My macro just died!
After being away for a few days this past weekend I finally had some time tonight to check out my tank tonight. Everything was fine with the exception of my macro algea. I have a 10 gallon shallow rubbermaid bin for a refugium and it was about half full of calurpa, until this past weekend I guess. I had noticed in recent weeks that it's growth had slowed, probably due to my new PO4 and NO3 reactor, but looked healthy otherwise. Tonight all but a few thin strands of the calurpa had literally liquified! It had the consistancy of brown slime, and fell apart in my hands when trying to remove it.
I had recently started feeding my corals more, a lot more, since the acquisition of a sea fan. So I thought the macro would have plenty of nutrients. Does this sould like a nutrient issue though? Or does it sound more like a disease, infection or even competition?
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THE BARQUARIUM:
55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's.
Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch
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