Reef Aquarium

The Evolution of Bret's Reef Aquarium as done by Genettico. This is a 2 part series showing the re-birth of a reef aquarium

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Pets & Animals

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• genettico
• reef
• tank
• aquarium
• salt
• fish
• corals
• live
• invertebrates
• large
• custom

[edward1234u]

thanks for the reply i'll take it into account thanks a lot

Edward

p.s. you are probably the most helpful person yet

[genettico]

@edward1234u

Im glad I could help. Best Regards

[edward1234u]

hey, my tank has lots of algae in it. red carpet algae on the sand and glass, also hair algae on the rocks.

do i need to lose the live sand by sucking it up or aquascape it to make the circulation better with added wave makers.

thanks edward

[genettico]

@edward1234u

Hey Edward. Your red algae is more likely to be cyanobacteria. This type of bacteria reproduces very fast under the right conditions. Once there you can kill it with certain products like "SLIME" but the problem is not killing it but making sure it stays off. Most of my accounts including this tank have issues because of the amount of nutrients they introduce to the system via too much food, have poor circulation and poor lighting or TOO much lighting.

[genettico]

@edward1234u

The Best thing for you to do is to find out what is causing the problem first. As you can rid of it for it to come back in a matter of days. Again, most likely is a combination of the things mentioned above, too much food, lighting and circulation. Try and reduce lighting cycle a bit, reduce feeding a bit, and change circulation a bit. If this helps a bit so then you know you are in the right track. Killing it is not a problem once you know the cause. Good luck to you.



[genettico]

@edward1234u

No need to suck the sand. Unless is on a great area, to help you eliminate some of the bacteria. Be careful as to NOT spread it. Also read up a little on diatom blooms as this are sometimes confused with cyanobacteria.

[stuthedigger]

wow,what i change..looks great.any chance you could tell me what air pumps you have in the system? thanks...



[ronnarozny]

I only have one issue with this. The hidden pump in the center of the live rock... It looks like a real you-know-what to clean.

[saltwater221]

wat size tank is that



[elitebigkiller]

Something doesn`t look rite about this tank and the comments arent to good ether

[TheWip140]

Hello What kind of lights are there ?

[Checho1151]

What is the name the firstone song?

[joelcube]

when is the update gonna come

[microhighroller6969]

@edward1234u both, thats what i did to mine i had a pink birds nets acro that was probably a 3/4 pound colony and you couldn't see it for hair algea aquascape it add more wave makers and get a lawnmower blenny

[jonacalderona]

How big is this tank? Dimensions?

[RainyYul]

@edward1234u well , i had the same problem and i even bought the SLIME to get rid of the red slime but after putting it into the tank the problem came again . i got so fed up that i re-set up the tank . everything 's okay now .