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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / July 2004Brown Algae Killing Me
Hey guys, I've had my 100G tank running for about 6 months now. All was good except my nitrate battle, which is now at about 10ppm. Lately though, I've been getting quite a bit of brown algae. I've been battling it for about 2 weeks. It starts to show up on my sand bed as "brown blotch's". I've read that high nitrates promotes algae as well high silica. I've even read that high phosphates will also do it. But I don't think any of my levels are high. I've topped off every 2 days with RO/DI water, but, still that pesky brown algae keeps coming. Any thoughts? System stats below. Rio HyperFlow 20 for return Mag 9.5 for Evolution 500 UV sterilizer Amiracle MaxiReef 200 w/d 4" sand bed Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Test kit Orbit PowerCompact Lighting 2 x 10k, 2 x 6.7k. On 6hrs in the morning and 6hrs in the evening. PH = 84 Temp = 78 Salinity 1.024 Ammonia = 0 Nitrite = 0 Nitrate = 10 Calcium = 440 Phosphate = 0 Silica = 1 Is it brown Alge or red Slime? If its red slime I just went through this. I just cured it this weekend: Live Roc produces a red slime ( i cant remember its name) go to your local store and talk to them they game me a product called CHEMI- CLEAN it 2 applications and a partial water change, now my tank is CLEAN if they dont have it tell them u have Live rock and u need something to cure the slime .. Alea can be cleaned by turbo snails but the red slime.... just keeps coming back > Hey guys, > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > Phosphate = 0 > Silica = 1 From What IM told Brown algea in the Begining stages of a tank is natural. What you have to look for is if the Algea is a red slime. I cant remember what its called, but lIve rock can produce a red slime which can look like algea. I had the same problem with my tank. I went to the local Fish store and talk to one of thier techs He game me a procduct called CHEM-CLEAN ( im sure there are other brands on the market) in 2 applications, the tank was clean as a whistle. I had to do a partial change after the second treatment but the sand is clean. Good Luck > Hey guys, > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > Phosphate = 0 > Silica = 1 As bear as I can tell it is normal. I bought some Nerite snails and they are doing a great job od making it disappear. > Hey guys, > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > Phosphate = 0 > Silica = 1 |
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