Frag tank Algea Problem

[LegoZ81]

I will tell you right now the best way i have found and they clear up within days.

Urchin, hermits and Emerald Crabs.

I'll be trying this as my 125 is more of a refugium/algae scrubber than a grow out tank right now :(

 

[Salty Dog]

Taking some pictures today, I also built a scrubber that is starting to collect algea, More of a brown colored though

 

[Salty Dog]

Picture taken today, second day of dosing peroxide:

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[nixer]

that looks more like byropsis than hair algae hard to tell in the pic though
does it have little needle looking leaves

 

[Salty Dog]

its stringy no leaves

 

[nixer]

it almost looks like this in the pics CalPhotos

 

[vegastyle]

Thats bryopsis, use H2O2 in a spray bottle for pinpoint control. I dip corals in a 10-1 water/H2O2 ratio for 5 min after using Coral Rx on all incoming frags

 

[Salty Dog]

thanks, Today I notice huge polyp extesion on my SPS stuff. One of my huge colony has a little slime on some of its tips. Im sure Im burning that one peice a little. I will try to take a picture.

 

[Salty Dog]

going on day 3, wish me luck

 

[FaviaFreak]

I absolutely love the h202 dosing for bryopsis elimination...the positives far outweigh the negatives imo.... I also notice much better PE on my sps when dosing h202...give it some time Bill, it will clear up with the peroxide

 

[Salty Dog]

kevin,, Put your other avatar up, I liked that one bro.

 

[FaviaFreak]

kevin,, Put your other avatar up, I liked that one bro.

your right Bill I like this one better too!

 

[Salty Dog]

4th day dosing, Ok my one sps started to get burnt tips, I keep my alk steady at 9.2 but the peroxide has dropped my alk to 8.0-7.9, I cranked up the CO2 a tad, lets see what happens

 

[FaviaFreak]

you could also hit it with Tech M magnesium, if the bryopsis is lingering too long and the h202 is causing too many problems with your acros and alk

 

[Murfman]

4th day dosing, Ok my one sps started to get burnt tips, I keep my alk steady at 9.2 but the peroxide has dropped my alk to 8.0-7.9, I cranked up the CO2 a tad, lets see what happens

are you dosing the whole tank or just the frags? I don't see how the alk would drop, if you are just treating the frags.

 

[caudill187]

I like the H2O2 idea. I've done this in the past but killed some SPS, because I overdid it. I have also found that if I dip the coral in a very high concentration of Magnesium (my Magnesium Chloride solution before dosing) for about 30 seconds, it will kill algae and not the coral.

I keep my flow in the frag tank pretty high and keep small zebrosoma tangs with my frags, to pic at the filamentous stuff as it grows. If you already have a pretty bad outbreak, urchins and big turbos will do the trick, as mentioned, but are bulldozers, also as mentioned :)

You can also leave the lights off on the frag tank for up to 3 days without killing the frags, in my experience. The corals are tougher than the algae in this regard. This works well for the cyano I sometimes get after feeding the frags heavily.

 

[Salty Dog]

are you dosing the whole tank or just the frags? I don't see how the alk would drop, if you are just treating the frags.

I have a small 30g frag tank plumbed into my main, my whole system Is 400 gallons, soIm dosing 30ml a day. Yesterday I took all the frags out removed the old infested egg crate ,dipped the corals in the peroxide and put the frag tank back together. Looks like new. I will continue the dosing for another 7 days or so. I dont know why my alk dipped a little becausse its been stable for 2+ years. The only thing I could think is the peroxide changed the alk becuase the next day I noticed some tips on one sps were burning

 

[Graham's Aquaculture Verified Sponsor]

Increase your flow. I had bryopsis in my frag tank due to detritus settling. Tangs in the main tank take care of my algae, however I feel the frag tank is too small for a tang. Increasing flow helped. Also, decreasing locations where detritus could settle.