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Hey guys I am sorry for making another one of these posts but I am a new reefer and need some help and wisdom before I make changes that might ruin everything.
Lately I have noticed that my rocks have a very short algae on it that the snails love. The other day I was sitting on the floor and looking up at the tank and noticed a lot of bubbles all over everything. From straight in or above it was hard to see. Only when I looked at the rank from below could you see it. They pop very easy and float to the top. They also seem to be attached to a very stringy light brown algae. It didn’t look like bubble algae because it wasn’t green or hard. I did a 30 gallon water change yesterday (my tank is 75g).
Today I noticed that on my sand is the stringy brown algae. It does blow off very easy. Also it it getting caught on my corals. Like my toadstool seems to have it caught in its polyps. They close and some of my zoas don’t open well but I think they might be from shrimp walking on or sand being blown in it. Almost forgot, but the tank was bought off someone else who had it set up 10 plus years. I bought and transferred everything including sand.
Anyways I tested tonight and my parameters are below.
Phosphate- .05 (Hanna)
Nitrate- 5-10 ppm (api)
Only thing I can think of is maybe my RODI unit is not 0 tds. It’s a very old brs 4 stage unit without the tds meter. I did get a new filter kit for it about a month ago. I also noticed that the middle cartridge is leaking even after changing the o ring.
I also have these crappy photos lol. Let me know if you have any advice or know what it is please. Also thank you for taking the time to read this and help. Thankful for a community like this.
Lately I have noticed that my rocks have a very short algae on it that the snails love. The other day I was sitting on the floor and looking up at the tank and noticed a lot of bubbles all over everything. From straight in or above it was hard to see. Only when I looked at the rank from below could you see it. They pop very easy and float to the top. They also seem to be attached to a very stringy light brown algae. It didn’t look like bubble algae because it wasn’t green or hard. I did a 30 gallon water change yesterday (my tank is 75g).
Today I noticed that on my sand is the stringy brown algae. It does blow off very easy. Also it it getting caught on my corals. Like my toadstool seems to have it caught in its polyps. They close and some of my zoas don’t open well but I think they might be from shrimp walking on or sand being blown in it. Almost forgot, but the tank was bought off someone else who had it set up 10 plus years. I bought and transferred everything including sand.
Anyways I tested tonight and my parameters are below.
Phosphate- .05 (Hanna)
Nitrate- 5-10 ppm (api)
Only thing I can think of is maybe my RODI unit is not 0 tds. It’s a very old brs 4 stage unit without the tds meter. I did get a new filter kit for it about a month ago. I also noticed that the middle cartridge is leaking even after changing the o ring.
I also have these crappy photos lol. Let me know if you have any advice or know what it is please. Also thank you for taking the time to read this and help. Thankful for a community like this.