HELP with algea

[fishytime]

consider ditching the bioballs(slowly).......they saturate extremely quickly and leech nitrates back into your system.....what do you feed and how often?.....how many and what kind of fish do you have?.....was the tank started with any dry rock....if so, how much?

[reefwars]

dave ditch the phosban its no good for reducing phosphates its ok to keep them in check but i find they are not that strong.switch to rowaphos or someother type of ferris oxide

as doug said ditch the bio balls.

im betting alot of it is from frozen food or fresh seafood are you rinsing very well for frozen and fresh??? alot of that stuff is packed with oily stuff you dont want in your tank:P

[Davidbugera]

Originally Posted by reefwars

dave ditch the phosban its no good for reducing phosphates its ok to keep them in check but i find they are not that strong.switch to rowaphos or someother type of ferris oxide

as doug said ditch the bio balls.

im betting alot of it is from frozen food or fresh seafood are you rinsing very well for frozen and fresh??? alot of that stuff is packed with oily stuff you dont want in your tank:P

The only food I don't rince is the silverside and I feed every second day sum times every day

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Davidbugera

The only food I don't rince is the silverside and I feed every second day sum times every day

would def ditch the phosban,rowaphos is much more effective its alot pricier but also lasts alot longer. i also heard that phosban releases the phosphates back once its absorbed all it can, not sure if theres any truth to it or not but when i switched i stopped getting the "green dye" all over my coarse sand and rocks

[Davidbugera]

It can leach them back in to the tank when it get full of w/e it releases it back to the system, that's why I use large amount of phosban and change it every 3 day to stop this from happing. But still algea grows wild

[Aquattro]

Where did the rock come from?

What are you using for source water?

What are your current levels of PO4/NO3?

What is your water change schedule?

Can you post a pic of the algae?

Can you post a pic of a typical day's food on a plate?

What type of skimmer are you running and how often do you have to empty it?

[Davidbugera]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Where did the rock come from?

What are you using for source water?

What are your current levels of PO4/NO3?

What is your water change schedule?

Can you post a pic of the algae?

Can you post a pic of a typical day's food on a plate?

What type of skimmer are you running and how often do you have to empty it?

30 ish lbs of figi live rock at three years old and threat was macro rock. I run a vertex280 in sump skimmer and I drain the 5 gallon pail once a week,it's uasaly a light skimmate but varies. I do a weekly 25 gallon water change and to tell the truth havent tested the water, just buy what the store tells me to lol. My top up water is tap water with prime add to it and water changes are done with rodi water from local store. I feed a toonie sized piece of brine/mysis shrimp every second day and my anemones get silver side every day just about

[Davidbugera]

2 true percs 2 skunk clowns 2 manderane gobies green and blue ,yellow tang and a blue tang 2 peppermint shrimp 2 cleaner shrimp 2 fire shrimp a dozen Halloween hermits ,Sally light foot crab 2x huge green serpent star fish inmy sump they produce baby serpent stars so far only counted 5,2xmantis shrimp
The rest of live stalk is polyps zoas palys colts mushrooms and anemones

[sully08]

Originally Posted by fishytime

consider ditching the bioballs(slowly).......they saturate extremely quickly and leech nitrates back into your system.....what do you feed and how often?.....how many and what kind of fish do you have?.....was the tank started with any dry rock....if so, how much?

What kind of algae problems would the dry rock cause?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by sully08

What kind of algae problems would the dry rock cause?

Even the best dry rock will not denitrify very well, if at all, in the first few months or longer. Therefore the NO3 will build unless you do substantial water changes.
Also, if the dry rock is previously used live rock, it's likely a time bomb for phosphates. PO4 will accumulate in the rock, and any life in the rock once removed from water will die off, causing a dry reserve of nutrients that once wet, will leech back into the tank.