ugly phase

Hello! I am pretty new to the saltwater hobby! I have two freshwater tanks that run almost completely natural with little intervention on my part! I’ve been super nervous to start saltwater but have finally done it! My tanks been cycling for a couple months and then March 14th I got my first...

Hey all. I'm trying to decide what to do, if anything on my tank thats going through the "ugly phase" and a big bloom of green hair algae. It's covering everything pretty much see attached pic. I have about 13 coral frags introduced in the past week or so plus a couple clowns and a damsel. I...

Hello all! New to Reef2Reef, back into the hobby after a few years. Hoping someone can put my mind at ease. My Waterbox 20 is 73 days old, I have CaribSea LifeRock and special grade live sand, cycled with Dr. Tim's. Smooth sailing up to 2 weeks ago, this algae has begun to reer its ugly...

Hello! I have had my Red Sea 350 g2 running for several months now, and I’m definitely entering the ugly stage. Ive been noticing a really nice pod population, but across the past 3 weeks I’ve begun seeing some uglies. I’m not too sure what it is, but I’m assuming cyano or dinos. it’s only...

So I have a 29gal reef tank for prob 2 years, tank is deff established. I’m planning on buying a 190 72x26x24 display making it mixed reef. If i put the rock from my tank now in the new display or even the sump, will that prevent the ugly phase or algae boom? Or is there no way around that

Can someone tell me what these red spots and ugly hard spot on my rock are?.. It's not clear when I scrub it with brush

Hello, I have a lot of questions , firstly I noticed on my tank this poo bits which are not getting raised up into the overflow for some reason? I have a maxspect gyre at 40% because if i push more power the torches are being pushed to much. Also the brown stage is relentless, 2 months and still...

Of course im new to the hobby, my tanks is 4 months old. I’m running a 80 Gal redsea G2, with two reef led 90s, reef mat, skimmer and Red Sea reef spec carbon. I religiously do a 10% water change weekly and all my numbers have been steady. I think I understand the ugly phase but I don’t know how...

I’ve had my 30 gallon tank setup for about 3 weeks, everything is healthy and good. But I am going through the algae stage, I’ll clean the glass spotless and the next day it’s covered again. Side question. It was originally brown algae on the glass but now it’s a green algae, does that mean...

I installed the Red Sea Reef Mat 250 this past Saturday and then did my weekly 10 gallon water change on Sunday. I siphoned my sand bed to help clean it up while doing the water change. Tuesday came along and my tank started getting brown all over the sand, rock and glass. It just keeps getting...

Well, my tank is officially 30 days old..! Happy birthday to me. :). Over the past 2 days I have been given a great birthday surprise. This ugly brownish/reddish algae that might either be a regular diatom bloom (I think) or possibly something else. I find all of this algae stuff pretty...

Good afternoon everyone. I have a new frag system I have started with no substrate. Just 4 BioPlates from Brightwell. I am now going through ugly phase. What can I do to help get past this and get clean water to add corals?

My cycle ended a couple of days ago on my tank, but I’m actually going out of town this Sunday and will be gone until next Saturday. Considering I have no live stock in the tank should I go ahead and implement my lighting schedule while I’m gone or no? I need some opinions on this matter because...

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Tank is approx 1.5 month old. waterbox cube 20 Floss > chemipure blue > poly filter pad. Video for attention. Dragon Thorn Turbo snail putting in work on my first brown ugly phase. I only clean the 3 sides.

Hello all, just curious if any of you have a go-to method that you use in order to skip or greatly reduce the severity of the ugly phase in your tank. Personally, I was overdosing micro-bacter clean in one of my first tanks for a while and never experienced an ugly phase. Do any of you start off...

Hello! This is my first post and my first reef tank. my tank is 2-3 months old and I have diatoms all over the tank sand. When I siphoned it during my last WC, it came right back. Most likely it’s just the ugly phase however I’m wondering if there’s any possibility it could be my water. The...

I have 2 month old 35 gallon tank with 5 fishes and 2 corals. Nitrate is around 2. Haven't checked phosphates. Started noticing this greenish brown algae on my rocks. I am guessing it is the "Ugly phase" of my tank. I am treating the tank with a daily dose of Brightwell Aquatics Clean and Bio...

I’m going through the “ugly phase” with my new tank, and got sufficient cuc to deal with it. The problem is that my melanurus wrasse has scared them all to where they only come out at night when it’s in the sand sleeping. This means I wake up to a perfect clean tank, but within a few hours of...

Over the last few days my dry rock has started turning brown and the sand bed is getting patches of brown.

Hi guys, I've been reading this group for many months.:) 6 weeks ago I started my cycling of a 43 gallon tank without fish and with dry rock and live sand. There is no longer ammonia or nitrites and nitrates are at 100 ppm (Red Sea) and phosphates are barely detectable, 0.01 (AF) or zero. For...

My tank has been up and running for about a month. The rock has been fully cycled for almost 3 months. I’m currently in an ugly phase. My phosphate is 0.05 and my nitrates have been between 5 and 10. I have a mix of macro algae and coral. What I’m wondering is, is there anything I need to...

Hi I took some samples of the brown algae starting to cover my rocks and sand. I found 2 different shapes which both are moving. Can anyone identify these?