Uglies or something worse?

[nlastner]

Hey everyone!


So this tank has been up and running for about two months now.


Everything was going smoothly at first, but then my auto feeder accidentally dumped more food than it should have—and I didn’t catch it right away. Next thing I knew, I had a bloom in the tank. I added a UV sterilizer and some Chemi-Pure to help bring the phosphates down.


Now I’m dealing with a ton of green algae. It’s not hair algae, and it doesn’t look brown enough to be diatoms. It might be green cyano, but honestly, I’m not 100% sure.


Here are my current parameters:

• Nitrate: 0.53
• Phosphate: 0.08

Last night, I removed all the Chemi-Pure and carbon filtration to try increasing nutrient levels, just in case that’s contributing to the issue.


I’ve attached a video of the tank—any help identifying this stuff and figuring out what to do next would be super appreciated. Thanks!

 

[BryanM]

Better to post your video to youtube and link it here.

 

[nlastner]

Better to post your video to youtube and link it here.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Its normal progression of the rocks. Micro algae's are growing, rocks won't stay white. When you start seeing more algae, start increasing the number of algae grazers

 

[nlastner]

Its normal progression of the rocks. Micro algae's are growing, rocks won't stay white. When you start seeing more algae, start increasing the number of algae grazers

Since turning off my uvs last night. It had turned into what looks like gha