Toby Flenderson Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 So my frag tank has been going for a couple weeks now and I've got some crazy brown algae going on. I was just wondering if this is normal and will pass or if I need to start getting serious. Today I changed the light from 8 to 6 hours, added a herd of snails, checked phos level (0.0), coral in display and frag tank are doing great. This tank is plumbed in a loop with my 60 gallon sump and the display is a 90 gallon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cirenus Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Looks like diatoms. Could be a cycle? Id check your Ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Maybe not enough flow? With all the egg create in there possibly. Just a thought. Good luck, lots of nice frags in there Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Flenderson Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 I was thinking about the flow. I'm restricted by the drain size, I'm going to change it this week end. There is a huge power head on the bottom though and water is definatly swirling around everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Pretty typical IME-I'ld do what I could "brush" it off. Safeway sells those Dobie scour pads, a must for any reefer IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattv Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Pretty typical IME-I'ld do what I could "brush" it off. Safeway sells those Dobie scour pads' date=' a must for any reefer IMO[/quote'] +1 and a toothbrush! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I love my doobie pad Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 It looks like your frag tank is doing exactly what it should be at this stage of the cycle. Just like with any aquarium, your frag tank is cycling. If it is plumbed in to your display, then you are just cycling the tank and equipment surfaces of the newly added frag tank. After the multiple types of bactia establish themselves, then you should start to move through the brown phase into the green phase, and then continue on through the cycle. I added sand to some of my tanks in the shop and sure enough, even though the tanks were all cycled, the sand still need to establish itself in the system and build up bacteria. It now has a nice brown diatom layer that should disapear shortly. By the way, that tank looks mighty familiar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Flenderson Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 Ill get scrubbing tonight! Thanks for all the input. Im hoping Garrett's right and it will sort its self out with a little help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smann Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Might try the black eggcrate, seems like the white always attracts algae, i know mine did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 ^^^ I agree with Smann. We use all black now at the store and have for the past year. It really is nice not having crazy algae growth on the eggcrate plus corals just look nicer on black than on white IMO. We have it available by the sheet and half sheet at the shop as well if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Flenderson Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 That's a good idea, I thought that the white crate would reflect light better or somthing but it defiantly attracts algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I agree it looks like just part of the normal cycle process. You don't really even need to clean it off it should die off. I had problems with algae growth even with the black egg crate. MattV made me this nice custom made acrylic frag rack and I love it and it is much more resitant to algae growth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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