powen
New Member
A couple quick questions on my FOWLR 120 gallon tank and algae…
The tank has been up for a 4-5 months now and have had, to varying degrees, 3 different colored algae’s (in order of dominance): Brown, Red(Cyano), and Green.
The most dominant form is brown. I was under the impression that these algae will give way to the green at some point. Is that true? The green algae cover an area about the size of a dime in the tank at this time.
The Cyano is well under control and represents an area of a few quarter size patches in the tank.
The tank setup/chemistry is: 8.3Ph, 0ppm NO2, 0ppm NH3, <15ppm NO3, 78F, salinity is 1.0225. I use RO/DI water for changes (10% changes every week). I initially used well water to fill the tank at startup. The bio load is 12" of fish (total). I have about 50w of light.
Any thoughts out there?
Thanks in advance!
-Phil
The tank has been up for a 4-5 months now and have had, to varying degrees, 3 different colored algae’s (in order of dominance): Brown, Red(Cyano), and Green.
The most dominant form is brown. I was under the impression that these algae will give way to the green at some point. Is that true? The green algae cover an area about the size of a dime in the tank at this time.
The Cyano is well under control and represents an area of a few quarter size patches in the tank.
The tank setup/chemistry is: 8.3Ph, 0ppm NO2, 0ppm NH3, <15ppm NO3, 78F, salinity is 1.0225. I use RO/DI water for changes (10% changes every week). I initially used well water to fill the tank at startup. The bio load is 12" of fish (total). I have about 50w of light.
Any thoughts out there?
Thanks in advance!
-Phil
