chattTiger
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Jun 9, 2012
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Can anyone confirm if this is green film algae? Any recommendations for getting rid of it?
I have a new tank 2.5 months old. It is a 65 gal and has 70 lbs of live rock, and crushed coral substrate. To date I have only cured the live rock and added cleaners (snails, hermits, shrimps, emerald crabs). No fish or corals present. Until this week I have a no algae problems but all of a sudden I had a big bloom. It covered the glass and rock. I was able to get it off the glass with float magnet. But trying to get it off the rock with a tooth brush didn't work. I think I may have caused this bloom by overfeeding the inverts. I was worried about them starving since there are no fish yet and thus no food scraps.
Since there are no corals yet, would keeping the lights off work?
I have a new tank 2.5 months old. It is a 65 gal and has 70 lbs of live rock, and crushed coral substrate. To date I have only cured the live rock and added cleaners (snails, hermits, shrimps, emerald crabs). No fish or corals present. Until this week I have a no algae problems but all of a sudden I had a big bloom. It covered the glass and rock. I was able to get it off the glass with float magnet. But trying to get it off the rock with a tooth brush didn't work. I think I may have caused this bloom by overfeeding the inverts. I was worried about them starving since there are no fish yet and thus no food scraps.
Since there are no corals yet, would keeping the lights off work?