MY RED SEA AQUARIUM BUILD THREAD!

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mr.bigglesworth said:
Ok we'll ive heavily googled it and come up with a solution:

#1 dont buy chemicals to remove the algae. Treat the problem not the symptoms.

#2 manually remove the algae

#3 reduce lighting period

#4 perform extra WC

#5 Add carbon because cyanobacteria loves nutrient rich water. The carbon will absorb some of the nutrients.

#6 test for phosphates and nitrates

#7 if your nitrates are low do not be deceived. The algae is probably eating them. So you might be overstocked or something.

#8 get a skimmer or a better skimmer. The skimmer will destroy the nutrients before the algae can get to it.
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One thing you might have not notice people say its a good idea to add more circulation, I had cyano, I did add circulation and less light and it took care of it for me.


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mr.bigglesworth said:
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How do i get rid of it?
Anything that will eat this stuff?
Im googling it ASAP.
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I had it the first month and a half of my tank, I added circulation, and scraped it off the sand/rocks.

I'm pretty sure that kind of "algae" (it's actually a bacteria) is one of the most hardy things out there. I've seen pictures of it living near hot waters near geysers such as Yellowstone.

After a quick google search this is a type of cyano: http://www.research.gov/common/images/PublicAffairs/16762_yellowstonehotspring--rgov-800width.jpg


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I am not going to say told ya so HEHE, but seriously cyano is in all tanks.

When it starts bugging me, I pull it out with a turkey baster or siphon it out with a hose. I recently found that I can siphon **** out much better when I removed the big end of the siphon and just use the hose.

Reducing light just covers the symptoms as well. Your tank has a bio load that it just cant keep up with because it is not stable and fully cycled. keep on your new idea of not adding anything, maybe for more than a month and do water changes at least weekly especially since you dont run a skimmer.
 
mr.bigglesworth said:
Hi theres this green spotted algae growing on the glass and i cannot get it off. Ive been scrubbing the same spot with a magnet for 10 minutes and its totally encrusted onto the glass. It sounds like sand paper rubbing against metal when i scrub the glass.
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Any ideas?

This algae is blatantly refusing to go away. It says "absolutely not". Talk to the hand. Ignorance is bliss.
 
you probably need to photograph that & post a separate thread asking about this. sounds much harder than algae, maybe something else.
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Pfisherman said:
is there any "hair" on it? Can you post a pic?
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Ill post a pic when i get home. It does not have any hair on it. Its like a giant colony of thousands of tiny algae speckles. The algae specks are much smaller than freshwater green spotted algae but it looks very similar. Pretty much identical to freshwater green spotted algae. I cant get it off. It wasnt there when i bought the tank and its spreading. Gaining ground every day, a few inches lost to despair.
 
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