Algae and what's best to eat it?

Thornbreaker · 09/01/2018, 07:16 PM

So my sump has some stringy, slimy looking algae. Are there specific cuc that'll eat this?

None of this is in the DT, thankfully.

DT has ceriths, nerites, a trochus, and a few nassarius. And a million tiny snails that I think hitchhiked in.

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Sugar Magnolia · 09/01/2018, 08:05 PM

Your best bet is to syphon all of that out with weekly water changes and find the root cause of the algae outbreak. Nitrate and phosphate levels, are you using RODI water, do you run GFO?

mcgyvr · 09/01/2018, 08:13 PM

Thats cyanobacteria...not algae..
As stated siphon it out with water changes and shut off the sump lights for 3 days..

Thornbreaker · 09/01/2018, 08:52 PM

Ahhhh that's cyano.

Thanks.

Will the cheato be fine without light for 3 days?

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mcgyvr · 09/02/2018, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Thornbreaker

Will the cheato be fine without light for 3 days?

Yes
Siphoning it out does the most good.. 3 days lights out will just weaken it some.. You can typically repeat the lights out every couple weeks without harm to anything else..
Just continue to siphon it out with each water change or more often as needed.

09/01/2018, 07:16 PM	#1
Thornbreaker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 334	Algae and what's best to eat it? So my sump has some stringy, slimy looking algae. Are there specific cuc that'll eat this? None of this is in the DT, thankfully. DT has ceriths, nerites, a trochus, and a few nassarius. And a million tiny snails that I think hitchhiked in. Sent from my SM-G965U1 using Tapatalk __________________ SC Aquariums - 150 Gallon 5'x2'x2'; Trigger Elite 36 Sump; Mars Aqua Lights 150 lbs reefcleaner rock, SCA 302 Skimmer Current Stock: Foxface lo, 2 clowns, royal gramma, 2 spot bristletooth tang, fir

09/01/2018, 08:05 PM	#2
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Your best bet is to syphon all of that out with weekly water changes and find the root cause of the algae outbreak. Nitrate and phosphate levels, are you using RODI water, do you run GFO? __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

09/01/2018, 08:13 PM	#3
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Thats cyanobacteria...not algae.. As stated siphon it out with water changes and shut off the sump lights for 3 days.. __________________ Who me?

09/01/2018, 08:52 PM	#4
Thornbreaker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 334	Ahhhh that's cyano. Thanks. Will the cheato be fine without light for 3 days? Sent from my SM-G965U1 using Tapatalk __________________ SC Aquariums - 150 Gallon 5'x2'x2'; Trigger Elite 36 Sump; Mars Aqua Lights 150 lbs reefcleaner rock, SCA 302 Skimmer Current Stock: Foxface lo, 2 clowns, royal gramma, 2 spot bristletooth tang, fir