Algae from H***

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

No, that just made it grow faster

?? you serious?

Steve

that could make sense.... the uv was sterilizing the bacteria and other critters in the water column that feed on the same food source as the problem algae, letting the algae get ahead of the game, uv dosent work for every situation....

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by robert

Ozone, maybe

I would try ozone, I just can't afford ozone right now.

[MitchM]

Brad,
I'll be in Vancouver in the near future, and I've got an ozonizer you can use.
If that's any help.

Mitch

Originally Posted by reef_raf

I would try ozone, I just can't afford ozone right now.

if you want the effects of ozone but cant afford it, use hydrogen peroxide, it does the same thing, many many fish farms use it.....

careful, its just as destructive as ozone....

P.S. you package is on its way....

[Aquattro]

Kyle, the beauty of ozone is that it's automated, and peroxide isn't. I suppose you could set up a drip system, but documetation on it's use in aquariums is sparse, if available at all.

[Doug]

Brad, thats stuff looks like crap. Must be driving you crazy.

Funny how we do all the things correct, spend all that money on huge skimmers, ro water changes, etc, etc,etc and something still gets us.

Enough to drive an aquarist to keeping goldfish.

I have no idea, short of constant cleaning, how one could get rid of that algae. I have never seen it that bad in a top quality tank like yours.

I wonder if one of the treatments helps it along, like red bug treatment or something else. Seems like a hord of good aquarists are experiencing large bleaching events or other sps losses, when doing something major like a tank or light change. Despite being careful, {I was and so are most of them}.

Perhaps ozone may help, it does clean the water. If you do, be very careful you dont bleach your sps from the clearer water.

I have read about the peroxide use, but IMO, you gotta have %#$@ to dump it in your sps tank.

[Aquattro]

Doug, the first few months made me a bit nuts, but now it's just part of the tank. Cleaning it constantly doens't work, by the time I get from one end to the other, it starts growing again right behind me.
Judging by the looks of this stuff, it isn't dinos any longer. And the fact that this astrea is now eating the furry brown stuff leads me to believe that a good cleanup crew will solve most of it.
I've been dealing with problems since last November and I swear if this isn't back to it's former glory by December, there's gonna be a closing out sale!!
On the upside, acro growth and color are coming along nicely. Seeing blue in corals that have been brown for 6 months. Gives me a certain amount of hope.
I don't think it's any particular thing tht caused it. For all I know, it came from a tank I got frags from and found favourable conditions here. John has a similar algae and he got stuff from me, so maybe we're just passing it around.

I'm grabbing some test astreas tonight, so I have my fingers crossed that they'll start munching lie the guy I have here. If so, J&L will have a large snail order coming (as soon as I find some spare money)!

[StirCrazy]

to many damn water changes I tell you.. thats the problem when did you say the closing out sale was

seriously though do you think the intercepter might have had anything to do with it?

Steve

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

to many damn water changes I tell you.. thats the problem when did you say the closing out sale was

seriously though do you think the intercepter might have had anything to do with it?

Steve

Sale will be in time for Christmas! No, I don't think the interceptor had anything to do with it. I had the problem before adding it. Others have also used it and don't have algae problems afterwards. I don't think I'll ever know why it grew, my nutrients are all at 0ppm, mega water changes with 0 tds water, minimal feedings for the last 6 months, etc. I should not have algae like this in the tank. But it's there....


It's come down to snails now, I'm counting on them to save the tank!!