Any tips you can share, it's kicking my ***
Obnoxious overgrowth: What is the toughest algae to get rid of?
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Caulurpa. Specifically, C. Racemosa.
If you've ever had Caulurpa go sexual in your tank, you're going to side with me on this one. The rest can be a pain, no doubt, but there's really no comparison.
I once used 180lbs of very expensive, wet shipped Marshall Islands live rock to fill a hole in my back yard. Yeah. That's what it takes to get rid of Caulurpa when it takes over an aquarium.
If you've ever had Caulurpa go sexual in your tank, you're going to side with me on this one. The rest can be a pain, no doubt, but there's really no comparison.
I once used 180lbs of very expensive, wet shipped Marshall Islands live rock to fill a hole in my back yard. Yeah. That's what it takes to get rid of Caulurpa when it takes over an aquarium.
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Do people still put vibrant in their tanks? I used it once. Instant bad stuff.
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Why use vibrant when Algaefix is much cheaper and it is apparently exactly the same.
I used it. Got rid of some algae. Got dinos and ticked off corals ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Still wondering how to get rid of bubble algae and ulva for good, but a large part of my display is macroalgae, so...
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Next time I get the urge to use either of those products I'll call a new guy with cyano and dinos and buy a culture of each. Just skip the part where I think I am doing good.
Bubble algae is the only pest I can’t stop in my tanks. Luckily I don’t really mind the look of it and my corals mostly grow over it. But I am still working on figuring out how to do away with it to make my display tank that shiny perfect reef.
Bubble for me-very persistent stuff
In my experience bubble algae, bryopsis and red turf are all on the same level.
However luckily all three have solutions
-bubble algae: emerald crabs and vibrant wiped it.
-Bryopsis: reef flux hit it pretty hard
-Red turf: tuxedo urchins keep it under control
However luckily all three have solutions
-bubble algae: emerald crabs and vibrant wiped it.
-Bryopsis: reef flux hit it pretty hard
-Red turf: tuxedo urchins keep it under control
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I actually take my post about bryopsis being the worst back......
Forgot about the tank I tore down because of pink cotton candy algae!
That stuff is the absolute worst! Not only is it ugly, it turns the water slightly pink, spreads like wildfire (worse then GHA), and nothing, and I mean NOTHING will eat it.
Forgot about the tank I tore down because of pink cotton candy algae!
That stuff is the absolute worst! Not only is it ugly, it turns the water slightly pink, spreads like wildfire (worse then GHA), and nothing, and I mean NOTHING will eat it.
Is it possibly green coraline?
Could possibly be. Running the mag cleaner across it you can feel it's quite hard and would explain my rapid loss of ALK.. cal is slowly being used but ALK I've been monitoring and adding everyday.
Did anyone say coralline? It grows in thick plates everywhere. I don’t clean my back panel of glass so it forms in thick plates, falls off, breaks, and I think it looks ugly having constant chunks of it in my sand bed too small to get at. I had to use a tiny rake to pull it out the sand then scoop it up.
The most stubborn (for me) is bryopsis in small tanks where tangs and things can’t be used but coralline isn’t without its faults.
Bubble Algae can be controlled but once again, in small tanks it can suck (or it can be a feature and nutrient export). I like it.
The most stubborn (for me) is bryopsis in small tanks where tangs and things can’t be used but coralline isn’t without its faults.
Bubble Algae can be controlled but once again, in small tanks it can suck (or it can be a feature and nutrient export). I like it.
Whatever algae that is like a film on the glass is the only algae now that I deal with the most. I had hair algae but that disappeared really quickly when I added my Tang Army of 8 into my aquarium when it was ready for that many tangs to add. So instead im only dealing with film algae.
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