My rock in my tank has been slowly building a green algae and its finally gotten to the point where I have removed half of the rock and tried cleaning it with a brush but its still dyed the green color and looks horrible. What can I do with it? Boil it? let it sit in a bucket with water and clean it daily until its all gone? Help I have the rock now in a bucket as I just removed it about 30 mins ago.
Green Algae on rock? Help quick
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Marines_Wife
Reef enthusiast
Easy there, algae is normal for a tank that is new, Im sure all of us have battled with it at one time or another. How long are your lights on? What are your water parameters?
Marines_Wife
Reef enthusiast
How old is your tank? Algae is feeding off of something and not having proper lighting can be one of the things that cause it. Old bulbs can cause algae growth, a few things can. Basically your tank is providing nutrients for it to grow, and from what you describe, at a rapid pace. I would start by putting your lights on timers and running them 8 hours a day max. A black out for a few days should really help to clear up your issues. But for more info, can you post your water parameters? Your stocking list? How often you are feeding? What you are feeding??
Ph 8.3
Amm 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
1 Clown
1Yellow Watchman Goby
2 Mushrooms
1 Hammer Coral
1 Frogspawn
1 Feather Duster
10 Blue Legged hermits
2 Turbo Snails
5 Nerite Snails
Feeding daily/frozen foods mix of brine etc...
My bulbs are brand new less than a week old, tank has been up and running for over 3 months. I change my filter floss almost daily and am running no bio balls with chem-pure elite and purigen.
Amm 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
1 Clown
1Yellow Watchman Goby
2 Mushrooms
1 Hammer Coral
1 Frogspawn
1 Feather Duster
10 Blue Legged hermits
2 Turbo Snails
5 Nerite Snails
Feeding daily/frozen foods mix of brine etc...
My bulbs are brand new less than a week old, tank has been up and running for over 3 months. I change my filter floss almost daily and am running no bio balls with chem-pure elite and purigen.
JoeG
Reefing newb
do u have a skimmer ? if not get one also get another turbo snail or 2 and a lawn mower blenny they love that stuff also red sea has a algae management program that works really well ... but put the rock back in the tank and dont boil it lol
Marines_Wife
Reef enthusiast
Lawn mower blenny is a bad idea. He will mow through everything you have quickly and then youll have to actually put algae in your tank to sustain him.
I would honestly cut back on your lights as a start. I noticed when I run my lights for more then 8 hours I start to have serious problems. Also you dont need to be feeding every single day. move to every other day, how often are you doing water changes?
JoeG
Reefing newb
you just take the lawn mower blenny back to the LFS after he did his job , its good to have a good relationship with your LFS lol
Greetings, I'm just at the end of an algae cleanup, I had green fuzzy algae growing all over the rocks in my tank. I found by dramatically reducing the time the light was on for just a few days, it cleared up almost completely.
I also believe that in order to prevent as much algae from growing under normal lighting I need to get more snails.
Good Luck!
I also believe that in order to prevent as much algae from growing under normal lighting I need to get more snails.
Good Luck!
slwedge71
reef enthusiast
Did you turn off your actinic light as well or just your 8500k/120000k ligh, or both??
TRAUMA
Reefing newb
too bad we dont live in the same town I would let you borrow my lawnmower I cant grow alge.
