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Anyone ever heard of a Hairy Firemouth blenny

Originally Posted by KJD_0214 I have had just finished up my cycle and all my levels are at 0. I have four fish and a small cleaner crew in the tank. My lights are on for 9 hours a day. 2 power compacts and 1 MH. As soon as my cycle was about to end I started to get alot of green algae growth in...

Originally Posted by Tizzo Well since we can't find the source, here is what I think you should do... Do a 20% water change, put about a half a pound of rinsed carbon in a mesh bag and put that in a high flow area. Tomarrow, do another 20% change and change out the carbon. Carbon will adsorb the...

Originally Posted by Dogstar 2 months old. Not unusual for a new tank to go thru an algea blooms when new. Esp. if set up w. tap water. Keep doing changes w/ RO and run a UV steralizer if you can. Do you have a protien skimmer? no i did at first and then i took it off dont ask why really dont...

Originally Posted by hagfish I hope that when you say "salinity 23" you mean specific gravity 1.023! Is the algae free floating, not attached to rock or sand? What kind of filtration and/or water movement? yea thats what i mean on the salinty its floating free i have a sump for filtration and...

Originally Posted by toadstool no i dont add anthing like that it is a light green that looks like a big cloud took over the tank

no i dont add anthing like that

Originally Posted by hagfish Please describe the algae. You need to test for phosphates too. Those #'s are fine. What about salinity? And temp? salinity 23 temp 79-80 the algae is like a light green cloud that has took over the tank

Originally Posted by Tizzo What color is the algae?? Green or brown?? Lemme tell you some things that can cause algae and tell me if any of these apply to you... Adding liquid foods or trace elements such as iodine or any other. Tank recieves sunlight. Old bulbs. overfeeding. to many fish...

the last test was ph 8.4 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 i cant say on the other i would be lieing if i said they just said all the test was good

no i take water samples to a saltwater specilest store and have it checked ever three days

Originally Posted by Tizzo Toadstool, just so you know, this isn't a chat room. The people that will help you come across your thread and answer your questions. It will sometimes take some time to get a reply. That being said, we cannot see your tank so we need a description of the tank...

Originally Posted by hagfish What kind of algae (describe what it looks like)? Please provide all you can about tank including size, filtration (biological and mechanical), length of time since set up, water parameters (specific #'s), lighting, bio-load, clean up crew, feeding routines, etc...

when i done my last water change 4 days ago

I have a alge bloom and can not figure out why

thats ok i'm just new with all of this i just bought this thing and not use to it yet. what i was meaning with the tap water i set the tank up with tap water but when i found out about r/o i started doing my water changes with it and noone around here can figure out what is going on with the...

will you that is so much easyer for me

Originally Posted by Dogstar :notsure: :notsure: Why did you say this? What is your test reading for nitrates and phoshates. Overfeeding your fish can cause algea blooms too. please e-mail me at motivated79@aol.com

can you please e-mail me at motivated79@aol.com so this wont take so long

Originally Posted by Dogstar Tap water and chems. is no good. Still has nutriants in it that feed alg. RO/DI filtered water removes the nutriants and is better for fish and other livestock. Get a filter or buy the water at a grocery store and do water changes. What kind of lights and how long do...