My Tank

[phaze]

Hi thought i would shair with you all my fish tank ive only had it up and running for about 4 months now .

I do have a question about alge ..... i have alot of purple string type alge thats starting to get out of control any advise would be really handy .

HERES MY VIDEO OF MY TANK . comments welcome ..


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My fish tank

 

[Jimyfloyd]

CAn't see vid from work but sounds like cyano.

What's the water stats and what water source are you using. I have the same problem and it's probably down to my RO filter being knackered!

 

[mixmaster jay]

really nice setup matee i dont know about the algea but i think its quite common in marine tanks ive seen hundreds and nearly all them seem to have it i may be wrong in this but someone will correct me if so

 

[youngfisher]

Wow.
That is a beautiful tank.
Whats it stockings.

YF

 

[phaze]

Wow.
That is a beautiful tank.
Whats it stockings.

YF

At the moment i have the following --

2 clown fish
2 dartfish
1 royal gramma
1 regal tang
5 hermit crabs
1 toadstall
1 finger coral
1 duncan coral
and something else that i dont know the anme lol

CAn't see vid from work but sounds like cyano.

What's the water stats and what water source are you using. I have the same problem and it's probably down to my RO filter being knackered!

My water stats are really good and i get my RO from the local store.

 

[rabbut]

What TDS does the local fish shops fresh RO water have?

The algea sounds like Cyno, if it's the same apperance but different colour to the algea visible in your sand bed in the video. There are many listed causes of it, but take wach with a pinch of salt as there is little evidence to back-up the claims for each...

In-efficient skimming
High Phosphate
High Nitrate
Low flow in the affected area (There appears to be very little flow over the bottom front in the video, those star polyps aren't moving )
Source water with high TDS readings

All the best
Rabbut