bickid
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have a HUGE problem with this ugly brown algae. Thanks to the forums, I have been able to identify it as Dictyota. Now I need help in getting rid of it. I have a 125L reef tank that has been up and running for almost a year. I have had the algae from the beginning, probably from my LR. I added a new light system in December upgrading from 520W PCs to 3 x 175W MH and 260W PCs and the problem got worse. I know that light will make any algae grow, but this is crazy. It is starting to cover my beautiful corals both hard and soft. I prune it back but that just seems to make it spread further. The base of the algae is attached to the rocks and requires scrubbing to take it off, yet it still grows back. My tank is stocked with 1 hippo tang, 2 clowns, 1 flamehawk, 1 dottyback and 1 cleaner shrimp. The tank is currently ripped apart with half of my rocks and sand in a seperate tank due to a flatworm infestation that I am successfully treating. This half is algae free but also has no lights. Any help would be appreciated. My local LFS sucks! I brought some of it in for them to identify and they just said, "It looks like a brown algae to me." I am willing to try just about anything. Thanks in advance for your help.