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Old 12-12-2007, 05:09 AM
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Unhappy algae blooms

hi im haveing a problem with algae. my tank is new about 2 mounths old. i have a 72 gal. bow front with a 20 gal sump. ran the tank with cured rock for about a month.introduced a couple of coarls no problem.intoduced 2 clown fish and a couple more coarls with in a day started getting brown yellow spots on the sand and rock and air bubbles releasing from the sand.did a 7 gal water changeand it got worse. installed a phos reactor a bout a week ago and still not slowing down.fish are doing fine lost 2 coarls though.not sure what to do looking for advise from the pros out there as im just a begginer. thanks for any help you can give me.


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Old 12-12-2007, 06:32 AM
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If it can trap air bubbles it's most likely cyano bacteria. Which is all too often a normal part of new tank development. There's a ton of material out there to combat this plague, I usually suck it out when I change the water. Eventually, with good flow and water quality you will beat it.
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Old 12-12-2007, 06:56 AM
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Danny's right good flow and water quality. You might also control how much you are feedng your tank as well.
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Old 12-12-2007, 07:03 AM
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You can also try some products sold at your lps.I did worked great.Cyno usally caused by excess phosphates.(too much food) so slow down on feeding will help.Cant remember that slime remover product
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Old 12-12-2007, 03:03 PM
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I started a 72 gal bow front approx. 3 months ago and went through the same thing plus had hair algae and cyano. I used algae magic on the hair algae and a few days later added a phosban reactor. It cleared it up and have not had hair algae or brownish algae since... My tank is bare bottom so I suck up the deitrius weekly and do a 5 gallon water change at the same time. I like doing the 5 gallon weekly as opposed to 20 monthly both for ease and for fresh salt water added in smaller amounts. I had a pretty small cleaner crew when I started it up and have since added lots to the crew.

Also what kind of skimmer do you have and has it been pulling lots out of your water?
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Old 12-12-2007, 03:09 PM
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You can use something like chemiclean to get rid of it but it is just a quick fix, not a long term solution.

In my experience the only thing that gets rid of cyano is time.
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