Algae issue help!

[MattL]

I have this algae popping up all over my tank, and corals. Any thoughts to help? I don't want to loose any coral or let it over take the tank.
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[the_fish_man]

What's your parameters? What livestock do you have? How ofen do you feed?

 

[MattL]

125g, high flow, high LED light, feed daily with a mix of coral food and mysis. Water params are all good, salinity 1.024, temp 79. Copper band, tank, plus lots of clean up crew are m critters who would attach it. Woud an arrow crab help?

 

[kyuubichan218]

I've got some of the same growing in mine, ime my scarlet leg hermits seem to think its delicious and keep it under control when its growing somewhere they can get to it.

 

[MattL]

Good to know, I have only blue legs.

 

[oatyfruitybar]

Kind of looks like hair algae to me?

 

[Off The Deep End]

Its green hair algae(GHA). Cut down on your feedings, nutrients are the driving force so over feeding will make it grow faster. Are you draining the mysis before feeding? Also i have had good luck with emerald crabs for GHA. HTH

 

[oatyfruitybar]

I wasn't sure if it was GHA or not, but I agree with Dillon - I have an emerald crab and it eats most of the growth in my tank.

 

[KhensuRa]

If I were you and it was only growing on small rocks like that, then I would pull the rocks and scape the heck out of them. Or in some cases even boil them. But if you have it all over then you really need to cut back on feedings and do water changes to get you parm's under control.

I do not think an arrow will help you at all, other then killing other crabs. You might try a sea hair or an abalone, Daniel swears by his abalone. And there might be a loner sea hair out there.

 

[chrislorentz]

nutrient export

 

[MattL]

GHA was my guess too. Abalone might be a good idea, how many for a 125?

 

[Octopus Sun]

snails with keep it under control, I have several different types, fighting conchs, turbos, etc to keep the gha, and other stuff down when it appeared after this last move.
To much food in your DT is the main culprit, mysis shrimp MUST be washed off before used to feed to clean it of that nasty oil.

 

[rangerbobb]

Keep your lights off for a few days and don't feed during that time. It should help the critters get things more under control since the algae needs the light to grow. I try to do it once a month or so and it seems to help a lot.

 

[Cake_Boss]

GHA was my guess too. Abalone might be a good idea, how many for a 125?

Just 1 will do it, might take him longer but you'll keep him alive. I don't think you have a big problem, I don't think you'll need one. He'll die without algae to graze on.

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[MattL]

Thanks for the help. So what are the risks with an emerald crab? Will turbos do the trick? The thing i don't like about turbos is they knock everything over. If i just dump up my cleanup crew work?

 

[dvenson]

i have had an abalone for over a year now and they will eat any type of algae he can get into his mouth. The one i have is huge also and he is in a 28 gallon. i have had sea hares in the past and they only eat hair algae so they would eat all the hair algae and either die or i would have to pass him along.

 

[dvenson]

Just 1 will do it, might take him longer but you'll keep him alive. I don't think you have a big problem, I don't think you'll need one. He'll die without algae to graze on.

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the Albalone will not die with out hair algae they can eat multiple types and thrive.

Jamie you are thinking of Sea Hares.

 

[Cake_Boss]

I hate it when I mix stuff up, thanks Daniel

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[Tajjo]

I've personally had no luck with abalones or sea hare.

 

[Kalani Corals]

Back in the day, I had a tank full of this! It was due to esentially using tap water (because my RO unit was not filtering). Check your TDS and skim, skim, skim. One critter that ate this like a champ is a diadema (long spine) urchin. I still have the urchin as my loyalty will never allow me to part with him! Good Luck.