Algae in my BB tank.

NoSchwag · 02-15-2006, 10:08 AM

I can only imagine how quick the haters jumped in to see this one

Actually it's not that bad. I have some light brown fuzzy algea on my starboard in a few places. It's the same algae I got when I first started the tank so I know it'll pass and I know it's not a big deal.

My question is why now? I know that my husbandry hasn't changed, I'm siphoning and blowing my rocks out the same as always if not more.

Here are the only 2 things that changed.

- I started dosing kent strontium. Maybe there is po4 in it??

- I put new plastic in my tank. I put some eggcrate and a shower shelf rack thing in my tank. These are COVERED with the same algae.

Another thing I noticed is that the algae is growing right where the new coralline is growing. Coincidence?

Boat Racer · 02-15-2006, 10:30 AM

Well If the plastics and the starboard has only been there a short time like a week or less its leaching po4 from the there.They say that it will go away after a few weeks.The egg crate and starboard in my system both had the broun grow on it when I first put them in there.The snails have eaten most of it.

NoSchwag · 02-15-2006, 10:35 AM

The starboard has been in there for months. I went thru the whole algae thing, lol I even freaked out and posted about it.

This is what's weird.

Could the stuff that the eggcrate is leeching cause the starboard to break-out again?

Boat Racer · 02-15-2006, 10:46 AM

I wouldnt think so.How many snails do you have?

NoSchwag · 02-15-2006, 10:50 AM

a couple hundred at least.

ski1297 · 02-15-2006, 11:10 AM

What kind of snails and do you use ro/di water?

gman0526 · 02-15-2006, 11:35 AM

If you're only getting algae on the plastic then this, at least to me, means that that's where the PO4 is coming from. Your rock is clean, glass is clean, you're skimming like a mad man, bioload is minimal, I don't se a reason for concern, the PO4 source will deplete itself in no time.

REEF-DADDY · 02-15-2006, 12:13 PM

Its the ghetto frag tray you fashioned out of a soap dish. Now you have all the DSB people giddy because you have algea. Get some epoxy and be done with it, all my frags have guaruntee anyway.

NoSchwag · 02-15-2006, 01:45 PM

LOL my frag rack is 100% covered in the algea. Im going to keep it in there until it's done leeching. Not too mention all of the new pvc in the tank. (bulkheads, UV, fragrack, flex PVC)

ski I'm using astrias and cerith and ro/di water. I almost think that I dont need ro/di water because my city water is very clean. I have been using the same ro/di unit for like 23904827342789346 gallons and it's still at 2 PPM.