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VIDEO: Algae Control Part 2 This is part 2 in a 2-part series about aquarium algae prevention, control and removal. Today we are discussing Bubble Algae, Dinoflagellates, Bryopsis and Turf Algae. Aquarium Algae Control: Diatoms, Cyano and Green Hair Algae - Part 1

Hello TRT, Today, I was searching on google for refugiums putting skimmers out of commission. This interesting thread I stumbled on was talking about turf algae. Apparently it is the slime stuff that grows on rocks mainly which can be found at the shore growing on the piers pillars, etc...

Hi everyone, I need serious help I am losing some sps corals because of suffocating red turf algae I believe. I use a large phos reactor and carbon reactor I use ro water I have tested water and had lfs do a full water test all checks out ok I know for sure it is not red slime please any...

I'm battling some red turf algae with turbo snails and emerald crabs (don't want to get a scopus tang in a 20 gallon). You can see the algae to the lower left of the polyps. Look at the yellow polyps. It appears that they've taken some of the algae's color into their bases. I've seen condy...

Part 1 of 2 Micro-Small Algae Remover System for Nano's: Free! It's called a Turf Algae Filter, and it works in salt or freshwater. Takes just a few minutes to install into your nano, and best of all, it's free! It starts reducing your nitrate and phosphate within the first week, and after...

Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, and Everything Else Part 1 of 4 If anybody has not yet hooked up their refugium or skimmer, or was just looking get rid of these things, then you might want to try one of these mega-powerful filters that I built. You...

I have got a lot of dark red algae (I think) growing all over my rocks and some on my sand. I don't think it's cyano bacteria as it's not really slimy and doesn't scrape off very easy. It's more like a velvety coating going by feel. It's a 90 gallon tank and has been running for a couple years...

so i noticed a very small patch of these red bubbles in my tank. I am not sure what they are, but I think they are red bubble algae. they look alot like this picture: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-02/hcj/feature/index.php what do I do to get rid of it and keep it from getting worse?

algae is fun :thumbup: 10g bare bottom...well it was, now it has a lush green carpet :lol: how many different algaes can you spot?

Looks like a cotton ball. It is not slimey. It kinda looks like a clump of red hair. I have more pictures here: http://thereeftank.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107689

i set up a 10g bare bottom around two weeks ago and allready it has cyano :angry: how can this be? theres nothing in the tank other than live rock. no snails, no crabs, no fish, nothing but rock, and im noticing the quick spread of nasty red slime. theres a bit of green hair algae but im one of...

The subject of this thread is a Genx 4100 4-5 months old powering my RS180. I took it offline for routine maintenance this evening and this is what I found. How is anything in my tank surviving?? I thought rust was a serious issue, especially of this magnitude. When I lifted the pump out...

Here are some pics of some very interesting algae that I have in my tank. I have not been able to ID either of them using as many sites as I can. I think the red thread like algae is Red Turf Algae, but I have found pictures of RTA and it is not what I have in my tank. These three are of the...

I have a 36 gallon take, that has been taken over by bubble algae, and green hairy algae. I've tried pulling the algae off my live rock, but it is hopeless. So now I'm pulling the live rock out, and thinking about boiling it to kill off everything, then put the rock back in the tank. I know...