green/reddish algae problem..

tromano32

tromano32

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I have a 24 gallon tank that is been going for about 15 months..
I recently been having an algae problem.. I am getting green / reddish hair like growth on my live rock..... I have cleaned out all my filters and they were not even that bad.. i do water changes with boxed water and used ro/di for top off.. do you think I have some problem or its just natural?
I have about 20 lbs of live rock and about 5 inches of fine sand..
1 urchin
1 conch
1 turbo snail
20ish Nassarius snails..
2 clown fish
1 lawn mower blemmy
1 firefish goby
1 bicolor cromis
1 coral banded shrimp
1 pencil urchin
1 large devil hand leather coral
2 Leather - Lobed
1 unknown mushroom coral
some unknown reddish leafy plants.
72watts of pc 50/50 lighting on timer about 9 hours aday
 
acroshark

acroshark

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Mmm..it could be a whole bunch of reasons why you getting it!
1) do you test for nitrates, phosphates, alk? if so what are your parameters?
2) try shortening your light period. maybe go to 7hrs a day!
3) how often and how much do you feed your tank? over feeding can easilly cause unwanted nutrients in the tank!
4) do you run a skimmer?
 
tromano32

tromano32

Member
Originally Posted by AcroShark
http:///forum/post/2581315
Mmm..it could be a whole bunch of reasons why you getting it!
1) do you test for nitrates, phosphates, alk? if so what are your parameters?
2) try shortening your light period. maybe go to 7hrs a day!
3) how often and how much do you feed your tank? over feeding can easilly cause unwanted nutrients in the tank!
4) do you run a skimmer?
I have the test strips and they are all within range..
I feed about every other day or sometimes longer..
I only put a skimmer on the front for about 3 days every few months..
I Think i found my problem though... I realized today that one of my fish was missing... I think it died in the tank and was rotting or eaten by the cleaning crew and that probably started it...
So to be sure.. I took out all the rock to find the body brushed all the rocks in seperate containers today with a toothbrush to get all the nasty algae off... never found the fish but the rocks nice color can been seen again......
 
acroshark

acroshark

Member
a dead fish would of spiked your nitrates which could kicked up an algae bloom! have done a water change? try keep your trates, trites and phosphates at 0 or as close as possible and the algae should reside!
 
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