Green Alage

[tlsrcs]

HELP! i have this green alage growing on my sand and on my glass...the snails do not touch it! This just poped up about 2 days ago at first it was not to bad and then it just exploded! my skimmer sucks but it is pulling about 4-5 cups of wet skimate. my nitrates are sround 10ppm i dont know what else could be doin this....anyone have any ideas?

 

[KhensuRa]

Is there anyway you can get a better pic?

 

[tlsrcs]

yea ill try to tonight this was at about 430ish so tonight ill take a pic when i get home around 1030ish it should be nice and green when i get to it...

 

[Wicked Color]

just an alae bloom from excess nutrients, you need to deal with the bio-load better, ie; more effective skimming, water changes, or nutrient consumption.

 

[tlsrcs]

ok well im working on getting a better skimmer i just got 3 mangroves about 3 days ago i need to set up another fug. as i did not keep my old one when i moved tanks...

 

[Zoalander]

How much do you feed and how long are your lights on for? Also what kind of lighting and have you tested your water?

 

[Off The Deep End]

How old are your bulbs, how many fish do you have and how old is your tank?

 

[tlsrcs]

bulbs are used i think 6months....i have only tested nitrates its a 10ppm. tank has been set up over a year but has moved 3 times..with no cycle after moves. i have 8 fishies.... but in my defense they are all small......here are some pictures of when i got home. oh lights are on about 10hours with 1 hour being just actnic...

 

[tlsrcs]

oh yea everything but the pulsing xenia seems to be doing fine...as in open and colored

 

[Wicked Color]

cutting the daylight hours will help a lot.

 

[Cake_Boss]

Your nitrates should drop as the algae grows, it's consuming the excess nutrients. The algae is the reason why your no3 is only at 10ppm, without it your reading would be much higher. What you need to to do is figure out the source of the problem. Did a fish go missing? Overfed? Something die?

 

[bigsittingrock]

I'm going to guess bulbs. What kind of lights do you have?

 

[tlsrcs]

they are aqua meidic x2 aqua medic 250w and one 54w actnic aqua medic t5 the other is burnt out...(i bought a new bulb but i accidently got a 24w 48in bulb) almost forgot no one is missing i feed preety lightly. i think the combination of moving and not keeping the fug and also adding more fish and coral with out giving the bio filter time to catch up....

 

[tlsrcs]

ok so green water now is the new development....so i threw some carbon in there i had the lights off for about 4extra hours this morning and when i turned them on my tank water is green! so i will do i water change tonight of about 20g. everything in the tank looks ok besides the acro but the dang fish keep knocking it over! oh and i did have a clown fish jump to its death last night??? you think it was unhappy? kind of sad to see nemo on the ground....