What Kinds of Algea is this?

[Joe13374]

Ok folks this is my Tank two months after the cycle on new tank.

This is the Algea forming on the rocks. Is this normal and should I just wait it out. I had cyno bacteria bloom that went away, but the green stuff is covering all my rocks and does not appear to be getting better.

I have a ton of copods in the tank
Phosphates are 0.20 tho which is high going to add phosguard to see if I can get it to come down.

Any suggestions from you experienced reefers. I assume this is the Ugly phase still correct?

Joe

 

[ParadoxicalReef]

I can see what appears to be bubble algae. What's your clean-up crew consisting of?

 

[exnisstech]

Looks similar to my tank I set up 2/20/23 bare bottom and dry rock. Mine isn't even visible under blue lights. Perfectly normal IMO. This was taken using a flashlight

EDIT: I have no plans to address it as I consider it a normal phase.

 

[Joe13374]

I can see what appears to be bubble algae. What's your clean-up crew consisting of?

Thank you for the reply this is what I have so fsr as a clean up crew. I did not want to over do it to early. Its an 80-Gallon tank but only got the 25 gallon clean up crew. They have been pretty lazy lately tho.

 

[Joe13374]

Looks similar to my tank I set up 2/20/23 bare bottom and dry rock. Mine isn't even visible under blue lights. Perfectly normal IMO. This was taken using a flashlight

EDIT: I have no plans to address it as I consider it a normal phase.

Yes we have the exact same thing!! Does this eventually turn purple color for us as the tank matures.

 

[exnisstech]

Yes we have the exact same thing!! Does this eventually turn purple color for us as the tank matures.

To be honest I'm not sure. This is my first time starting with all dry rock and bottled bacteria so I'm learning as I go on this one lol. Funny thing is I didn't even know it was there because the lights are normally on when I'm looking at the tank and it's not visible under my normal lighting. I came out in the middle of the night once to look things over and thats when I first saw it.

 

[SANDTRAP]

Ok folks this is my Tank two months after the cycle on new tank.

This is the Algea forming on the rocks. Is this normal and should I just wait it out. I had cyno bacteria bloom that went away, but the green stuff is covering all my rocks and does not appear to be getting better.

I have a ton of copods in the tank
Phosphates are 0.20 tho which is high going to add phosguard to see if I can get it to come down.

Any suggestions from you experienced reefers. I assume this is the Ugly phase still correct?

Joe

Looks like green cyano to me, and no it will not turn purple it’s actually taking up valuable space.

 

[Joe13374]

Looks like green cyano to me, and no it will not turn purple it’s actually taking up valuable space.

How do I get rid of this?

 

[exnisstech]

Looks like green cyano to me, and no it will not turn purple it’s actually taking up valuable space.

This does not blow off and is not at all stringy like the cyano I've seen before. Maybe the green is different than the red?
EDIT: it's also totally invisible under blues

 

[Dan_P]

Ok folks this is my Tank two months after the cycle on new tank.

This is the Algea forming on the rocks. Is this normal and should I just wait it out. I had cyno bacteria bloom that went away, but the green stuff is covering all my rocks and does not appear to be getting better.

I have a ton of copods in the tank
Phosphates are 0.20 tho which is high going to add phosguard to see if I can get it to come down.

Any suggestions from you experienced reefers. I assume this is the Ugly phase still correct?

Joe

Hard to say what algae this is from the pics. The green color seems to say it is getting plenty on nitrogen (nitrate, ammonia, etc.)

 

[SANDTRAP]

Being it looks like you have no coral and phosphates are on the high side I wouldn’t see a problem with using chemiclean. I would also be blasting those rocks with as much flow as you can at this point in your build.

 

[SANDTRAP]

This does not blow off and is not at all stringy like the cyano I've seen before. Maybe the green is different than the red?
EDIT: it's also totally invisible under blues

The only time I experienced green cyano was on the only tank I started with dry and it did not blow off easily like the red. I waiting on the chemiclean and it actually got thicker and parts of it started turning black.

 

[exnisstech]

The only time I experienced green cyano was on the only tank I started with dry and it did not blow off easily like the red. I waiting on the chemiclean and it actually got thicker and parts of it started turning black.

Thanks. I've used chemiclean before as a last resort. Since I only see this stuff under natural or white light and my frags are starting to take off I'll wait it out and see what happens. The OP doesn't appear to have coral so they have other options.

 

[SANDTRAP]

Thanks. I've used chemiclean before as a last resort. Since I only see this stuff under natural or white light and my frags are starting to take off I'll wait it out and see what happens. The OP doesn't appear to have coral so they have other options.

I was in the same boat with a fairly well stocked tank. Just an fyi I tried outcompeting it with reef actif which made total sense to me but nothing. Once it started turning black and getting close to colonies I bit the bullet and was lucky didn’t loose anything.

 

[fish farmer]

It is just film algae....I would rather have this on bare sterile rock than cyano, dinos, gha.

Life is starting to form on your rock, let it.

 

[paragrouper]

I think it’s a bit premature for chemiclean. I would recommend watching your nutrients and beefing up your cleanup crew.

 

[kevgib67]

I think it is just normal, I’ve seen many posts showing and asking the same thing. Here’s mine at two months. I did nothing and it was gone in a month or two. Caused no harm.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Don't do anything it's normal and will change over time. People are way too quick to act, when just letting your tank mature is the best route.

 

[Aiptaisia anemone]

its just the regular algae... probably gha. You cant really expect your rock to be white forever

 

[Aiptaisia anemone]

also buy a cheap microscope and take a sample of the algae