Definitely an algae bloom!!!! I had one of these about 6 years ago. It was horrible. I couldn't even see my yellow tang 3 inches behind the glass. I will try to dig up an old pic if I can find one. Mine was caused by stupidity that took place when I got my first tank. I had a cyano issue so I treated the tank w/ that antibiotic stuff slimeaway or something like that. It knocked out the bacteria causing the cyano but it also knocked out allot of good bacteria allowing this alage to take over. In my case it was even greener. I could do a 50% water change one day and things looked better only to find it totally green a day or so later. You won't want to know what fixed it fianlly. In my case this was my first tank and I made allot of mistakes no sump etc. So I moved all of the fish into a hospital tank took everything out and bleached the entire tank. Rinsed the sand in bleach, scrubed every piece of live rock w/ a tooth brush and drilled the tank added a sump a plentium, and set it back up. Moved everything back in and all was fine after that. While I was battling this I did find that doing a water change and then keeping the tank in 100% darness for a few days would help. In my case the algae was just too bad though.
I never have tried a UV though so I would give that a whirl b/c that would be a lot easier then what I did
I sure hope the grow out contest zoas loved this!!! I am guessing they will. Looking forward to an update as soon as you can see them! Or an update to whats going on! Hoping for the best!
Detroit's oldest large LED tank! Est'd Jan 2005, went LED June 2009. 6' wide 130g reef, Sunbrite T10 LED tubes (3xGen 3 and 1xGen 1), mostly SPS, but chalices, other LPS, and a few softies too. http://pjr-reef.blogspot.com/
UV has been running for about 30 hours.... quite a differece.
Last edited by pjr; 12-07-2010 at 07:04 PM.
Detroit's oldest large LED tank! Est'd Jan 2005, went LED June 2009. 6' wide 130g reef, Sunbrite T10 LED tubes (3xGen 3 and 1xGen 1), mostly SPS, but chalices, other LPS, and a few softies too. http://pjr-reef.blogspot.com/
UV at 70 hours. This tank is crystal clear.... WOW!
Detroit's oldest large LED tank! Est'd Jan 2005, went LED June 2009. 6' wide 130g reef, Sunbrite T10 LED tubes (3xGen 3 and 1xGen 1), mostly SPS, but chalices, other LPS, and a few softies too. http://pjr-reef.blogspot.com/
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In my case this was my first tank and I made allot of mistakes no sump etc. So I moved all of the fish into a hospital tank took everything out and bleached the entire tank. Rinsed the sand in bleach, scrubed every piece of live rock w/ a tooth brush and drilled the tank added a sump a plentium, and set it back up. Moved everything back in and all was fine after that. While I was battling this I did find that doing a water change and then keeping the tank in 100% darness for a few days would help. In my case the algae was just too bad though.
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