Algae Help!

[reefsforme]

On the glass of m 6 gallon nano cube, there is algae growth. It is very bright green, and i used an algae scraper, algae magent, and even my cuc cant even take it off, except more and more grows and spreads on the glass. What should I do?

 

[reefsforme]

Help

 

[HN1]

What source water are you using? What is your Nitrate reading?

Slightly off topic- CUC = cucumber or clean up crew?

 

[reefsforme]

All parameters are 0, and CUC is clean up crew

 

[HN1]

What's in your CUC? Our Astreas did alot of work on green algaes.

 

[reefsforme]

1 Nerite Snail, 1 Nasuarius snail, 1 blue legged hermit crab, and 1 red scarlet reef hermit crab.

 

[thominil]

I had the same stuff it sounds like. I used this: Top Fin® Glass Scrapers - Aquarium Maintenance - Fish - PetSmart, well worth the $4 I spent on it.

 

[ezy33]

How is your lighting, old bulbs can cause algae. Try cutting your lighting hours. Phosphates in your water can feed algae. I would recommend using RO DI water.

 

[reefsforme]

Thanks for all your help.

 

[thincat]

Algae problems are a common thing on new saltwater setups. I have well over 100 nerite snails in my 75g plus the other snails and hermits as well as a few brittlestarfishes.

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

Are we talking hairy algae, or just green coralline algae? Either way, a razor blade should take it off in a jiffy. (As long as we're talking a glass tank...)

Also... you might want to get a handful more of the little nassarius snails for your sand bed, and a couple either astrea or trochus snails. Right now, that poor single nerite has a lot of work cut out for it! I've found that the astreas and trochus are much better on the rock and glass than the nerites.