Hey everybody.
My tank is 2 months old and I have started to battle this algae. It is only growing where the lights are hitting.
Nitrates and phosphates were low, and I for sure had dinos, maybe I still do, but I began feeding more and I believe the levels have risen (my test kit doesnt give exact measurements.) I say this because my coral frags have started giving me growth. Cyphastrea , leptoseris, branching hammer, some zoas, gsp are all doing really well. I do have a Monti cap that needs some saving tho. I have a wrasse, a damsil, and a mandarin goby. Like 15 trochus snails and they have been doing a good job on the algae on the rocks. The picture shows I'm also losing coralline algae.
I cycled with live rock and sand. I didn't wash the sand before.
Stats:
100 gallon
Salinity .25
Nitrates between 0-5
They algae doesn't stop growing even when I clean and vacuum the sand bed.
I think the algae bloom started when I began mixing my own water.
Should I just be riding this out and hope it clears up with no water changes just top off? Is there a conditioner that I can add to my water source to prevent this. How many trochus snails are too many? I don't want to use any chemicals like dino x because the corals are thriving and I don't want a set back but it would be nice to have a clean tank . Thanks for any advice.
My tank is 2 months old and I have started to battle this algae. It is only growing where the lights are hitting.
Nitrates and phosphates were low, and I for sure had dinos, maybe I still do, but I began feeding more and I believe the levels have risen (my test kit doesnt give exact measurements.) I say this because my coral frags have started giving me growth. Cyphastrea , leptoseris, branching hammer, some zoas, gsp are all doing really well. I do have a Monti cap that needs some saving tho. I have a wrasse, a damsil, and a mandarin goby. Like 15 trochus snails and they have been doing a good job on the algae on the rocks. The picture shows I'm also losing coralline algae.
I cycled with live rock and sand. I didn't wash the sand before.
Stats:
100 gallon
Salinity .25
Nitrates between 0-5
They algae doesn't stop growing even when I clean and vacuum the sand bed.
I think the algae bloom started when I began mixing my own water.
Should I just be riding this out and hope it clears up with no water changes just top off? Is there a conditioner that I can add to my water source to prevent this. How many trochus snails are too many? I don't want to use any chemicals like dino x because the corals are thriving and I don't want a set back but it would be nice to have a clean tank . Thanks for any advice.