green algae?

cgower · 09-13-2007, 04:20 PM

What is this staff, is it bad or normal. please help. Ithought it was part of my cycle but now I'm not sure.

cgower · 09-13-2007, 05:57 PM

some people on the main page forum id'ed it as Bryropsys, and from what they're saying it bad. Not sure how I got it as my tank has only been up for such a short time but oh well. Does anyone have any experience with this stuff?

teach · 09-13-2007, 10:25 PM

Not easy to get rid of. I've heard high alk and high magnesium may help.

andbigdaddy2 · 09-14-2007, 05:29 PM

Is it only on one rock or everywhere? I have heard of using peroxide from Sallys beauty supply to kill algae but only if you have no fish/inverts in the tank. I have used it my self before with good results but i cant say it will work the same for you also it wasnt that kind of algae.

I used Salon Clear 20 i used one capfull per ten gallons works over a period of 3 days.

cgower · 09-14-2007, 06:58 PM

thanks for the info. Its on a few rocks really bad on one, I'll get it cleared up one way or another. Ive come this far

MikeAtJax · 09-14-2007, 07:44 PM

If it is on only a few rocks I would take it the rocks out and clean them. I would not use the above mentioned Sally additive.

dacro · 09-14-2007, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teach

Not easy to get rid of. I've heard high alk and high magnesium may help.

We isolated some rock in a rubbermaid container and ran the mag at 1600 for about a month. It appears this did a good job of curing the problem. The same rock now resides in the sump (so we can check periodically).