I've been dealing with some chunks of GHA for awhile (previously was only popping up in my fuge), so I've been doing manual removal as well as continuing my regular dosing of MB7 to help combat nutrients being too high. In recent weeks I've started getting red cyano too. I went through this early on in my tank's post-cycling period but MB7 seemed to do the trick then so I decided to stick with it now. Looking closely today I realized that at least some of it is bryopsis- saw the fern-shaped shoots and everything.
To make matters worse, I've seemingly entered the fourth circle of algae/bacteria hell and recently noticed this stringy algae on my sandbed and lower rocks. It grows in single strands and seems to latch onto new pieces of sand or rock before shooting out another string. Couldn't find it online but here's the best I could do for a pic:
Tank is an 8-9 month old 65 gal display w 15 gal sump (Red Sea reefer 300XL) that up until recently has been pretty stable- having success with montis and other more basic SPS
Readings as of tonight are:
Nitrate (Salifert)- 2-5 ppm (hard to tell for me)
Phosphate (Hanna) .08
Alk (trident)- 9.65
Cal (trident) 400, slowly moving it up to about 420-430
Mg (trident)- 1284
My photoperiod is "short" - about 8 hours at the moment with an extra hour of ramp up on either end - but decently high intensity (Hydra 32's at 105%, very blue spectrum). Not sure this has much to do with anything but can provide more info if it helps.
I have tried to avoid chemicals as solutions but at this point I'm willing to consider whatever it takes, as long as whatever the treatment is fully reef / fish safe. I've started reading the Flucanazole forum but not sure if it will fully nuke the various forms of algae / actually address the root problem here, as I saw that ultimately while Bryopsis will die, other algae will return if the underlying issue is not resolved. Personally thinking at the very least my CUC needs a big set of reinforcements. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
To make matters worse, I've seemingly entered the fourth circle of algae/bacteria hell and recently noticed this stringy algae on my sandbed and lower rocks. It grows in single strands and seems to latch onto new pieces of sand or rock before shooting out another string. Couldn't find it online but here's the best I could do for a pic:
Tank is an 8-9 month old 65 gal display w 15 gal sump (Red Sea reefer 300XL) that up until recently has been pretty stable- having success with montis and other more basic SPS
Readings as of tonight are:
Nitrate (Salifert)- 2-5 ppm (hard to tell for me)
Phosphate (Hanna) .08
Alk (trident)- 9.65
Cal (trident) 400, slowly moving it up to about 420-430
Mg (trident)- 1284
My photoperiod is "short" - about 8 hours at the moment with an extra hour of ramp up on either end - but decently high intensity (Hydra 32's at 105%, very blue spectrum). Not sure this has much to do with anything but can provide more info if it helps.
I have tried to avoid chemicals as solutions but at this point I'm willing to consider whatever it takes, as long as whatever the treatment is fully reef / fish safe. I've started reading the Flucanazole forum but not sure if it will fully nuke the various forms of algae / actually address the root problem here, as I saw that ultimately while Bryopsis will die, other algae will return if the underlying issue is not resolved. Personally thinking at the very least my CUC needs a big set of reinforcements. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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