PLEASE HELP ME GREEN ALGAE FILM

[reefman812]

HI EVERYONE I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ALL MY PERIMETERS ARE PERFECT YET WHY DO I ALWAYS GET THIS LIGHT GREN ALGAE FILM ON MY ARCYLIC AND EVERYDAY I WOULD WIPE IT OFF BUT THEN 2 HOURS LATER HAVE TO WIPE IT OFF AGAIN

 

[maury]

A few questions. How old is your tank? What is your Phosphorus level? Are you using RO/DI water? And does the tank get any direct sunlight?

 

[salty rick]

Also, how long do you run your lights?

 

[reefman812]

i didnt test my phosphorus level but all this didnt occur until i introduce this little piece of a plant, i run my lights on for 14 hours a day and all of a sudden this nasty green film appeared on the water surface not the acrylic and i had this tank for 2 months

 

[reefman812]

my water is r/o water from safeway market

 

[reefman812]

sorry about that i was talking about the green fil;m on the acrylic but then i have another post somewhere i have this problem also with green nasty film on my water's surface

 

[byrself]

how long since you got the plant? is it caulerpa? did you dump the bag water with the caulerpa into your tank? 2 months old is a still new tank. could be perfectly normal imo.

 

[reefman812]

that plant is supposely suppos eto eat the nutrients of the algae it aint calpera its some other plant but i only inmtroduced so little i dont know wahts happenening my water surface looks like crap