Can someone help me with what this algae is and what steps I can take to get rid of it? I tried manually scrubbing it off and sucking it up with a cleaner but luck...
Tank is 5 months old
Parameters :
pH 8.25
Alk 9
Nitrate 5
Phosphate .01
Calcium 418
SG 1.024
Nitrite 0
Amonia 0
Possibly the beginning of Bryopsis, kinda hard to say. If so then I used Reef Flux to get rid of it. Your No3 and P04 look good, but the algae will lock it up, thus making your numbers look lower than they actually are.
There’s many different kinds of nuisance algae that can cause problems in the reef aquarium and Bryopsis can be one of the worst, or one of the ‘best’ depending on your perspective.
Overview Safely increases magnesium concentration in all marine and reef aquaria. Utilizes specific magnesium salts to obtain the desired results. May be used to attain and maintain a magnesium concentration in excess of 1,500 ppm as desired by aquarist. Maintaining an elevated magnesium...