I’ve had a 29 gallon Biocube for over 14 years. It’s been a reef tank the whole time and I used to put clowns and anemones along with a LOT of live rock in it but the anemones never lasted very long so I switched over to soft corals with just one small percula clown and a watchman goby. They’ve been in there for four years. I didn’t think they’d live that long. Anyway, I pretty much lost interest in the tank about three years ago and quit doing ALL maintenance. No water changes, no filter cleaning - nothing! As the water evaporated I would add water from my under sink water filtration system and feed a little every three days or so. Miraculously, not only did all the corals and clown and goby live but they thrived, especially the Kenya trees! They spread ALL over and took over some corals so I have since removed many of them. Anyway.
So, I moved a month ago and had to move the tank. I put almost all the water in 5 gallon plastic jugs and moved the aquarium with everything in it intact. When I got to the new house I added the 15 gallons of water back and everything was fine but I noticed my very old heavy LED system (that cost me like $600 a long time ago) was failing in that some of the blue lights were not coming on. I tried to fix it but instead broke it. So, I looked on Amazon and lo and behold I found an amazing Nicrew 20 watt 72 LED light system for $40! It’s amazing. I liked it so much I went out and bought a small new diamond goby, a couple big turbo snails, a couple more hermit crabs and a few frags of soft corals. A few days later, i started to notice some (I think) red algae. It’s been growing like crazy ever since. I did some research and read that only Trochus and Cerith snails will eat red algae so I went and bought a couple of each along with a couple more hermit crabs along with a purple pseudochromus. He/she was too darn pretty to pass up! Anyway, back to my problem. Can anyone offer any solutions? I’m getting worried about the corals dying off bc of all the red algae (I think) growth. I will add that I was probably feeding a little more frequently and a bit more quantity.
So, I moved a month ago and had to move the tank. I put almost all the water in 5 gallon plastic jugs and moved the aquarium with everything in it intact. When I got to the new house I added the 15 gallons of water back and everything was fine but I noticed my very old heavy LED system (that cost me like $600 a long time ago) was failing in that some of the blue lights were not coming on. I tried to fix it but instead broke it. So, I looked on Amazon and lo and behold I found an amazing Nicrew 20 watt 72 LED light system for $40! It’s amazing. I liked it so much I went out and bought a small new diamond goby, a couple big turbo snails, a couple more hermit crabs and a few frags of soft corals. A few days later, i started to notice some (I think) red algae. It’s been growing like crazy ever since. I did some research and read that only Trochus and Cerith snails will eat red algae so I went and bought a couple of each along with a couple more hermit crabs along with a purple pseudochromus. He/she was too darn pretty to pass up! Anyway, back to my problem. Can anyone offer any solutions? I’m getting worried about the corals dying off bc of all the red algae (I think) growth. I will add that I was probably feeding a little more frequently and a bit more quantity.