algee problem

[chemjoey]

hey guys my tank has been up for right at 2 months and ive been battaling a green algee problem for about a week now. All my paramiters are perfect besides my nitrates which are at 10ppm. I do a 10% water change every week. what should i do? Ive included some pic's and u can see the green algee on the rocks

[Marke86]

Ive seen worse buddy keep up with your water changes but also cut down on your lighting take it down to like 6 hours a day or maybe even lower there are clowdy days in the ocean so im sure you can turn the light off for a whole day if you wanted to.

[RyanG]

For the short term you could get a few turbo snails. In the long term you will need to keep nitrates and phosphates down. Its really just a part of having a new tank though.

[Oscarsdad608]

Like ryang sad new tanks come with green algae. Do water changes with the best water you can get your hands on. I think your tank looks good for 2 months.

[McCrary]

A phosphate reactor will work wonders to help with algae problems. If you take away the phosphates then you should see a reduction in the amount of algae that grows. As the tank gets a little older and becomes more stable you will see the algae being reduced even further. RO/DI water will also go a long way to help you reduce algae and be careful of water that comes from machines or from some place other than a good LFS as machines can have a TDS of 50 or more while good RO/DI is generally 0.

[Bifferwine]

I agree with all of this so far, get a few cleaners to help out, run phosphate removal media, don't feed flakes or pellets, only feed frozen foods.

[chemjoey]

tested water today, phosphate=0, Nitrite=0, Nitrate=10, Ammonia=0, PH= 8.3, Salinity= 0.125 i have 3 turbo snails, and 3 hermit crabs. what would you suggest in this department, and i am fixin to swith to RO/DI water this coming up water change.

[RyanG]

Phosphate will test at zero. It is being used as fast as its produced hence the zero reading. Its there though. RODI will definately help too. You could look into a sea hare. Just be prepared to unload it as soon as the hair algae is gone or it will starve to death quickly.

[simpleman]

your params. are pretty good if you're not using Ro water. Make the switch to Ro and your water quality will be great.

[McCrary]

Almost all tanks will test at 0 for phosphates when using a drop style test. Photometers are generally required for accurate phosphate measurement, thats why people tend to get into a routine when it comes to replacing phosphate media, so they don't have to buy an expensive phosphate tester.