Diatoms, brown algae cure for money

[Saltwatta]

I have this brown algae problem with my tank and it doesn’t go away. My tank has been running since January and I’ve been changing the water once a week, yet it’s coming back. I will pay to whoever that can help me fix the problem.
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[Ren10]

Post your tank setup and lighting schedule and I am sure people could help. For starters what do you have as far as a clean up crew? Looks like you could use a conch or sand sifting sea star for the sand.

[619reefer15]

How much do you feed. Frequency of feeding and how much??? Nitrates? Phosphates? Lighting schedule doesn’t really matter. Mine are on like for 12 hours lol


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[cHRoNzZe v2]

If you get 2 sand sifthing stars,3 fighting conch,5 nassarius snails,2 turbo snails and a few small snails all that should go away in about 1 week

[cHRoNzZe v2]

I had the same issue when i started my new tank with my sandbed,as soon as i added 3 conches it cleared up always 3 days after

[sdrlo]

I found 2 rounds of chemiclean helped clear it up, but the cause in my case was no flow in the bottom of the tank. I added a circulation pump on the bottom of one side and that seems to have done the trick. I also used a turkey baster to blow off all the rock (do this before every water change) and stir up the sand bed. I am about 2 months out since it cleared up and my tank turned a year old June 18th. Also cut my lights for a few days and now run more blue less white for a 12 hour 7 to 7 schedule. It is frustrating and chemiclean may not be the right product for you, but looks similar to what I was dealing with.


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[CoralGuy93]

If it’s Diatoms, Trochus snails consume it as one of their main sources of food. I put about 12 in my 60 gallon lagoon and it was totally gone in a few days, but that was the initial “new tank diatom bloom”.

If it’s Dinos, it’s a little bit of a tougher problem. You could try chemi-clean with a 3 day blackout (lights totally off), I’ve seen that work a few times. You could also try a product called Dino-X.


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[Saltwatta]

Thanks for all the input everyone, as of now my light is running for 9 hours, I’m running bubble magnus, phosphate reactor. But I don’t have much cleaning crew

[Kenith]

test your nitrates and phospates. I bet you are out of balance on one or the other. Try to keep phos around 0.03-0.05 and nitrates around 5-10ppm and increase beneficial bacteria (microbacter, dr tims, etc.)

[Miklo_Miklo12]

[QUOTE=sdrlo;1155662]I found 2 rounds of chemiclean helped clear it up, but the cause in my case was no flow in the bottom of the tank. I added a circulation pump on the bottom of one side and that seems to have done the trick. I also used a turkey baster to blow off all the rock (do this before every water change) and stir up the sand bed. I am about 2 months out since it cleared up and my tank turned a year old June 18th. Also cut my lights for a few days and now run more blue less white for a 12 hour 7 to 7 schedule. It is frustrating and chemiclean may not be the right product for you, but looks similar to what I was dealing with.


Same it took me like 2 times to clear it up.

[619reefer15]

Test your water. And go from there. Post your results


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