Having some problems with algea

[triga22]

Ive been having some problems with nasty yellow/brownish algea growing on some of my rocks. Its fuzzy and whenever I get it all off the rock it comes right back. Some of my corals are half way closed up and have been that way for about a week. Does anyone have suggestions? Answers?

 

[FutureInterest]

Could be a number of different algaes. We have to identify it before we figure out a treatment...

Sounds kinda like dinos though:

 

[triga22]

Nope it dosent look like that here is a pic of it.:wow2:
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[triga22]

Just for the heck of it. My new clown from Optimum.
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[blind1993]

TriGa22;143842 wrote: Just for the heck of it. My new clown from Optimum.

is it really that white, the alage?

nice tank you need to post some pics in your build thread.

 

[skriz]

looks like cyano

 

[triga22]

What White?If its on the rocks it is probalby bad lol. Anything on the glass thats white is fine. How do I treat this algea? I had a really bad time and added a couple of PH's some phosphate remover and bam. Well this isnt going away!

 

[victor626nj]

i second the cyano slow down on the feeding cut lights off for 48 hours ,do a water change add new carbon good luck

 

[blind1993]

blind1993;143855 wrote: is it really that white, the alage?

nice tank you need to post some pics in your build thread.

well i guess i was wrong since cyano is not alage but some say a bacteria-alage mix.

 

[triga22]

I will do that. The only problem is that I dont feed much, at all. Really I forget and they dont get fed for a week, yet they still are full. I dont think that I am overfeeding. But I will shut the lights off for tommorow and the next day and add some carbon in tonight.