Help needed on Nuisance Algea!!!!!

[klyve]

Hi Bro/Sis now tank now is full of Nuisance Algae bloom out of the sudden

Below are the pic to show some the rocks with the algae.

Any ideal how to get rid of these algae??

[peacemaker]

I used to have something similar, and AlgaeX works wonders for me. However, I do not have SPS, so if you want to try, pls take caution.

[thairun]

Hi Klyve, am having the same situation here. Cld not really identify is yours the HA as mine. Am using the grazing crew Sea Hare. They really hard working guys. AM selling alot but now left few coz so far I had bought about 9 of them haha. Mainly it appear in my frag tank as there is only one tang tackling the algae issue. Main tank there are five tangs, they really can take care of it. One problem is there mortality is low. Discovered after swallowing all the HA one by one will perished. I believed the HA stuck in their digestive system and suffocate them, just my thought.

My root of problem having this sudden HA outbreak is b/c my refuge wavemaker stirring part of my DSB one day when it dropped during me working 24hrs. This stirred the nutrient of my DSB and w/in 2days checking my water the NO3 rose from 2ppm to 40ppm. Now am back in the regimn of dosing vodka daily. So far so good now down to 15-20ppm in period of 2weeks. Hopefully in 2-3wks thing will come back to normal but am paying 5 SPS colonies STNned.

My advise is if you want to use sea hare in the main tank keep you eye on them. Afraid they die and never take them out immediately will instead increase further your nutrient level.

[m12345y]

9 sea hares??? LOL

I think just ONE should have worked for you...

[sherman]

Try the turbo snail.They also eat HA. So far I try both sea hare and turbo snail.

All my 3 sea hare ver hard working but die in one week.

Now left the turbo snails.

HA is slowly clearing.

You also have red slime.Believe your PO4 is high.Better run phos remover like Rowa.

And do water change regularly.This is going to be tough job for at least a month or

2 if you follow the action diligently.