cthegame
Reef enthusiast
amazing tank, love the in wall. You have what most of us want. :Cheers:
Tell me if you've heard this one before...
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JAG107
Reef enthusiast
get a pincushion urchin for the algae, or a sea hare
Bifferwine
I am a girl
That's regular old green hair algae. Turf algae is much tougher and clings to the rocks. This stuff you can pull out by hand.
Remove as much of it as you can manually. Then get some Mexican turbos to clean up the rest. If that fails, get a seahare, but make sure that your LFS will take the seahare back when it's done because they'll run out of food pretty quickly.
Remove as much of it as you can manually. Then get some Mexican turbos to clean up the rest. If that fails, get a seahare, but make sure that your LFS will take the seahare back when it's done because they'll run out of food pretty quickly.
cthegame
Reef enthusiast
i say no lights for about 3 days. 3 days will be ok for corals & fish and I'm pretty sure you will see a difference.
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
going with game here, your coral can go a decent time without light and be just fine, as long as they have enough flow
Bifferwine
I am a girl
Your corals will be fine without light for a couple days. Be sure to remove as much of the algae by hand though. If you just leave it in the tank and just let it die, it releases all of its nutrients back into the water.
flojo
Reefing newb
you should be fine on that and follow biffs advice. i have even heard of people going as far as killing the lights and covering the tank completely. i dunno if thats possible for you.
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flojo
Reefing newb
to me the first pic looks like turf algae. the second looks like turf in the back and hair in the front. i always thought hair was more "flowy" and turf is thick and awful to pick off.
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
yeah thats what i thought too, so i said truf, but i guess i was wrong
flojo
Reefing newb
i dunno im sticking to turf. that was my first thought, as well as alexanders. so im gonna say im with you on this one dustin
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
finally
Not that I know for sure, but I was reading up on "turf algae" and it seems to be a classification more so than a specific type. (ie crutose coralline algae vs. turf algae vs. macro algae)
Here is what I read...a little too scientific for me to really understand...
Turf algae are a multispecific assemblage of diminutive, often filamentous, algae that attain a canopy height of only 1 to 10 mm (see Steneck 1988 for review). These microalgal species have a high diversity (>100 species in western Atlantic), although only 30 to 50 species commonly occur at one time. There is a high turnover of individual turf algal species seasonally and only a few species are able to persist or remain abundant throughout the year. But turf algae, when observed as a functional group, remain relatively stable year round (Steneck and Dethier 1994). They are often able to recovery rapidly after being partially consumed by herbivores. Turfs are capable of trapping ambient sediment and kill corals by gradual encroachment.
http://www.agrra.org/background/algaeback.html
Anyhoo, I am trying the lights out method right now. See the fishes and Colt on Friday. Hopefully getting more fish soon.
Here is what I read...a little too scientific for me to really understand...
Turf algae are a multispecific assemblage of diminutive, often filamentous, algae that attain a canopy height of only 1 to 10 mm (see Steneck 1988 for review). These microalgal species have a high diversity (>100 species in western Atlantic), although only 30 to 50 species commonly occur at one time. There is a high turnover of individual turf algal species seasonally and only a few species are able to persist or remain abundant throughout the year. But turf algae, when observed as a functional group, remain relatively stable year round (Steneck and Dethier 1994). They are often able to recovery rapidly after being partially consumed by herbivores. Turfs are capable of trapping ambient sediment and kill corals by gradual encroachment.
http://www.agrra.org/background/algaeback.html
Anyhoo, I am trying the lights out method right now. See the fishes and Colt on Friday. Hopefully getting more fish soon.
RyanG
Reef enthusiast
Looks like regular old hair algae to me, you can fight it like crazy and pull your hair out in a losing battle but it is really just a part of the tank maturing. If you keep up with water quality and use RO/DI water it will subside eventually. Just manually remove what you can when changing water.
Great build out thread. really nice location for the tank. looks really good. well thought out. it will take your system about a year or so to fully mature. during this time you will go through various algae outbreaks. just keep doing your research and deal with it at the source and as nature would by adding the correct types of animals to deal with it. keep us posted.
Alright, a buddy decided to go in a new direction with his tank and I got some new additions!!! I know it's probably too soon but I couldn't pass it up. So in no particular order....
A hippo tang named...well, hippo tang for now. I have yet to be inspired. Any suggestions?
A couple ocellaris clowns yet to be named other than the lighter one and the darker one.
I believe this is a torch coral.
and last but not least...
a beautiful bubble coral.
I believe this is it for me for now. funds to be spent elsewhere in test kits and minerals and supplies and stuff. I also got a green mushroom rock but the water clarity sucked from moving rocks around. When it clears up (and I go down south and steal d2mini's camera, and photography skills for that matter) I will try to get some better pics. Good night now.
A hippo tang named...well, hippo tang for now. I have yet to be inspired. Any suggestions?
A couple ocellaris clowns yet to be named other than the lighter one and the darker one.
I believe this is a torch coral.
and last but not least...
a beautiful bubble coral.
I believe this is it for me for now. funds to be spent elsewhere in test kits and minerals and supplies and stuff. I also got a green mushroom rock but the water clarity sucked from moving rocks around. When it clears up (and I go down south and steal d2mini's camera, and photography skills for that matter) I will try to get some better pics. Good night now.
yote
In Memoriam
Good looking additions.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
Those are very nice!
JAG107
Reef enthusiast
Nice stuff! I especially like your torch coral.
flojo
Reefing newb
Nice looking additions! I like ur torch coral too.
