Good or bad algae

TPATankNano

New Member
View Badges
Joined
May 15, 2018
Messages
19
Reaction score
2
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Evo 13.5 Nano AIO Tank is a couple months old. Live rock and live sand, couple clowns and a handful of Coral frags. Do 10-15% water changes per week.

Getting this brownish dust over the sand.

Thoughts?
95d963e778297bab9aa22eb65ee8fd3c.jpg
61a6a9e29772029e1557e154cd3ce663.jpg
3340f32cb007fcd3d87e53bddbfccf15.jpg
 

gabeJLFT

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 11, 2016
Messages
76
Reaction score
34
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Evo 13.5 Nano AIO Tank is a couple months old. Live rock and live sand, couple clowns and a handful of Coral frags. Do 10-15% water changes per week.

Getting this brownish dust over the sand.

Thoughts?
95d963e778297bab9aa22eb65ee8fd3c.jpg
61a6a9e29772029e1557e154cd3ce663.jpg
3340f32cb007fcd3d87e53bddbfccf15.jpg

how’s your water flow looking?
 

NY_Caveman

likes words, fish and arbitrary statistics
View Badges
Joined
Sep 8, 2017
Messages
17,010
Reaction score
101,310
Location
New York
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Looks like diatoms. Normal new tank growth. Usually goes away on its own as the tank matures.
 
OP
OP
T

TPATankNano

New Member
View Badges
Joined
May 15, 2018
Messages
19
Reaction score
2
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
how’s your water flow looking?

I’m using the stock pump for now, one nozzle pointed towards top to make the surface ripple, the other points lower.

The soft corals come out real nice and wave in the current, so I’m happy with the flow. The corals are growing well too.
IMG_5446.JPG
 

TOP 10 Trending Threads

HOW DO YOU ADJUST YOUR CUC AS ALGAE DISAPPEARS?

  • Capture and re-home CUC

    Votes: 10 8.4%
  • Increase white light/hours in tank to spur algae growth to feed CUC

    Votes: 8 6.7%
  • Feed nori to support CUC

    Votes: 39 32.8%
  • Feed herbivore pellets to support CUC

    Votes: 42 35.3%
  • Allow attrition to balance CUC and algae

    Votes: 51 42.9%
  • Provide macro algae to feed CUC

    Votes: 8 6.7%
  • Introduce CUC predators

    Votes: 1 0.8%
  • Other (please explain)

    Votes: 12 10.1%
Back
Top