View Full Version : Sw algee?
milkman407
11-26-2006, 2:24 PM
My parents have an 45gallon Sw reef setup with like 2 peices of live rock or w/e they wanted me to ask you guys whats a good way to get rid of brown algee? any type of fish that will eat it?
fishcatch22
11-26-2006, 3:07 PM
well, it's caused by the same reason algae in FW is, most likely they aren't doing enough PWCs. they should do more of those, and they should consider getting more LR. what's the current stock? anything that will eat inverts? there are several snails that come to mind.
WyldFya
11-26-2006, 3:27 PM
They should get more LR. What kind of skimmer is on the tank? Personally I wouldn't be using a filter, unless it is filled with LRR. Sounds like a cyanobacteria outbreak. How long has the tank been up and running? All SW tanks go through that, and it will go away, but if it has been up for more than 6 months than I would recommend a couple mexican turbo snails. Cyano is similar to a FW slime algae, both thrive in a high nitrate, or high phosphate condition. If you are running a standard filter with bio-media that would be the cause of the high nitrates. If you have enough LR and a good protein skimmer, I'd just get rid of the filter, or dump the media and fill it with LRR.
milkman407
11-26-2006, 10:35 PM
Umm, they have a tank, some starfish squid looking thing, some hermit crabs ( small ) a tang some damsels and 4 clown fish. Its not overstocked.
They have a protein filter with an fluval 404 They do a 50% w/c every month.