Need Help-Algae

[mafia]

Hey guys,

I got patches of some slimmy stuff on my DSB....red color that is! there are bubbles on it too.....sumthing pike plants having bubbles in photosyntesis!

Is this bad or Good......pls advise.....all of a sudden its there....and how do i remove it?

thx

[terryansimon]

cyano? hmm

a good thing will be to state your water parameters, what life stock you have in the tank, how old is the tank and the dimensions of the tank. (=

[tansh]

Hey guys,

I got patches of some slimmy stuff on my DSB....red color that is! there are bubbles on it too.....sumthing pike plants having bubbles in photosyntesis!

Is this bad or Good......pls advise.....all of a sudden its there....and how do i remove it?

thx

Whats the colour of the slimmy stuff? if brown in colour should be diatom or brown alga,if red in colour check ur NO3

[terryansimon]

I got patches of some slimmy stuff on my DSB....red color that is!

he already said red colour! (=

[Dispar_Anthias]

Its cyano bacteria...... Try using some rowa phros to remove the algae and also PLS upgrade your skimmer

[mafia]

wow...thats fast reply guys,

yeah its red....i do have diatoms too....but in control!

My ammonia is 0,

No2 is 0

No3 is 40!

its about 1.5 month now!.....actually it was a 2 months old tank and i added in new live rocks and sand....then i had ammonia spike!

so a restart!

I dun have this problem is my 3ft marine though....ammonia=0, no2=0, no3=20.

I dun have any live stock at the moment except for snails, i do have some corals and brains though!

[mafia]

Its cyano bacteria...... Try using some rowa phros to remove the algae and also PLS upgrade your skimmer

wat is rowa phros ?

i am using a air bubble protien skimmer at the moment.

oh yes my tank is 4ftX1.5ftX1.5ft with 5" of #0 live sand.

can i use the big skimmers with power head? wielpro or jebo? is it good or bad to use such a big skimmer on my 4ft tank?

[Dispar_Anthias]

wow...thats fast reply guys,

yeah its red....i do have diatoms too....but in control!

My ammonia is 0,

No2 is 0

No3 is 40!

its about 1.5 month now!.....actually it was a 2 months old tank and i added in new live rocks and sand....then i had ammonia spike!

so a restart!

I dun have this problem is my 3ft marine though....ammonia=0, no2=0, no3=20.

I dun have any live stock at the moment except for snails, i do have some corals and brains though!

Nitrate is abit high but thats not really the problem...... Its your phrosphate or silicate level thats high which result in the cyano bacteria appearing

[tansh]

wow...thats fast reply guys,

yeah its red....i do have diatoms too....but in control!

My ammonia is 0,

No2 is 0

No3 is 40!

its about 1.5 month now!.....actually it was a 2 months old tank and i added in new live rocks and sand....then i had ammonia spike!

so a restart!

I dun have this problem is my 3ft marine though....ammonia=0, no2=0, no3=20.

I dun have any live stock at the moment except for snails, i do have some corals and brains though!

Ur NO3 is too high,try to change water and monitor from there,just my 2cent hope other expert bro can advice u

[terryansimon]

you're using a 4ft tank and using an airstone bubble skimmer? quite underpowered right?

best to use those Weipro hang on types, preferably a 2014 for your tank's size.

and there's no such thing as good or bad to use such skimmer. a big skimmer is definitely better than a small skimmer, in terms of volume and performance

I may be wrong by the way...

[tansh]

wat is rowa phros ?

i am using a air bubble protien skimmer at the moment.

oh yes my tank is 4ftX1.5ftX1.5ft with 5" of #0 live sand.

can i use the big skimmers with power head? wielpro or jebo? is it good or bad to use such a big skimmer on my 4ft tank?

I suggest u should use powerhead drive skimmer for such tank size

[mafia]

hmmm...ok.

NO3 can only go down by changing water??

i got plans of upgrading to a 5footer tank....a high tank that is! if i removes all the sand and the rocks.....will it have ammonia spike in the new tank??

yes about phrosphate, how do i remove that? phrosphate is present is our tap water. how do i remove this.....

anyway thx guys

[mafia]

wow cool....coz i'm learnin....my friend once told me that the air bubble type is enough and the pump type is too big for my tank!.....he said that will take up space!

great...i will upgrade mine to weipro than!

[terryansimon]

yes very smart.

read up all you can on this forum and gather information via books as well. armed with these two sources of information in hand, you can debunk a lot of LFS advice.

not saying that LFS give crap advice lah....but yeah. I'd advice you to take their advice with a bucket of salt. not pinch, but bucket. (=

[mafia]

hehehe....

i dun take any advise nor ask them!

i ask some of my marine friends and gether info from forums like SG.reef....

it helps me alot......if i had to get advise on my LFS.....i would've given up marine long time ago!!!

hehhehehe