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Hi all, I have had this algae in my reef for a few months now. I believe it’s mostly turf algae though some appears to be stringy like hair algae. It’s very difficult to remove from the rocks like turf algae. I have been treating with microbacter clean daily for probably about 8 weeks now but...

hello, I ordered some algae and it will come in two days. I don't have a refugium, so I am wondering if I could grow algae in the sump without using the reservoir... I have a heater, lights, 2 return pumps, 1 skimmer and 1 reef mat in the sump

Hey all! Upon starting my Waterbox 20 journey into reefkeeping, I purchased these turbo snails at my LFS. They were coloured brown, and inexperience made me not question it. I didn't know about peroxiding snail shells, and added them. Turns out they were covered in lobophora algae. After...

Hi guys, I'm starting my first tank. I got my tank, dry rock, live rock, live sand, heater, power head, filter. And I was planning on getting a clown fish and adding API quick start to start my cycle. However I got busy and put it off for about 2 months, not really thinking that it would cause...

I'm thinking about sealing the top halves of all the dry rock by soaking them with liquid super glue. I got the idea from another discussion on here and confirming similar observed results with another reefer. In my 250 rebuild, the connections where I heavily glued together and are under high...

I have 2 month old 35 gallon tank with 5 fishes and 2 corals. Nitrate is around 2. Haven't checked phosphates. Started noticing this greenish brown algae on my rocks. I am guessing it is the "Ugly phase" of my tank. I am treating the tank with a daily dose of Brightwell Aquatics Clean and Bio...

Hi everyone, I am new to the reef2reef forum and also reef tank. Recently I bought a maxima clam. But sooner or later, I found the phosphate level is too high (>2ppm), which kills the Duncan and hammer coral inside. I used phosphate removal to reduce the phosphate down to 0.25. My clam still...

So I'm currently fighting off detritus or diatoms. My lfs guy said diatoms. I can't really tell the difference as I'm pretty new to the hobby My current livestock (not cuc) 2 clownfish (one percula one ocellaris) 1 neon blue goby 3 blue sapphire damselfish (probably one, haven't seen the other...

To start off with what I know, I have been working with reef tanks for many years and freshwater tanks for much longer. My knowledge on the cycle is pretty good, but my reef tanks were never great, and now I want to change that. I am starting out with dry sand and dry rock which is very...

Newbie here. I have a Fluval 13.5. The tank is 7 months old, using ro/di. I went through an ugly phase and thought I was done with it, but now have something growing as you can see in the pics below. After the lights are on for a while, air bubbles show up. Mostly growing on substrate and walls...

Thank you everyone for your interest! We have enough takers for this batch and the next. Please message me if you would like to be added to a wait list since we need to harvest this macro every 3-4 weeks. Thank you! Gracilaria curtissae I’ve had this macro in my tank for a year and it readily...

Hi, Hi, i’m currently batteling dinos and I was wondering if you could help me id these. Zoom is 250x. My guess is amphidinium small cell.

Found the clearest jar I could. Placed in a piece of loose rock. Disassembled a USB LED. Soldered some spare wiring to the LED board while it is fixed in position to the lid ~ This step was quite intricate and the new circuit should be wrapped in thread tape/electrical tape and protected from...

Hello, I've been battling this algae for a couple months now and I can't get rid of it... I can really use some help, quitting this awesome hobby has crossed my mind.. It's a very slimy fuzzy looking brown algae/bacteria. I've tried sucking it of, which reduces it a lot but only the top layer...

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I would have assumed that this question was asked before, but I didn’t see it anywhere. But, I’m sorry if it’s a repeat and I just missed it. ‘Soon I will be ready to set up a 50g reef aquarium, with a 20g sump. My plan is to incorporate a refugium into my sump. I’ve read a lot of articles and...

Hello, My tank is currently 2 months old, problems started a month ago, when I though that Dino appeared in the tank (phosphates bottomed to 0) and I did 5 day black out and dosing bacter7, but recently I discovered that algae on rocks turning green. Here are some photos: 1. During water...

Before this one i had diatoms (they’re not 100% cleared out but are practically only on the glass, before they were everywhere) Now this green algae is everywhere and it’s quite ugly. My tank is about 4 months old.

With a recent order from Gulf Live Rock, I started a 90-gallon tank with a 44g Brute sump for isolating ocean-direct live rock and culturing dry rock from the live rock. Algae is starting to grow all over this tank, and I am looking for methods to keep it in check. The issue with remedy...

I’m having a weird thing that may be algae growing on my already diatom covered dry rock. Can anyone please tell me what it is? Thanks!

Hello. so my tank is 2 months old with some cromis and clean up crew. I have a lot of diatoms on the sand bed and a large amount of dinoflagellates on all my rocks, algae all on my glass that I scrape off daily. Ive noticed some slime algae on the rocks as well, there is hair algae everywhere...

Hey guys once again battling algae… started dinox last night and it says not to add trace elements and no products that absorb. My tank is ultra low nutrient and I want to add Neonitro to help battle the Dino’s. Can I do both at the same time?

Hi y’all, my Biocube has recently been pounced on by some sort of algae or Dinos i think. I wasn’t able to get the best pictures but it’s like brownish color and at first I thought it was just diatoms but now it’s long and grasslike and billows in the current. It’s all over my glass but only a...