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[coralcrazy]

okay when i feed my fish their is this green fog that is at the bottom of my/friends tank? looks like algae...but my tank clears up when i turn of my filter...i am running carbon right now..and getting a uv sterilizer..i do have chaeto that it seems to be comming from? anybody have this problem? is it going sexual?..i thought chaeto doesn't go sexual..

 

[coralcrazy]

btw what a thread name Uh oh!! :icon16: join me and help the green fog..

 

[coralcrazy]

no one?!

 

[DRZL]

chaeto usually doesnt go sexual as much as the little pubes get into ur main tank, a fog of green doesnt sound like a macro algae problem as much as a micro problem, what r ur params? UV kills things but w/o a good skimmer its not exiting the tank

 

[masterswimmer]

I agree with Andres. Chaeto doesn't go sexual.

It definitely sounds like a micro algae problem. How long has the tank been up and running?

Russ

 

[Josh]

Do you have any clams?

 

[coralcrazy]

nope no clams...i just ordered a skimmer...i guess that should help...i also just switched from tap water to disti. water..after members flamed me ....its been up for about a month... it was prob. because of the tap water with all the crap in.....i just wanted to make sure that my chaeto wasn't going sexual...thnks..

 

[DRZL]

Hey flaming is a passionate form of lovable discourse :hug:

what skimmer are you getting? what r ur params? tank size?

good to hear you've changed your tap water ways

 

[coralcrazy]

hehe..yea you guys are so much better then any other forums..like flaming here would be like...please change your tap water ...anyway this is my/ friend's 30 gallon tank..the strange thing is my 2.5 has cleared up instantly when i change to distill water...it looked liked a member who's tank recently cleared up..i forgot the name..but the water was green and merky...so we are going to split the cost of a remora...lol..he owns half of the tank...kind of intresting....anyway..we are thinking about UV....the tank has been up for around a month..we have 2 150 MH 10K bulbs on it..this is the one the carpet is in...i was kind of worried but i guess the light is still penetrating throught the merky water..it looks happy... aka he owns all the coral and i just own the carpet and clowns..

 

[masterswimmer]

One month old.....your tank is still in it's cycle mode. It is very much a new tank. And like you said, you were using tap water initially. Things will get better once you start skimming it too. You are definitely moving in the right direction.

I would hold off on adding ANY new livestock for awhile though. A carpet in a tank only one month old could be the cause of your green water problem too.

Take things slow.

Russ

 

[coralcrazy]

i am sorry....i got confused...my 2.5 is a month old..my friends tank is 3 months old...sorry for the confusion...he did have a problem with his tank water being green but he did lots of water changes, but now he has gotten a bloom..mabey cause we put another 150 Watt MH..

 

[DRZL]

lighting cant cause an outbreak unless the nutrients there to fuel it just keep up the husbandry and everything should stabilize otherwise pics and a full run-by of the tank specs

Russ is right though take it slow,

Think of reefing like being with a woman, you take it slow and keep everything stable, and once everything is happy and growing, you sell her growth to your reef buddies, eermmm...uh yeahh..lol

 

[masterswimmer]

LMAO @ Andres