- Location
- long island, holbrook
Hey everyone,
Need some help battling some kind of green algae or bacteria.
It varyies between lime green and dark green depending on how long it's been since I changed water and cleaned tank. It also almost disappears when lights go out. It's not clumpy nor does it seem to be matting or have filaments growing. comes off rocks and glass very easily by either brushing or blowing off with turkey baster. Sand can be stirred up and it disappears. Turns filter socks green.
I've tried changing my gfo every month, replaced all my ro filters and membrane, been doing water changes of 15-25 gallons twice weekly along with scrubbing all rocks and stirring sand. Tried changing filter socks every day.
It has killed a welso, frogspawn, unknown purple n green acro, pink pocillipora and a few purple mushrooms, it caused my bubble tip to split twice only one split survived and caused huge mass of pink palys to close recede and die what left are still closed except for maybe 10 heads near surface by overflow teeth.
Corals that are doing good are. Huge colony of fire ice zoos perfectly fine n growing. Big hunk of Purple Hearts zoas doing good a little irritated. Eagle eye and Green Bay pack zoas doing fine. Softball size Duncan's, orange crush ecinata?, green star polyps, toadstool, 4 headed candy cane turned into 8 the two heads on top grew 2 new heads, Christmas favia just ok purple mushrooms ones that are left are fine, yellow button polyps fine. Unknown rock flower anemone looking thing popped and grew two new over last 6 months. One red people eater paly 2yrs old struggling. Now the shocker purple stylo small colony doing perfectly fine if not better than ever???
Think it has also caused some fish and invert loss. Snail and hermit population seems sparse. Tried adding some newbs and doesn't seem like much left. Had purple lobster in my sump for at least a yr no problems and he died after feeding him one night was dead next morning. In the last six months I've also lost 3 female and 1 male anthia that were about 3-4 months old doing fine disappeared or dead no sign of sickness or lack of appetite same with 6 month old ruby head wrasse and most recently 2yr old blonde naso grew from about 2" to about 4-5"
Water Params n pics to follow in a minute
Kind of at my wits end feeling kinda discouraged. Don't know what to do. Want my tank to do good again and be fun again. Any and all help would be appreciated. Almost willing to let someone come Frag some stuff outta my tank in exchange for help.
Need some help battling some kind of green algae or bacteria.
It varyies between lime green and dark green depending on how long it's been since I changed water and cleaned tank. It also almost disappears when lights go out. It's not clumpy nor does it seem to be matting or have filaments growing. comes off rocks and glass very easily by either brushing or blowing off with turkey baster. Sand can be stirred up and it disappears. Turns filter socks green.
I've tried changing my gfo every month, replaced all my ro filters and membrane, been doing water changes of 15-25 gallons twice weekly along with scrubbing all rocks and stirring sand. Tried changing filter socks every day.
It has killed a welso, frogspawn, unknown purple n green acro, pink pocillipora and a few purple mushrooms, it caused my bubble tip to split twice only one split survived and caused huge mass of pink palys to close recede and die what left are still closed except for maybe 10 heads near surface by overflow teeth.
Corals that are doing good are. Huge colony of fire ice zoos perfectly fine n growing. Big hunk of Purple Hearts zoas doing good a little irritated. Eagle eye and Green Bay pack zoas doing fine. Softball size Duncan's, orange crush ecinata?, green star polyps, toadstool, 4 headed candy cane turned into 8 the two heads on top grew 2 new heads, Christmas favia just ok purple mushrooms ones that are left are fine, yellow button polyps fine. Unknown rock flower anemone looking thing popped and grew two new over last 6 months. One red people eater paly 2yrs old struggling. Now the shocker purple stylo small colony doing perfectly fine if not better than ever???
Think it has also caused some fish and invert loss. Snail and hermit population seems sparse. Tried adding some newbs and doesn't seem like much left. Had purple lobster in my sump for at least a yr no problems and he died after feeding him one night was dead next morning. In the last six months I've also lost 3 female and 1 male anthia that were about 3-4 months old doing fine disappeared or dead no sign of sickness or lack of appetite same with 6 month old ruby head wrasse and most recently 2yr old blonde naso grew from about 2" to about 4-5"
Water Params n pics to follow in a minute
Kind of at my wits end feeling kinda discouraged. Don't know what to do. Want my tank to do good again and be fun again. Any and all help would be appreciated. Almost willing to let someone come Frag some stuff outta my tank in exchange for help.