What is this now!??? Fuge all green

[Ahbaloch]

it was fine for past few month, i got rid of 90% of mt chaeto,

Kept me a small amount,

What happened to it with in 2 weeks?

 

[Ahbaloch]

This is how it was 2-3 weeks ago perfect!

 

[Ahbaloch]

Got 3 fluval nano led ligt

 

[Ahbaloch]

3 of these



Fuge is cpr medium size (3-4 gallons)

 

[NewGoby]

looks like a bad case of algae bloom, if it were a bacterial bloom it'd be either red or white,

I'd start doing a 20% water change, is there anything you changed in the past couple of days / weeks?

You said that you removed 90%, did you continue dosing the same amounts of additives? If any of them enhance growth then that'll be your problem.

 

[THX1138CY]

Thats GHA. GHA out competes chaeto in high nitrate levels.

 

[NewGoby]

Thats GHA. GHA out competes chaeto in high nitrate levels.

it doesn't look like Hair Algae though, on his pictures it looks more like a blanket / sheet throughout the water, rather than hair

Either way a water change will help ^^ and reduce dosing of additives which enhance growth, assuming that you're adding anything

 

[Ahbaloch]

I didn't change anything,

My nitrates and nitrites are undetectable,

I can start doing WC


The only Thing was different was my protein skimmer was off for past two weeks

 

[Ahbaloch]

Should I throw all this out and start with the new batch maybe?

 

[THX1138CY]

Your nitrates are undetectable because either the outbreak is consuming all available nitrates, or your not testing correctly. If its the former than your either feeding more than your system can denitrify due to lacking sufficient bacteria population or your chaeto volume is insufficient to uptake all the no3 your current feeding is producing. I'd double check your nitrate testing instructions, and make sure your following them correctly. I did not test properly initially, and got zero results that were incorrect. It was with the API test kit. If its not your kit giving you false results, then I'd consider adding either more macro or an anoxic zone to consume nitrates(see DIY section Donovan's Nitrate Destroyer).