• I can't overcome the algae.

  • Christopher1774

Hello, dear marine aquarium enthusiasts! This plant grows on rocks and pumps. Hipatus does not eat it. I regularly weed it out, but... It does not grow on sand. Two weeks ago, I added carbon, but there is no result. Water parameters: pH 8.1-8.3 KH 7 Ca 420 Mg 1250 Nitrates 5 Phosphates 0 Maybe you can tell me what its name is?

Emily3144

Denis, can you take another photo in a different light, and what is its color and shape in daylight? That is, tear off a larger piece and lay it on a white sheet of paper and take a photo in daylight.

Stephanie3084

They resemble red algae. I have some growing, and their growth needs to be controlled, otherwise they spread like crazy, and it seems that no small fish in nano aquariums eat them. The only way to combat this is to lift that part of the stone to the surface, and the algae will die, then put it back in the aquarium, and everything will be fine, or just keep trimming them constantly.

Heather2018

The color is light brown.

Robert1845

This nuisance was on one stone for about six months; regular weeding was the only thing that helped. The aquarium is low, so I was able to reach it with tweezers (I pulled it out carefully so it wouldn't scatter around the aquarium)... then, apparently, something changed in the parameters, and it disappeared, but some thread-like algae appeared on another stone. (The light might have affected it - the bulbs are already worn out.) And it seems to have a slight lilac tint in the light?

John3142

I realized that the surgeons don't eat that algae, but the chanterelle Lo nibbles on it. Otherwise, I was just removing it by weeding. Why do you have so much of it, and is it bothering you?

Jason9385

4 large stones in this grass. I weed them out, but within a week they grow back and invade the corals. They grow in the middle of the zoanthus colony; they don't care where to grow at all. Doesn't the yellow zebrasoma eat them?

Jason5071

There are different solutions... The small fox will not eat them. There is one catch! If the parameters (nitrate and phosphate) are not normalized, it will grow faster than it can be eaten. I killed this pest in my tank by raising magnesium to 1550. But this is far from the best method.

Bethany

What can anyone say about a fish like Argus?