Tyler's First Saltwater Tank Build

[Blakskall]

What the heck is this? lol

It looks like a little star fish and further up theres a little worm? I assume its from my live rock

 

[Blakskall]

Green hair algae problem....

My tank is coveredd in it.. It fully cycled almost a month ago, I asked the LFS guys and they said dont touch it eventually the algae will die off but it seems to be getting worse.. I don't understand it either, my nitrates are near zero, i use RO/IO water so I shouldnt have any phosphates and I decreased my lighting, The only thing I don't have is a protein skimmer but my tank is only 30 gallons so I dont think I need one.. Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Grizz]

What they didnt tell you was that when it dies it dumps all the phosphates back into the water there by feeding it's self Test your RO/DI water before you mix it it may be high in phos how much are you feeding try and cut back a bit on that.

The pic. it looks like an asternia star and some kind of worm the star eats corline algae the worm detritus

 

[Blakskall]

well i dont have any livestock except a blue legged hermit and a turbo snail, so they just eat the algae, my lighting a reduced down to 5 hours a day, do you think i should physically remove the algae?

 

[Grizz]

I remove as much as i can in my tanks my thinking is it's removing nitrAtes as well and add a few more CUC that will help also

 

[Blakskall]

What is CUC? Some kind of crab?

 

[puffballurchin]

sea urchins are great at keeping your algae under control...they eat a lot of algae so they will be a lot of competition for other algae eaters...if you do decide to get one i would suggest getting a short spin like the tuxedo sea urchin

mexican turbo snails are very hardy and also eat most forms of algae, but they are not buttonless feeders like the sea urchin

 

[Ibrahim]

CUC is an abbreviation for clean up crew