years now but 7 months ago I redid my scape with some old and new rock and within 2 weeks brown coloured hair-algae-like filaments started sprouting up. I remove them about every 3 weeks manually by hand and brush the rock. The strands feel silky and come off...

My tank is five months old. I have already been through the diatom phase and now have this brown hairy algae starting to grow on the rock work. It will not blow off with a turkey baster. I have scrubbed it a few times with a soft bristle toothbrush, but it continues to come back. It also does...

I noticed these today… are they clownfish eggs or possible algae (like bubble)

Is this dino if so what type

Good morning everyone! I am having trouble with a caulerpa infestation for a long time now, i tried manual removal every week, out competing the caulerpa with chaeto in the refugium and with more corals. Also 2 years ago i took out all of the rocks and scrubbed them down, took my friend and me...

Hello! I’m curious as to how you guys clean the bottom front portion of your Aquariums glass (near the sand bed) I have this bottom portion of the glass that is always hard to clean… right near the sand bed there’s about a 1-1.5 inch portion of stubborn algae that is always a pain in the *ss… I...

Tank (75gal) has been up for around 5 months now. All Marco Rocks except for one that I brought from my old tank that was 1.5 years old (upgraded after moving). Was wondering what algae this was? Is it really just diatoms still? I have a handful of Astreas and Ceriths that seem to be eating it...

Buonasera a tutti io ho un acquario rio180 juwel adattato da dolce a marino con schiumato interno juwel 5000 L l’ora, filtro esterno Jbl 1502, skimmerino per la superficie. Ho una vasca chiusa con comperchio con lampade led con unica resistenza blu e bianche con 8 ore di luce giornaliera...

Hey All, I have been fighting this reoccurring algae problem for months and months now and just cannot get it get kicked. I think its dinos but kind of looks like cyano too. The pics below are hours after a 3 day blackout with chemiclean treatment (might have been old, does it expire?). It only...

I have an aquaclear hob converted into a Refugium. In the chamber before the chaeto, it is the water pump with constant flow, flowing through the grated plastic barrier separating the 2 chambers. I assume it is ok to run filter floss in this portion? I haven’t noticed any copepods in that area...

I wanted to grow saltwater algae from nothing but saltwater and fertilizer. I measured out about 35ppt saltwater into a container, added a few drops of Thrive, and placed it outside raised up. I know that for freshwater, algae can come through spores in the air, and if you have any large...

Hey all, I have a 25 gallon AIO, been up for over a year, I feel like in my old 75 gallon tank I had this too but what is all this stuff on my rocks? I’m assuming it’s a buildup of some algae, it’s not hair algae but I’ve never known what it is and usually I just up my flow and get more snails...

Hi everyone, firstly I'm new to the forum so thankyou for having me. I have my first 500 litre saltwater tank that has been up and running for about 6 months. Fully cycled, all parameters are great, apart from alkalinity which I'm currently dosing redsea foundation to raise. I am running t5...

Just got my microscope in today to help diagnose what is in my tank. Looks like dinos. Sorry for the shaky video. Any tips on how to get rid of it?

I started up a 15gallon reef a few months ago and have found every inch of my rock is covered in this fuzzy growth. It’s over a good portion of my back wall and my algae scraper too. I’ve been using saltwater from the fish store and topping off with RODI. Only things in the tank are two...

How do I get rid of it if it's bad?