Film like algae growing from rocks

[Jonathan Tan]

As above, is there anything to eat it?

[asg]

red or green colour film...

[superbee]

Picture to show?

[Kelvin Ang]

Yes buy algae Benny fish or turbo snails .

[Lee Khim Ann]

if red its cyanobacteria. nothing will eat cyanobacteria. i managed to get rid of mine fully by blasting it away using turkey baster. if its brown is diatom. can buy clean up crew to get rid of it or u shld stop over feeding and adding tap water to tank.

[Edison Wong]

arrrgh i hate cyanobacteria

[andrewttw]

Do urchins or sea hare eat them?

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[shaohao85]

nope ... just siphon them away or blow it off the rocks .. but do wash/ replace filter pads or clean sock

[Lee Khim Ann]

nothing eats cyano because it is not considered as algae. cyano is slime. i heard some acclimated saltwater mollies eat cyano

[Jonathan Tan]

Yes buy algae Benny fish or turbo snails .

Had a benny, messed up my tank so i gave it away. Turbo snail not eating it leh

[Jonathan Tan]

nothing eats cyano because it is not considered as algae. cyano is slime. i heard some acclimated saltwater mollies eat cyano

i see, so what can i do to prevent it from the start?

[Jonathan Tan]

nope ... just siphon them away or blow it off the rocks .. but do wash/ replace filter pads or clean sock

Alright, thanks man.

[Jonathan Tan]

arrrgh i hate cyanobacteria

Indeed....

[Jonathan Tan]

red or green colour film...

green bro

[Lee Khim Ann]

How old is your tank? You can keep blasting them using turkey baster. I dose using fauna marin nutri reduc. Now my algae growth rate nearly 0.

[Jonathan Tan]

How old is your tank? You can keep blasting them using turkey baster. I dose using fauna marin nutri reduc. Now my algae growth rate nearly 0.

About 2 months. Will check the product out, thanks bro.

[Lee Khim Ann]

2months quite new. Common to have algae bloom. Most likely caused by the nutrient from left over food. Maybe you should cut down on feeding a little bit?

[Jonathan Tan]

2months quite new. Common to have algae bloom. Most likely caused by the nutrient from left over food. Maybe you should cut down on feeding a little bit?

Hahah i dont do any feeding, took out the fishes due to itch and a spike in nitrate. So i'm trying to keep it stable before adding in anything else. I'll try to take down the nitrate, hopefully it helps the algae problems too.

[Lee Khim Ann]

Might be because of the phospates and nitrates too. You not using tap water right?

[Jonathan Tan]

I do but I boil and leave them over night, heard it works. But I'm gonna get anti chlorine and see how it goes. But as of now, my nitrate level is good enough, will see if those phosremover liquid helps also

[schnitzer44]

Don't think boiling the water remove the chlorine?

[Sharan Guna]

Don't think boiling the water remove the chlorine?

it does remove chlorine. chlorine has a very low boiling point and will simply evaporate upon boiling. But im not so sure about the other harmful substances though.

[Dez Ching]

Boiling the water prior for salt nixed? It's quite new to me.
I believe not many reefers does that? Please enlightened me.