My 20g nanoreef is 9 months old and algae is going to start me to drink. I am getting some kind of grass on my LR. I added some base rock about 3 months ago and it is getting on it also. It even gets in the corner of the tank. The rock turns green and then here comes the grass. It doesn't look like hair algae to me. Mine is bright green and looks like a small weed. After a few days it gets thicker. The hair algae I have seem was a brownish green and very thick. This looks kinda like maidens grass or turf grass after it thickens up.
My phos. and nitrate are both at 0 and have been all the time. The temp is 78 to 80. The sal. .023 and KH is 12. I use 175 watts MH at 12 inches above water line. For about 10 day's the photoperiod is 5 hours.
I have 12 astrea snails, 1 emerald crab, 3 blue leg hermit and 1 red leg hermit. I have been told to get a Lawnmower Blenny after being told to get the emerald. The emerald doesn't eat any algae but coraline. I'm afraid to invest 26.00 for a Blenny that want eat it. I was told the emerald would eat hair and bubble algae. Wrong. I do a 10 to 15% wc about every 5 day's. I also run a protein skimmer.
I need somebody that can tell me what to do. I really can afford to buy whiskey now.
My phos. and nitrate are both at 0 and have been all the time. The temp is 78 to 80. The sal. .023 and KH is 12. I use 175 watts MH at 12 inches above water line. For about 10 day's the photoperiod is 5 hours.
I have 12 astrea snails, 1 emerald crab, 3 blue leg hermit and 1 red leg hermit. I have been told to get a Lawnmower Blenny after being told to get the emerald. The emerald doesn't eat any algae but coraline. I'm afraid to invest 26.00 for a Blenny that want eat it. I was told the emerald would eat hair and bubble algae. Wrong. I do a 10 to 15% wc about every 5 day's. I also run a protein skimmer.
I need somebody that can tell me what to do. I really can afford to buy whiskey now.
