Algae?

[Budluvcash]

Does anyone know what type this is and if so how do I get rid of it?

 

[Diesel]

Looks like regular green slime algae.
Tell me more on how you maintain your system and what kind of equipment you have, lights, skimmer, pumps, reactors, RODI, salt.

 

[Budluvcash]

I have 2 XR30 and 1 XR15 all G3, nyos 160 skimmer, vectra M1 return with 2 MP40s, I have a carbon reactor and Biopellet reactor which I am not using either. Use RODI water and use Red Sea Coral Pro salt, tank is a Red Sea reefer 525XL been running for 7 months

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Does it brush off or blow off with a turkey baster? I think I just had a bout with this stuff as well. I won though once figured out what it was. It put up a good fight though. Lol

 

[Budluvcash]

No you have to scrape it off.

 

[Budluvcash]

I also do 32 gallon water change every 2 weeks

 

[Diesel]

How are your settings on the LED's?
Do you know your TDS result of your RODI?
Fish load?
Dose any coral food or supplements.

 

[Diesel]

What intensity you have your red LED from your radions?

 

[Budluvcash]

Led are run on the SPS AB schedule for about 10hrs a day. TDS is a 0 on my water. I have 2 clowns and 1 kole tang and corals I have 1 frag ricordea mushroom a nice piece of frog spawn with 3 heads and a small frag of neon green Aussie leather. That's it! I use Red Sea Reef foundation A and B once a week.

 

[Budluvcash]

I also have a build thread with pics of any details of what I run

 

[Diesel]

Thank you.
I'm not going to ask your No3 and Po4 as I have a pretty good idea where they are.
What we see here is just green algae that grows most on strong light.
Due to that you run the SPS AB schedule but just have a few coral says enough and include to long period of 10 hours.
Reduce the max time of your light to only 6 and 2hours ramp up and 2.5 ramp down.
Bring down your red LED to only 10% as of now.
Stop feeding for now as well the reef foundation.
Just feed your fish and corals will have enough food.
Lets try this for a week or two and see where we going.

 

[Budluvcash]

Cool thanks so much I appreciate the guidance

 

[Diesel]

Don't forget to follow up cause I will hunt you down :rolleyes:

 

[Budluvcash]

I will reach back out to you lol I've been really taking this entire process very slow that's why I have so little in my tank. I didn't want to invest more money then I already have on corals until I knew I could maintain for about a year. Cost to much to screw up! Lol thanks again

 

[Diesel]

I will reach back out to you lol I've been really taking this entire process very slow that's why I have so little in my tank. I didn't want to invest more money then I already have on corals until I knew I could maintain for about a year. Cost to much to screw up! Lol thanks again

Yes sir you have my vote.

 

[Charlesbrooks]

It looks to me to be Ostreobium sp. (Green boring algae)