mixed reef heavy to sps not doing well- help!

[acropora4u]

i think its the nutrients are too low but need opinions - nitrate is 5ppm and phosphate is 0.01.. alk is 8.5 calcium 420 mag 1300

what do you all think?

 

[CivicS14]

those #'s seem fine... but when you say not doing well, can you elaborate? pics are worth a thousand words

 

[acropora4u]

They all have red algea that is on them, i blow it off and an hour later its back on..

 

[ChiFlyGuy]

Sounds like cyano to me. Read up on the many resources to combat this.

 

[acropora4u]

Sounds like cyano to me. Read up on the many resources to combat this.

does this look like cyano? if so i will use chemiclean

 

[Thaxxx]

Can't tell in blue light

 

[acropora4u]

Can't tell in blue light

here it is under only white light

 

[CivicS14]

hard to say, looks like a mix of hair algae and cyano to me. how long have that tank been up and running?

 

[acropora4u]

hard to say, looks like a mix of hair algae and cyano to me. how long have that tank been up and running?

one year, chemiclean should do the trick?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Blow all the surfaces loose with a turkey baster. Reduce white light intensity for a few days and assure you have adequate clean up crew. ( snails. . . turbo, astrea, nassarius, trochus, nerite and a few blue leg hermits)
ARE YOU USING RO WATER OR TAP WATER FROM THE FAUCET? ALSO IS TANK BY OR NEAR A WINDOW?

One thing to enforce with a mixed reef is you must run carbon ( I run chemiPure blue) as softies/LPS emit toxins that will affect SPS in the same tank. Carbon will reduce these toxins.

Assure you have the following in range:

Temp: 77-79
Salinity 1.025
Mag 1300
CA 450
Alk 8-9
ph 8.1-8.3

 

[acropora4u]

going to run chemiclean as per directions. thanks all

 

[acropora4u]

Blow all the surfaces loose with a turkey baster. Reduce white light intensity for a few days and assure you have adequate clean up crew. ( snails. . . turbo, astrea, nassarius, trochus, nerite and a few blue leg hermits)
ARE YOU USING RO WATER OR TAP WATER FROM THE FAUCET? ALSO IS TANK BY OR NEAR A WINDOW?

One thing to enforce with a mixed reef is you must run carbon ( I run chemiPure blue) as softies/LPS emit toxins that will affect SPS in the same tank. Carbon will reduce these toxins.

Assure you have the following in range:

TEMP IS 77.5 TO 78.5
Salinity IS 1.026
Mag 13
CAL is 420
Alk is 8.5
ph 7.8 to 8.2

Ro/Di is 0ppm

 

[CivicS14]

one year, chemiclean should do the trick?

I'm not a fan of jumping right to chemical solutions. When I had cyano issues, I just vacuumed them out with water changes and adjusted my flow in my tank (either repositioning pumps and/or increasing flow). This fixed the issue for me after a few rounds of water changes.

 

[acropora4u]

chemiclean process started , maybe ill update in a week the progress.