At my witts end...

[Travis55]

I have a terrible algae outbreak that i cant stop... my water is clear and i have been doing 10% pwc 3 days in a row and it wont go away... any help please.

 

[NyteGTI]

how old is this tank? what kind of CUC do you have?

 

[Travis55]

Nitrates-40
Nitrites-0
Alk-200
Ph-8.0
Salinity-1.028 gotta top off with ro
Ammonia-1.0 just removed some lr last night to make room to clean and set up my nano

 

[bavass]

how old are your bulbs? what are your nitrate and phosphate levels? are you using ro/di water or tap water? if you are using ro/di what is the tds coming out?

 

[Travis55]

how old is this tank? what kind of CUC do you have?

Tank is about 4 months old. I was misinformed and was told to wait 6 mo for a cuc. Now ive been told its too late... i really don't wanna tear the tank down....

 

[Travis55]

how old are your bulbs? what are your nitrate and phosphate levels? are you using ro/di water or tap water? if you are using ro/di what is the tds coming out?

Bulbs are a month old. Params listed im using ro from my buddies lfs

 

[EriksFish315]

Nitrates could be a lot lower. It's not too late to add CUC. Limit feedings and lights and you can resolve the problem.

 

[NyteGTI]

I think Erik meant feedings.... but also that 1ppm ammonia scares me, how much LR did you take out, start doing PWCs to get that ammo down.

& x2 on the CUC it's never too late your tank is still very young

 

[Travis55]

I think Erik meant feedings.... but also that 1ppm ammonia scares me, how much LR did you take out, start doing PWCs to get that ammo down.

& x2 on the CUC it's never too late your tank is still very young

I only have a pair of clowns. I feed a small pinch every other day. Being that my basment has lights should i just leave the tank lights off for a few days?

 

[EriksFish315]

Yeah as long as you don't have corals.

 

[bavass]

I did 50% water changes every 3 days to get my nitrates down, I had a star fish and 2 Chromis in the tank

 

[Travis55]

Yeah as long as you don't have corals.

No corals. I also need to clean out my canister filter

 

[bavass]

Good chance your canister filter is the cause. They can become nitrate factories if not constantly cleaned. I had one been in garage for about 2 years now!

 

[Travis55]

Good chance your canister filter is the cause. They can become nitrate factories if not constantly cleaned. I had one been in garage for about 2 years now!

Im gonna clean it it every other week. How should i go about cleaning it? Replace floss filter and rinse carbon? In my fluval in my nano i have carbon on bottom, LR in the middle, and filter floss on top. How do i clean or replace? I used to just rinse all my other filters on my fw but i know there are some tbings u wanna keep in the media.

 

[mr_X]

that is cyanobacteria. Crabs and snails aren't going to do anything. Clean up crews are completely unnecessary. I would spend the money on salt and keep a water change regimen going. It's definitely not going to go away in a week.

 

[Travis55]

that is cyanobacteria. Crabs and snails aren't going to do anything. Clean up crews are completely unnecessary. I would spend the money on salt and keep a water change regimen going. It's definitely not going to go away in a week.

Should i move my clowns to my nano? Scrub/scrape all the algae off and start water changes like crazy?

 

[Travis55]

that is cyanobacteria. Crabs and snails aren't going to do anything. Clean up crews are completely unnecessary. I would spend the money on salt and keep a water change regimen going. It's definitely not going to go away in a week.

Or get a chemical that will kill it?

 

[mr_X]

You need to get the ammonia down as fast as you can. I would do large water changes like bavass did. If you have a suitable tank available for the clowns, yes, I would remove them.

 

[Travis55]

You need to get the ammonia down as fast as you can. I would do large water changes like bavass did. If you have a suitable tank available for the clowns, yes, I would remove them.

K. All i have in the tank is 2 clowns and a start fish. The only tank i have up and cycled is my ten gal nano. Theyd only be there a day or two.

 

[Travis55]

I have a new turbo twist 3x. Will that help with anything?