SRC Member M&M Posted April 3, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 3, 2015 Hi, my tank has been cycling for 3 weeks now. The Ammonia, Nitrite have gone down to 0' and the Nitrate is increasing. But there's a lot of algae on the rocks and sand. Why is this so? When I cycled my old tank, the algae growth wasn't this bad. What can I do about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ytpmzy Posted April 3, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 3, 2015 Every tank is different in a way or the other Don't worry much about it. As of what you can do , more water frequent water change and less light time . since cycling don't really need much light or any light at all. Happy reefing. Cheers p.s any one more experienced than me can feel free to correct me A-lot for me to learn still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Theres also other factors that contribute to algae growth. 1. Since now ur tank is empty, there is nothing to out compete the algae 2. Lights effectively attribute mostly to algae growth 3. High TDS water also helps with algae growth 4. Phosphate may be leaching from your live rocks If u are not intending to stock ur tank with corals yet, u can try "blackout" the tank first. Or put in some cheato / macroalgae to outcompete the algae. Hope this helps. Cheers Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 3, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 3, 2015 Oh. That's great info. I've actually got 2 chromis in it as tester fish. But I have a feeling is the long light hours now that you mention it. I'll definitely do a water change too as well since my cycle is ending soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Daniel Poh Yang Zheng Posted April 5, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 5, 2015 Or u can get a bicolor blenny to clear up the diatom.. Just did that for mine Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member nemokit Posted April 6, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 6, 2015 I started my hobby 2 months back and encountering the same symptom as yours (new-tank syndrome). For mine, it is the brown algae (diatoms) that covers my sand bed and rocks. It is very un-sight to see my white 4ft tank turns brown. To remove those brown algae on my rocks, I find these Trochus Snail (trochus sp.) very useful. I got 3 yesterday for my 4ft and this morning, the 3 rocks where I placed them on looks 50% cleaned up! I did water changes a few weeks back, ran bio-pellets and reducing my lights to 5 hrs per day (due to my LPS corals), the brow algae seems to slowing down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 7, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 7, 2015 Ok cool. Ya my tank is up and running now. Starting to put in fishes but the algae is still there. So I bought 4 turbo snails which really worked magic. The only thing now is my tank gets the morning sun light, so it encourages the algae growth =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member lotu112 Posted April 7, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 7, 2015 Had similar issues too and gotten the snails to solve my issue. Amazed by their cleaning . haha. Does your sandbed has brown algae too? I am seeing slow growth but still trying to find a way to retain the white sandbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 8, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 8, 2015 Yes my sand is turning brown too. Going to try and minimise my light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member F&Mfishlover Posted April 12, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 12, 2015 i faced the same problem as u last time. the algae will go away soon=) don't worry too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 12, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 12, 2015 Ya great. My algae is slowly disappearing thanks to my snails and tangs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member lotu112 Posted April 13, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 13, 2015 Bro, does minimising the light help with algae on the sand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 25, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 25, 2015 Yes it would help a lot. Unfortunately my tank is near a window and sunlight hits it every morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notslig_Ant Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 hi bros, Yup, Turbo snails work wonders! I having some dinoflagellates which the snails are also helping to clean up! I was recommended by ah beng to get a sea hare, but the sea hare he's trying to sell me is kinda big for my tank, so just stick with the snails for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member nemokit Posted April 29, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 29, 2015 hi bros, Yup, Turbo snails work wonders! I having some dinoflagellates which the snails are also helping to clean up! I was recommended by ah beng to get a sea hare, but the sea hare he's trying to sell me is kinda big for my tank, so just stick with the snails for now. I second that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Bulldozer Posted April 29, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 29, 2015 I second that. With a Valentini Toby in my tank ..... I think keeping the Snails alive is an issue. Sigh .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member FaLong Posted June 2, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted June 2, 2015 Where can I buy turbo snails in Singapore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexcyf Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 All LFS should have Quote Follow Alex's Reefing Journey @ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member nemokit Posted June 26, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted June 26, 2015 They look like this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidjc Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Get algae blenny will eat these brown algae aka diatom algae Quote Current Tank(s) : 2 x 1 x 1 mixed reef tank What in my mind now (future tanks) 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 low profile coral tank 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 low profile reef tank Decommissioned Tanks : 2 ft seahorse tank back in the 1990s' 2.5 ft cube mixed reef tank in 2007 to 2008 JBJ 28g Tank . Maxspect G1 110W + 12W DIY LED . Tunze 9002 Skimmer . Vortech MP10w ES . SPS only Tank . Picasso Clown Fish (2009 to 2011) 2 x 1 x 1 puffer-fishes, box-fishes & Frog-fish tank (2015) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainmakersg Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Algae during tank cycling is very normal. Just need some patience. It will go away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo_pat Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Try to dose some bacteria , eg : Bact7 and Bio Digest, it will help a lot on the algae issue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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