Help ID this algae?

[ReeferMadness80G]

Hey #reefsquad and all else,
Seems I'm dealing with this algae that's growing on some corals. I'd appreciate it if anyone could could check it out and tell me what it may be and if I should worry.

Biocube 14 w/ 10g diy Sump SPS DOMINATED
Reef Octopus BH50 skimmer (running about 1 week)
Media Reactor running NPX Bioplastics
Refugium with good amount of chaeto and LR light runs on opposite of DT
CAL-460
Alk-10.5
Magnesium-1380
Phosphate-0
Nitrate-0
Temp-78
Salinity-1.026

I've been trying to raise my Nitrates by feeding pretty heavily: frozen mysis and reef roids and I dose 3mL of Acropower every day.
Tank mates are 2 ocellaris clowns (just added 1 a couple days ago)
1 watchman goby
1 royal gramma

I WILL POST PICS BELOW

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

 

[mkutsch]

Is it red?

 

[mkutsch]

Turn off actinic and take a picture.

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Turn off actinic and take a picture.

I would say it's clear or green if anything. Hair algae maybe?

 

[jsker]

I would say that you have some green hair starting to grow, how old are you test kits, and what are you testing with? Looks like by feeding heavy, and that is not a bad thing:rolleyes: my suggestion is to bump up your cleaning crew and watch the tank so that thing do not get out of control. You can also try running some carbon and GFO if you are not already doing so to pull out the waist from feeding heavy:)

 

[Sabellafella]

Hey #reefsquad and all else,
Seems I'm dealing with this algae that's growing on some corals. I'd appreciate it if anyone could could check it out and tell me what it may be and if I should worry.

Biocube 14 w/ 10g diy Sump SPS DOMINATED
Reef Octopus BH50 skimmer (running about 1 week)
Media Reactor running NPX Bioplastics
Refugium with good amount of chaeto and LR light runs on opposite of DT
CAL-460
Alk-10.5
Magnesium-1380
Phosphate-0
Nitrate-0
Temp-78
Salinity-1.026

I've been trying to raise my Nitrates by feeding pretty heavily: frozen mysis and reef roids and I dose 3mL of Acropower every day.
Tank mates are 2 ocellaris clowns (just added 1 a couple days ago)
1 watchman goby
1 royal gramma

I WILL POST PICS BELOW

All good, just some hair algae. Got any snails/ hermits?

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

I would say that you have some green hair starting to grow, how old are you test kits, and what are you testing with? Looks like by feeding heavy, and that is not a bad thing:rolleyes: my suggestion is to bump up your cleaning crew and watch the tank so that thing do not get out of control. You can also try running some carbon and GFO if you are not already doing so to pull out the waist from feeding heavy:)

Unfortunately, API tests and they're about a year old, Magnesium is Salifert. Thanks for your help and Happy New Year!

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

All good, just some hair algae. Got any snails/ hermits?

For some reason I spotted a hermit dead floating around, I probably need to reup on my CuC. Thanks for your help Fella, your SPS are amazing. Hopefully one day I'll be able to grow like you. I'm trying but haven't been real successful. The live they just don't really thrive it seems like. Oh well, Happy New Year.

 

[jsker]

Unfortunately, API tests and they're about a year old, Magnesium is Salifert. Thanks for your help and Happy New Year!

You also have a Happy 2017!

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Update.
Cal-460
Alk-10.5
Mg-1400
pH-8.0
Phosphate 0.00
Nitrate 0.00
Algae still in bloom. Glass is dirty every hour with greenish brown dust. Not getting great PE out of SPS. So I
Increased my Sump lighting 2 hours. Skimmer producing wet skimmate and biopellets running 24/7 now. Wondering if I should get a bag of chemipure elite

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Update.
Cal-460
Alk-10.5
Mg-1400
pH-8.0
Phosphate 0.00
Nitrate 0.00
Algae still in bloom. Glass is dirty every hour with greenish brown dust. Not getting great PE out of SPS. So I
Increased my Sump lighting 2 hours. Skimmer producing wet skimmate and biopellets running 24/7 now. Wondering if I should get a bag of chemipure elite

lowering nutrints is the first phase. Kill it now. scrub. CUC etc. get it out.
At a point low nutrients will just hurt the coral. maintaining the nutrints corals need will encourage their growth, and limit the algal growth.

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Ok, so manually remove the algae that I can see. I can't seem to raise my nutrients so I overfed thus causing the algae bloom. And still my nitrates and phosphates haven't budged.

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

lowering nutrints is the first phase. Kill it now. scrub. CUC etc. get it out.
At a point low nutrients will just hurt the coral. maintaining the nutrints corals need will encourage their growth, and limit the algal growth.

According to API test kits(I know I know),my nutrients are undetectable. How can I raise them?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Ok, so manually remove the algae that I can see. I can't seem to raise my nutrients so I overfed thus causing the algae bloom. And still my nitrates and phosphates haven't budged.

yea. normal.
your running pretty aggressive nutrient reduction methods so its not surprising.

fwiw I think we have far different Ideas on what a bloom looks like;)

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

According to API test kits(I know I know),my nutrients are undetectable. How can I raise them?

if the corals are fine, dont poke it.

basically it seems like your running a feed hard skim hard system. so unless the corals are starving bleaching shrinking etc, Id bet your fine,

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

if the corals are fine, dont poke it.

basically it seems like your running a feed hard skim hard system. so unless the corals are starving bleaching shrinking etc, Id bet your fine,

dust on glass

Some sps has shown decreased PE. I think it's bc the water seems polluted with this algae, should I maybe go lights out for a day?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

dust on glass

Some sps has shown decreased PE. I think it's bc the water seems polluted with this algae, should I maybe go lights out for a day?

if it makes you feel better.
fwiw I have a dozen algaes in my tank that that would make you faint. Pretty good to very good Pe on the acros.

 

[twilliard]

What you are seeing on the glass is diatoms.
Stripping No3 and Po4 will not get rid of the algae as that is not their only source of energy.