Coraline Algae?! Thick Thick Man!!

[kschew1498]

Wah Lau....thick thick one hor....hahaha Just to confirm it is coraline Algae right?!

[Michael Young]

Sorry to dissappoint you but they are not corraline but look more like red slime algae (cyano bacteria) to me.

Try poking it with something. If there are lots of detritus beneath, it's red slime algae. For your info, corraline algae are calcified plants and they are hard.

[kschew1498]

Is it?! But they are so purplish and so colorful....

Yes, the place where the purplish algae previously grow quite a lot of hairy algae but this few day it become purplish and it is spreading.....

Hmmmm....sigh! so sad! I thought coraline Algae......but ...but...that piece under it is a Live Rock! Sigh!

[kschew1498]

Another pic of it to confirm?!

[Michael Young]

Cyano will proliferate in nutrient rich water and to get rid of them you need to do the following:

1. Increase circulation. Flow not speed.

2. Use actvated carbon.

3. Check alkalinity. It could be low

4. Feed less.

[Michael Young]

Yep. Its definitely cyanobacteria.

[Razo]

Another pic of it to confirm?!

like what mike says.. it looks like red slime algae to me.. try to touch or use sth to touch the surface of the "purple" thing.. see if its slimy

[kschew1498]

Cyano will proliferate in nutrient rich water and to get rid of them you need to do the following:

1. Increase circulation. Flow not speed.

2. Use actvated carbon.

3. Check alkalinity. It could be low

4. Feed less.

OK Micheal ...I think I have to check alkalinity! Sigh! Got to buy test kit again......

Appreciate your advise. Thanks!

[lightningstrike]

agree wif Michael. IMO, truely it's cyano. alternatively u can try water change too, as there might be too much nutrients in ur tank. as a last resort, u can try the red slime remover. but i dun recommend adding too much additives or medicine which we know very little abt.

juz me 2 cents.

[kschew1498]

like what mike says.. it looks like red slime algae to me.. try to touch or use sth to touch the surface of the "purple" thing.. see if its slimy

ok....later I go poke poke!!! hahahaha but will it mess up and stir up the water.....really hope not!!

[kschew1498]

agree wif Michael. IMO, truely it's cyano. alternatively u can try water change too, as there might be too much nutrients in ur tank. as a last resort, u can try the red slime remover. but i dun recommend adding too much additives or medicine which we know very little abt.

juz me 2 cents.

Thanks....but I change water every week....3/4 full red pair! Sigh! Bloody 2 footer damp difficult to maintain....aarrrhhh!!!

Anyway thanks.

[jd_n]

U can change the heading to Cyano! Thick Thick Man!

[kschew1498]

U can change the heading to Cyano! Thick Thick Man!

hahahahaha very maru already la.....

[Michael Young]

Thanks....but I change water every week....3/4 full red pair! Sigh! Bloody 2 footer damp difficult to maintain....aarrrhhh!!!

Anyway thanks.

That's the reason why I always tell people starting up in the hobby to buy the biggest aquarium he can afford. It's true that a smaller tank is a royal PITA to maintain but not entirely impossible. You just can't keep too many fishes.

[Razo]

hahahahaha very maru already la.....

nevermind i help u post 1 piece of LR i have(donut shape.. with hollow center) sure thick thick Coralline Algae.. 98% covered

[kschew1498]

That's the reason why I always tell people starting up in the hobby to buy the biggest aquarium he can afford. It's true that a smaller tank is a royal PITA to maintain but not entirely impossible. You just can't keep too many fishes.

hehe...I am working on my 5 footer now....kekeke.....but progress very slow...still connecting pipes....sigh! Hope to get it up running with water this weekend....

[Michael Young]

hehe...I am working on my 5 footer now....kekeke.....but progress very slow...still connecting pipes....sigh! Hope to get it up running with water this weekend....

Its good to do it slowly then you have time to plan what sort of aquaria you want and make the neccessary purchases for your new tank. Good luck.

[kschew1498]

Its good to do it slowly then you have time to plan what sort of aquaria you want and make the neccessary purchases for your new tank. Good luck.

Thanks....I am taking my time.....share this pic. with you....hehe.....work in progress....my construction site!

[Michael Young]

Is that a 5 x 1.5 x 2.5? I would have 2 overflow boxes instead of one if I were you. Better circulation.

[lightningstrike]

Is that a 5 x 1.5 x 2.5? I would have 2 overflow boxes instead of one if I were you. Better circulation.

u can supplement another overflow by using a I-box. juz a suggestion.

[Michael Young]

That's an option but I think its still not too late for him to get his tank maker to construct another overflow box. I think it'll be cheaper and much neater. I think we're going

[kschew1498]

Its a 5 X 2.5 X 2!!! with one overflow but 2 return power by a ATMAN 8500L/hr pump......still deciding the power for the 2nd one....hmmm...

Hmmm...2 overflow box.....