I need help with multiple things.

[cdemoss01]

Hello all,
I walked into my fish room today and noticed my fish tank is doing OK. Although I have a few problems I need help with mostly all algae issues. Tank is a 65g marineland but the issue about it is that my rocks are somewhat dirty. There is cyano, two of my rocks have a white film over them, aiptasia and worst of all hair algae. Ive got multiple snails in there but they dont eat it thats for sure. There are 15 larger sized rocks not sure if it's too much or not. On top of this my hammer has been closed for a month now and I thought it was just branching but now its beginning to lose its color cant get pictures as I'm not home but I can tell it does not have long. Does anybody know what that could be? I have a high tank depth with Kessil a180s but the hammer is at the top of the tank can anybody help me out with these problems? Some of my snails and shrimp are always eaten by the wrasse although my snails have persevered there's about 15 of them. Ill put a picture of the tank in the thread so people can see certain placements.
@Reefer Matt @randomfishdude @vetteguy53081 #reefsquad

 

[TX_REEF]

We will need a full rundown of your water chemistry to help out. Excess algae growth is more often than not due to an excess of nutrients in the water.

Temperature
Salinity
Ammonia
Nitrate
Phosphate

What do you have for flow in the tank? Hard to tell from the pic. What livestock do you have? It looks quite empty, but overstocking can also cause buildup of nutrients.

 

[cdemoss01]

We will need a full rundown of your water chemistry to help out. Excess algae growth is more often than not due to an excess of nutrients in the water.

Temperature
Salinity
Ammonia
Nitrate
Phosphate

What do you have for flow in the tank? Hard to tell from the pic. What livestock do you have? It looks quite empty, but overstocking can also cause buildup of nutrients.

I can get that eventually might take me a day but yes I can get that. I have two clowns a marble wrasse royal Gramma coral beauty and starry blenny. I plan on adding a bristletooth to get some movement in there and possibly one more if I can find something nice as well as many other corals. I should be able to get parameters hopefully by tomorrow.

 

[TX_REEF]

I can get that eventually might take me a day but yes I can get that. I have two clowns a marble wrasse royal Gramma coral beauty and starry blenny. I plan on adding a bristletooth to get some movement in there and possibly one more if I can find something nice as well as many other corals. I should be able to get parameters hopefully by tomorrow.

ok let us know on water chemistry.

When I say flow, I mean what sort of powerheads do you have?

 

[cdemoss01]

ok let us know on water chemistry.

When I say flow, I mean what sort of powerheads do you have?

I've got two fluval powerheads on each side of the tank facing each other upwards.

 

[TX_REEF]

I've got two fluval powerheads on each side of the tank facing each other upwards.

ok - I ask this because insufficient flow can also cause detritus to settle on rockwork which will decay into dissolved nutrients and exacerbate algae growth. You may want to double check the power and positioning of the pumps keeps the rockwork free of detritus as well.

 

[cdemoss01]

ok - I ask this because insufficient flow can also cause detritus to settle on rockwork which will decay into dissolved nutrients and exacerbate algae growth. You may want to double check the power and positioning of the pumps keeps the rockwork free of detritus as well.

Alright.

 

[Biokabe]

What do you have for filtration? Protein skimmer, filter cups, fleece roller, algae turf skimmer, refugium? What is your method of nutrient export? How much do you feed every day? Are you dosing anything?

 

[cdemoss01]

What do you have for filtration? Protein skimmer, filter cups, fleece roller, algae turf skimmer, refugium? What is your method of nutrient export? How much do you feed every day? Are you dosing anything?

sadly I am only 14 years old.. cant control much considering money. My only nutrient export would be chemiblue and filter floss. I would like a fleece roller or algae turn skimmer recommendations?

 

[Biokabe]

Well, that's your baseline problem. You don't have a great way to get nutrients out of your tank, so they build up and become fuel for algae. Do you have a sump, or are you limited to a HOB filter?

 

[Reefering1]

Ask your mom to get you a bottle of vodka
;-)
And a skimmer

 

[Biokabe]

Ask your mom to get you a bottle of vodka
;-)
And a skimmer

Carbon dosing might not be a bad idea here...

Though vinegar might be an easier sell.

 

[Reefering1]

Carbon dosing might not be a bad idea here...

Though vinegar might be an easier sell.

Good call. But he will need about 8x more so it's still suspicious

 

[Biokabe]

Good call. But he will need about 8x more so it's still suspicious

Look, he just has a crippling salad addiction, don't judge him.

 

[Reefering1]

Look, he just has a crippling salad addiction, don't judge him.

At least he's not eating tide pods... that's a win these days

 

[cdemoss01]

Well, that's your baseline problem. You don't have a great way to get nutrients out of your tank, so they build up and become fuel for algae. Do you have a sump, or are you limited to a HOB filter?

Limited to HOB filter parents didnt like the idea of having a tank of dirty water below the stand. I want to do a sump though I think I would benifit from it much better but HOB is so easy. Ive never heard about a algae scrubber or filter roller etc. If you guys know a better way to do nutrition export please educate me. Im kind of a begginer/intermediate reefer even though I have been doing this for years now. Can I still add a skimmer or are rollers and scrubbers sump exclusive? What could I add to help with nutrient exports? I saw carbon dosing but I know I might need a skimmer to do that.

 

[cdemoss01]

Carbon dosing might not be a bad idea here...

Though vinegar might be an easier sell.

How should I go about that? The tanks water isnt all that dirty its just constant regrowth of literaly everything. managed but hard to do as football+school get in my way

 

[cdemoss01]

Look, he just has a crippling salad addiction, don't judge him.

Whats weird about it is that the hair algae is unhealthy... most others are as well except for the aptasia.

 

[cdemoss01]

Look, he just has a crippling salad addiction, don't judge him.

Im heading to my LFS right now I'll have test results in about 30 minutes.

 

[cdemoss01]

At least he's not eating tide pods... that's a win these days

Look, he just has a crippling salad addiction, don't judge him.

Ok my nitrates are over 100 according to LFS. What should I do?