lpsouth1978
04/06/2016, 09:26 AM
Hello everyone. We are having an issue with some strange algae, and we need your help to get rid of it.
A few weeks ago we noticed that a number of our corals has red bugs, some had HUGE numbers of them. We treated the tank with Interceptor (twice) and the red bugs are GONE!. Unfortunately, shortly after the first treatment we started noticing an increase in algae growth.
The problem is that this stuff gets EVERYWHER. It started growing in a few places on the sand, but soon started to grow at an alarming rate on the glass. It is very stringy and some strands have reached more than 20". When it breaks off, it gets caught in the current and gets hung up on corals. It just makes everything look like ****.
We know this is not cyano, as it does not grow in mats, just long stringy algae. I checked parameters this morning and this is what I got.
Temp - 77 (Ranco temp controller)
pH - 8.1 (Milwaukee pH controller)
SG - 1.026 (calibrated refractometer)
Ammonia - 0 (Red Sea)
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - Undetectable
PO4 - .0337 (Hanna Ultra Low Range Phosphorus)
Calcium - 470 (Nyos)
Alk - 8.9 (LaMotte)
Magnesium - 1350 (Nyos)
Here are some pictures taken this morning. Hopefully you can help figure out what is causing the algae, and help us rid the tank of it. I appreciate all the help you can give!
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa336/lpsouth1978/0406160822a_zpsrjpuhmjd.jpg (http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/lpsouth1978/media/0406160822a_zpsrjpuhmjd.jpg.html)
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa336/lpsouth1978/0406160823a_zps3lmievao.jpg (http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/lpsouth1978/media/0406160823a_zps3lmievao.jpg.html)
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa336/lpsouth1978/0406160826_zpsyglf8krj.jpg (http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/lpsouth1978/media/0406160826_zpsyglf8krj.jpg.html)
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa336/lpsouth1978/0406160822b_zpsni0bev0w.jpg (http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/lpsouth1978/media/0406160822b_zpsni0bev0w.jpg.html)
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa336/lpsouth1978/0406160822_zpsyynlne6b.jpg (http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/lpsouth1978/media/0406160822_zpsyynlne6b.jpg.html)
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa336/lpsouth1978/0406160821_zpsykhu4ahs.jpg (http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/lpsouth1978/media/0406160821_zpsykhu4ahs.jpg.html)
A few weeks ago we noticed that a number of our corals has red bugs, some had HUGE numbers of them. We treated the tank with Interceptor (twice) and the red bugs are GONE!. Unfortunately, shortly after the first treatment we started noticing an increase in algae growth.
The problem is that this stuff gets EVERYWHER. It started growing in a few places on the sand, but soon started to grow at an alarming rate on the glass. It is very stringy and some strands have reached more than 20". When it breaks off, it gets caught in the current and gets hung up on corals. It just makes everything look like ****.
We know this is not cyano, as it does not grow in mats, just long stringy algae. I checked parameters this morning and this is what I got.
Temp - 77 (Ranco temp controller)
pH - 8.1 (Milwaukee pH controller)
SG - 1.026 (calibrated refractometer)
Ammonia - 0 (Red Sea)
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - Undetectable
PO4 - .0337 (Hanna Ultra Low Range Phosphorus)
Calcium - 470 (Nyos)
Alk - 8.9 (LaMotte)
Magnesium - 1350 (Nyos)
Here are some pictures taken this morning. Hopefully you can help figure out what is causing the algae, and help us rid the tank of it. I appreciate all the help you can give!
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa336/lpsouth1978/0406160822a_zpsrjpuhmjd.jpg (http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/lpsouth1978/media/0406160822a_zpsrjpuhmjd.jpg.html)
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa336/lpsouth1978/0406160823a_zps3lmievao.jpg (http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/lpsouth1978/media/0406160823a_zps3lmievao.jpg.html)
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa336/lpsouth1978/0406160826_zpsyglf8krj.jpg (http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/lpsouth1978/media/0406160826_zpsyglf8krj.jpg.html)
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa336/lpsouth1978/0406160822b_zpsni0bev0w.jpg (http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/lpsouth1978/media/0406160822b_zpsni0bev0w.jpg.html)
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa336/lpsouth1978/0406160822_zpsyynlne6b.jpg (http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/lpsouth1978/media/0406160822_zpsyynlne6b.jpg.html)
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa336/lpsouth1978/0406160821_zpsykhu4ahs.jpg (http://s1192.photobucket.com/user/lpsouth1978/media/0406160821_zpsykhu4ahs.jpg.html)