toddwess
Aquarium Advice Freak
Okay, this should NOT be happening, but I have brown algae!
I have a 40 gallon tank with 45 lbs of LR and several hard corals, two clowns, one red star, one serpant star, one brittle star and like 10 hermits and 10 various snails (they die off from time to time, so I'm not sure who is left - I had trouble helping them with new shells, but all is good now - I got new homes for everyone)
I come home from work, and I have a thin layer of brown algae on the sand. I mix it up a bit, clean out the protien skimmer and test my phosphates. Phosphates are at 0.5 so I add a "Phosphate Magnet" product to remove phosphates.
I come home from work TODAY, and there is a TON of brown algae and phosphates are at 1.5!!
I am using DI water for water changes, and I test it before I add it - it is perfect water.
Where do these diatoms come from?? Does anyone else just HATE them??
P.S. I fed my bubble corals (I have two varieties) last night with raw brine shrimp and it was TOTALLY cool!!! They just take it right out of your hand. THIS is the reason I got a SW tank!!! They may be classified as 'High Maintenance', but they are totally worth it.
Thanks for any help - I hate brown algae . . .
Todd
I have a 40 gallon tank with 45 lbs of LR and several hard corals, two clowns, one red star, one serpant star, one brittle star and like 10 hermits and 10 various snails (they die off from time to time, so I'm not sure who is left - I had trouble helping them with new shells, but all is good now - I got new homes for everyone)
I come home from work, and I have a thin layer of brown algae on the sand. I mix it up a bit, clean out the protien skimmer and test my phosphates. Phosphates are at 0.5 so I add a "Phosphate Magnet" product to remove phosphates.
I come home from work TODAY, and there is a TON of brown algae and phosphates are at 1.5!!
I am using DI water for water changes, and I test it before I add it - it is perfect water.
Where do these diatoms come from?? Does anyone else just HATE them??
P.S. I fed my bubble corals (I have two varieties) last night with raw brine shrimp and it was TOTALLY cool!!! They just take it right out of your hand. THIS is the reason I got a SW tank!!! They may be classified as 'High Maintenance', but they are totally worth it.
Thanks for any help - I hate brown algae . . .
Todd