Id please if possible

Crackem · 04/29/2017, 06:33 PM

Not sure what type of algae this is. I can't get rid of it and it grows on the glass almost immediately after I scrape it.

Crackem · 04/29/2017, 09:03 PM

Hopefully the video works. Just click on the pic.

karimwassef · 04/29/2017, 10:16 PM

Can you take it under normal white light?

Pond Boy · 04/30/2017, 06:28 AM

Looks like diatoms but its hard to tell with the lighting...

Crackem · 05/05/2017, 08:26 AM

I turkey basted the rocks and the next day it was back again. I think it's its diatoms because the snails are eating it.

Here's another video. I don't have a lot of white light because of my t5 configuration.

mcgyvr · 05/05/2017, 04:04 PM

Then turn off the T5 and grab a table lamp or something
damn you like it blue..

karimwassef · 05/05/2017, 10:48 PM

and the link doesn't work

Crackem · 05/20/2017, 04:11 PM

I'm about done with this tank after 2 years of this ...

OoNickoC · 05/20/2017, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Crackem

I'm about done with this tank after 2 years of this ...

What type of skimmer do you have? You can't go bare bottom without bad A* nutrient export in a FOWLR, or large consistent water changes. The algae is a plant, it is getting nutrients from somewhere. Can you get a pic of the general rock work? You could have overly porous rock with not enough flow to keep detritus and waste from settling on it. You could also be over feeding which is the main cause of nutrient woes.

Crackem · 05/20/2017, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by OoNickoC

What type of skimmer do you have? You can't go bare bottom without bad A* nutrient export in a FOWLR, or large consistent water changes. The algae is a plant, it is getting nutrients from somewhere. Can you get a pic of the general rock work? You could have overly porous rock with not enough flow to keep detritus and waste from settling on it. You could also be over feeding which is the main cause of nutrient woes.

Tank is 120 and all rock is Brs shelf and brs tonga that was acid washed. Skimmer is a bk180. I'm not feeding a lot. I feed 1 cube of pe mysis per day and a small amount of pellets. Flow is 3 x Tunze 6105's . I had 4 but one needs repair. I was doing auto water changes 1 gallon per day,about 20-25 gallons every 7-10 days. I'm going to try to do a bunch of 20-25 gallon water changes 1per week for 4-6 weeks and see if it works. If it doesn't work I don't know what else I can do. I also have a gfo reactor that needs cleaning and my algae turf scrubber that grows nasty slime. I can't take it anymore.

karimwassef · 05/20/2017, 10:45 PM

add a scrubber

ReeferNoob4ever · 06/09/2017, 04:38 PM

Clean the sand bed, take out the GFO reactor and put in an algae reactor. Clean, clean, clean! Also if you're not use RO/DI water and make sure your filters are...you guessed it, clean!

04/29/2017, 06:33 PM	#1
Crackem Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Aventura Posts: 896	Id please if possible Not sure what type of algae this is. I can't get rid of it and it grows on the glass almost immediately after I scrape it. __________________ 120 gallon 48x24x24 controlled by Neptune Apex and 4 Tunze 6105's, Bubbleking Double Cone 180, 48" ATI 8 Bulb dimmable, 2 x 48" XHO Blue Reefbrites, 2x Neptune DOS, 40 Breeder Sump...

04/29/2017, 09:03 PM	#2
Crackem Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Aventura Posts: 896	Hopefully the video works. Just click on the pic. __________________ 120 gallon 48x24x24 controlled by Neptune Apex and 4 Tunze 6105's, Bubbleking Double Cone 180, 48" ATI 8 Bulb dimmable, 2 x 48" XHO Blue Reefbrites, 2x Neptune DOS, 40 Breeder Sump...

04/29/2017, 10:16 PM	#3
karimwassef Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 11,033	Can you take it under normal white light? __________________ Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape

04/30/2017, 06:28 AM	#4
Pond Boy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: In a tube amp Posts: 141	Looks like diatoms but its hard to tell with the lighting... __________________ Bringing back a 12g JBJ from some serious neglect... Current Tank Info: JBJ 12g

05/05/2017, 08:26 AM	#5
Crackem Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Aventura Posts: 896	I turkey basted the rocks and the next day it was back again. I think it's its diatoms because the snails are eating it. Here's another video. I don't have a lot of white light because of my t5 configuration. __________________ 120 gallon 48x24x24 controlled by Neptune Apex and 4 Tunze 6105's, Bubbleking Double Cone 180, 48" ATI 8 Bulb dimmable, 2 x 48" XHO Blue Reefbrites, 2x Neptune DOS, 40 Breeder Sump...

05/05/2017, 04:04 PM	#6
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Then turn off the T5 and grab a table lamp or something damn you like it blue.. __________________ Who me?

05/05/2017, 10:48 PM	#7
karimwassef Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 11,033	and the link doesn't work __________________ Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape

05/20/2017, 04:11 PM	#8
Crackem Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Aventura Posts: 896	I'm about done with this tank after 2 years of this ... __________________ 120 gallon 48x24x24 controlled by Neptune Apex and 4 Tunze 6105's, Bubbleking Double Cone 180, 48" ATI 8 Bulb dimmable, 2 x 48" XHO Blue Reefbrites, 2x Neptune DOS, 40 Breeder Sump...

05/20/2017, 10:45 PM	#11
karimwassef Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 11,033	add a scrubber __________________ Failure isn't an option It's a requirement. 660g 380inwall+280smp/surge S/L/Soft/Maxima/RBTA/Clown/Chromis/Anthias/Tang/Mandarin/Jawfish/Goby/Wrasse/D'back. DIY 12' Skimmer ActuatedSurge ConcreteScape

06/09/2017, 04:38 PM	#12
ReeferNoob4ever Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: NM Posts: 523	Clean the sand bed, take out the GFO reactor and put in an algae reactor. Clean, clean, clean! Also if you're not use RO/DI water and make sure your filters are...you guessed it, clean! __________________ Get a life! Current Tank Info: 20gL mixed reef, 10g mixed reef w/nem & clown, 5g NPS & harlequin