Just moved my tank and its...

I just moved my tank and it was sent through a cycle.. I have orange algea growing all over the place..

What can i do to ride this out as fast as possible and get it back on track.. I have lots of corals that are not handling the change very well.

 

anyone have any ideas?? byzene or whatever work?

 

orange algae - I think you could mean diatoms which occured as a result of the new tank/ new silicates

I take it your using rock/ equipment from old tank? as thats going to speed up the mini cycle

did you move your old sand bed to the new tank?

short term solutions - blast your corals with a turkey baster or use a small power head to clean them (things like GSP for example can at times go AWOL due to diatoms covering the pores)

also try out Sea Chems Purigen - when I switched over my tank my diatoms where mild (new tank and new sand bed) and lasted less than 2 weeks and my parameters stayed in check

Steve

 

yup used old sand bed.. and around 80 lbs of old rock.. Set up a new sump with a uv and a new skimmer.. as far as corals not looking too good.. yellow polyps, gsp, acan lords, my colt coral polyps are not fully opened and my kenya trees are not fully opening.. my toad stools are kinda coming out and my candy canes are looking decent.. Ill try the sea chem pur.. whats in it?

 

DoorBoy

its a resin that absorbs Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate
its a fine powder/ spheres that you need to put in a fine mesh bag and add to any power filter you have

it gets darker showing it has absorbed any impurities

check out the Sea Chem web site for more information -

its a very good product and it does what is says it does IME

Steve