New pics of my 185ltr Reef aquarium

[jezlenton]

Looking forward to getting some Corals soon.
Any Suggestions please ?

 

[tdubrow]

How old is the tank?

Do you have any livestock in there or is it cycling?

Do you have a CUC in there? If so what does it consist of?

Its common for new tanks to have algae but that looks like quite a bit in there. Are you using RO/DI water?

 

[Leighton79]

Hello,

I wouldn't be putting anything living in there for the foreseeable future.

I've seen hair algae but that's something else.....

 

[jezlenton]

Hello,

I wouldn't be putting anything living in there for the foreseeable future.

I've seen hair algae but that's something else.....

Any suggestions to help get rid of it, and should I do a water change.
Thanks

 

[Gboy66]

Any suggestions to help get rid of it, and should I do a water change.
Thanks

Use rodi if you dont already

 

[tdubrow]

Cant really help until we know some more specifics:

Size of tank in gallons:
Age of tank: (days? Weeks? Years?)
Sump/Filter:
Skimmer:
nitrate:
ammonia:
temperature:
Water source (ro, ro/di, tap)
Salinity:
Alkalinity:
Lights:
Livestock:

 

[jezlenton]

Cant really help until we know some more specifics:

Size of tank in gallons:
Age of tank: (days? Weeks? Years?)
Sump/Filter:
Skimmer:
nitrate:
ammonia:
temperature:
Water source (ro, ro/di, tap)
Salinity:
Alkalinity:
Lights:
Livestock:

Tank is 40 gallon
Age is 8 weeks
Sump is 5 gallon
Skimmer is Fluval 400
Nitrate = 0 ammonia = 0 PH = 8.2 Nitrite = 0
Temp is 25c
Water source is RO pre mixed marine
Salinity is 1.020
Lights are led reef day & moon. 4 x 18"
Livestock is just CUC of 8 crabs & 4 snails.

Thanks

 

[Leighton79]

You should try and get a phosphate reading as that will be fueling the hair algae along with nitrates, they are reading 0 because the uglies are using them to grow.

 

[tdubrow]

I would suggest starting with a tds meter and testing your source water. I would also think about getting a phosphate removing media such as GFO.

Did you start with dry rock or was it live. If it was live rock, where did you get it? I remember when I first started out I added some live rock from the LFS that had a little HA on it. In my newly established tank it just took off and grew like crazy.

Also, how did you cycle the tank?

I guess overfeeding is out of the questions because you only have a cuc.

Its very common to get algae in a newly established tank so don't get too discouraged. Main thing is to figure out what is causing it and then move forward from there. Patience is the key.

Try to manually remove some of it from the sand bed and if the rocks are bad, just try and scrub them off a little at a time. Make sure you rinse the rock in RO water before putting back in tank.

Good luck, and like I said, don't get discouraged.

 

[jezlenton]

I would suggest starting with a tds meter and testing your source water. I would also think about getting a phosphate removing media such as GFO.

Did you start with dry rock or was it live. If it was live rock, where did you get it? I remember when I first started out I added some live rock from the LFS that had a little HA on it. In my newly established tank it just took off and grew like crazy.

Also, how did you cycle the tank?

I guess overfeeding is out of the questions because you only have a cuc.

Its very common to get algae in a newly established tank so don't get too discouraged. Main thing is to figure out what is causing it and then move forward from there. Patience is the key.

Try to manually remove some of it from the sand bed and if the rocks are bad, just try and scrub them off a little at a time. Make sure you rinse the rock in RO water before putting back in tank.

Good luck, and like I said, don't get discouraged.

Thanks for all that.
All my media is sourced from my local aquatic store and they are 100%.
I have just got some emerald crabs and snails so now I will just wait.

 

[tdubrow]

If the water you are getting is from the LFS I would definitely still check it. Its very common for many LFS's to not change their RO/DI filters when needed resulting in high tds. If this is the case you will feeding your algae with every water change.

 

[TeamTrash]

How long do you have your light on for? Since you don't have any corals, you don't really need the light, and the only thing the light is helping grow is the algae.

 

[jezlenton]

How long do you have your light on for? Since you don't have any corals, you don't really need the light, and the only thing the light is helping grow is the algae.

I have had the light on for 10 hrs a day.
I would turn the lights off but have just acquired a lawn mower blenny and he and some emerald crabs are making good progress.
Thanks.

 

[TeamTrash]

Well, in case they slow down (which always seems to happen after a few days for me) you should probably consider turning off the light as long as there are no corals, and the only thing the light is helping to grow is the algae.

 

[Badfishofbabylon]

Tank is 40 gallon
Age is 8 weeks
Sump is 5 gallon
Skimmer is Fluval 400
Nitrate = 0 ammonia = 0 PH = 8.2 Nitrite = 0
Temp is 25c
Water source is RO pre mixed marine
Salinity is 1.020
Lights are led reef day & moon. 4 x 18"
Livestock is just CUC of 8 crabs & 4 snails.

Thanks

You need to get your Salinity up if you want corals, I keep mine @ 1.026

 

[FDshoes]

Salinity is not causing the algae issues but yes u do need to raise it.