alage

What is this dark green spot?

Hello Guys, I started dosing PPS-Pro two weeks ago, I contacted GLA directly for the recommended dosage for my 15-gallon tank with plenty of plants, UNS contra soil and medium light. They provided me with the following dosing amounts: KNO3: 31 grams KH2PO4: 3 grams K2SO4: 12 grams MgSO4: 19...

Hello everyone, bubble algae is starting to take over my tank :( I have reduced feeding already, introduced 3 emerald crabs, started removing manually but its still spreading like a weed I would love to introduce a fish to combat it but I only have a reefer 170 so cant get a fox face or...

Hi, I am trying and struggling to keep coral and I just brought in a tuxedo urchin to help with my algae issue and he when I bought him had a green star polyp on him the store gave me for free. I noticed this little thing crawling around and at first I thought it was also a star polyp but this...

I cleared 95% of the bubble algae from manual removal just to see it start to grow back! I’m on day 3 of reflux and I did 4x the dose. No noticeable progress so far . My cause bubble algae ?? So I can stop the source . My phosphate is .10 and my nitrate is .10

when i had 0 algae, i wanted some sort of algae but now its over run. and my 1 turbo snail barely moves. can anyone identify the alage in the back of my tank. and is anyone experienced with goniporia theres a hollow hole that sometimes appear mid day the turbo snail did knock it over when it...

Hi guys as some know I’m new to this salt water hobby . I have a 40 gallon breeder it’s beeen cycled using dr.Tim’s . I have 2 clown fish and 1 cleaner shrimp and a 5 small snails I’m also using a canister filter with ceramic media , filter pads , chemi pure . My parameters are as follow-...

We have chaeto back in stock until it runs out. $15 for a good baseball size ball plus $5 shipping. $20 shipped.

I know it was started to grow in my tank few weeks ago when i did the maintenance, now yesterday when i actually turned on full light (usually mine are dark blue all time) i could notice the worst green hairy alage all over the rocks (1" long), many covering some portions of SPS, many on other...

I have this red growing On a good bit of rock is this normal? what is it?

Hi, I have been working on DIY sump and I am setting it up now. I have been looking for chaetomorpha and cannot find it for a reasonable price anywhere, I tried reef cleaners, liveaquaria, and algaebarn without any luck. I live in Nashville and am looking for any kind person who is willing to...

I can never get rid of my green hair algae . The only thing that works for me is 12% peroxide dosing ( 3ml per 10 gallons ) I do this sometimes twice a month but works like a charm . What other solutions have you tried

So have a hammer and it’s always had some “dark spots” figured it was some discoloration of some sort. After tonight looks like it has spread ALOT since I’ve last paid attention to it. Might someone know what or why there is some blue Something growing around my hammer? Got the best pic I could...

I have it growing on rock and on the back of one side of the tank. Please help I have tried vibrant in the past and it made my tank do a small crash.

Hello all, I am a experienced reefer that recently suffered a tank crash. I restarted my system fresh with new dry rock and marine pure bio block. I went through the stages of cycling never got diatoms but got some sort of brownish green Matt algae. My question my rock now appears to have a...