Insane algae growth!

Hi Guys,

It is day 17 for my 20 gallon tank and I just added 3 fire shrimp, 4 emerald crabs and 10 astrea snails. Algae growth is much to rapid, In the morning I wil wake up and clean my glass and I get back at night and the glass will get covered. Also the sand has tons of purple/green algae with hair algae on top of it. I have 4.8 watts/gal, so a good amount but not insane. I also have a skimmer, filter and heater all working fine. Can anyone help me stop it? Thanks.

 

U should get an blue tuxedo urchin and a sea hare that did the trick in my tank hope I helped

 

Did you check all your water parameters?

 

Although the snails and crabs are good for clean up, they contribute to the fueling of algae growth through their deification in a still cycling tank. A full cycle will take up to 6-8 months. Use Chemi-Clean or Red Slime Remover for the Cyano on the sand. Both products are perfectly safe and are a stop gap measure until you get the water cleaned up. Add live bacteria at double the marine dose to help the biological filtration. "Algone" is a great product to rid the tank of excess nutrients and is all natural.

 

Do a search here for Algae Scrubber, find AV8's thread on Algae Scrubbers. Got mine up & running finally. No crazy growth for 1 week!! Still alot of GHS but not noticable growth at all.

 

http://www.3reef.com/forums/algae/winning-battle-81024.html

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