How To Cure and Prevent Nuisance Algae | Beginner Guide To Saltwater Aquariums

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FishOfHex Aquatics

FishOfHex Aquatics

8 жыл бұрын

In this video i will go over several things that cause nuisance algae in a reef tank along with how to prevent them. I discuss things like TDS in ATO water, having to many fish, over feed fish and coral, aquarium maintenance, types of skimming, using old rock and over dosing your reef with supplements. All of these can contribute to nuisance algae and taking the proper steps can go along way in preventing it in the first place.
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@ShilpanGPatel
@ShilpanGPatel 7 жыл бұрын
I've only had a tank for a few months and I've been following all your advice. My parameters are stable, fish and soft corals happy and new tank algae dying away due to your excellent advice. Thank you very very much I appreciate your quality videos. You've saved me a lot of cash too
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 7 жыл бұрын
No problem glad to help
@brandonezdoofenshmirtz2916
@brandonezdoofenshmirtz2916 4 жыл бұрын
Congrats, hope its still going well
@brandonskelly35
@brandonskelly35 6 жыл бұрын
I do my research. This channel is the best info. I’m Subscribed. Thank you and I hope you put out much MORE content.
@Hppyguy66
@Hppyguy66 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the info. The best video on this topic I’ve seen. Two thumbs up!!!
@colinpearce2536
@colinpearce2536 8 жыл бұрын
Just starting on the path of aquariums, your videos are honestly the best guides that i have seen so far, thank you for them.
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 8 жыл бұрын
No problem I'm glad they are helping you out. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
@patricktan20
@patricktan20 7 жыл бұрын
Great lessons learned.... Awesome Tank Buddy!
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 7 жыл бұрын
Thank You
@charlietvip197
@charlietvip197 4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful tank
@myopinion6328
@myopinion6328 6 жыл бұрын
This video helped...I had an algae problem...read through list and none applied..or so I thought...I had changed my ro/di filters a month ago...and went about my Buisness...well turns out my unit wasn't filtering properly...lesson learned...test and retest...had I tested water after changing filters, instead of assuming all was good...I would have saved so many water changes, along with many other unnecessary things...thanks for listening...made me rethink things
@joseCalderon1976
@joseCalderon1976 8 жыл бұрын
Another great video with great tips.
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 8 жыл бұрын
Thank You
@inakireyes130
@inakireyes130 8 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Very good.
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 8 жыл бұрын
+Iñaki Reyes Thanks for watching
@HCBCHEMISTRY
@HCBCHEMISTRY 8 жыл бұрын
I like how you added brackish fish inside.
@anthonysmalawipredators8794
@anthonysmalawipredators8794 8 жыл бұрын
great topic very helpful i'm still fighting green hair algae in my picotope. tank is looking perfect by the way
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 8 жыл бұрын
+Anthony's Marine and Malawi Thanks man im still figuring out the new camera i need to make some adjustments to get the color right. thanks for watching.
@MereReef
@MereReef 8 жыл бұрын
Now that is how you make a video on algea great job thanks dude
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks man
@coltsmiff1132
@coltsmiff1132 5 жыл бұрын
I'm setting up a new saltwater tank and he scared the s*** out of me. Lol. 📝 for sure.
@fredrobles180
@fredrobles180 7 жыл бұрын
great info thank you
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 7 жыл бұрын
No Problem
@starwindaquariums6309
@starwindaquariums6309 7 жыл бұрын
nice video thanks for the tips
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 7 жыл бұрын
No Problem
@yasseraloy4178
@yasseraloy4178 8 жыл бұрын
Awesome tips
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 8 жыл бұрын
+Yasser Aloy thank you
@MikeLemming
@MikeLemming 8 жыл бұрын
Awesome video bro!! I'm sure everyone watching (myself included) is rethinking everything they're doing with their tank.. Keep up the good vids man!
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 8 жыл бұрын
+Mike Lemming Thanks Bro
@franks-kitchen
@franks-kitchen 6 жыл бұрын
Mike Lemming good job
@karenholmes8057
@karenholmes8057 7 жыл бұрын
new reefer thanks for info very clear and understandable, so much confusing info out there and people abbreviating so its like double dutch for newbies,
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 7 жыл бұрын
Np glad to help
@pelphrey
@pelphrey 8 жыл бұрын
Great video!!! I do slack on my GFO replacement. This is why it sucks having a small tank stand. If it's not easy we tend to skip it!
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 8 жыл бұрын
+pelphrey Yea i understand that i have a hard time getting to the reactor without having to move things around.
@PaulBlaney
@PaulBlaney 8 жыл бұрын
THANKS a million!!!! i needed to change my rodi filters lol holy crap they were baaaaad
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 8 жыл бұрын
Glad to help man, happy you found the problem.
@ROTTERtube
@ROTTERtube 6 жыл бұрын
great video dude! one of the best
@flamzy150
@flamzy150 8 жыл бұрын
Cool this explains why I'm getting Algae all my test have been great everything seems perfect only thing I'm doing is using rain water cheers I'll have to get a Ro
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 8 жыл бұрын
+flamzy150 Glad i can help thanks for watching.
@19801emmanuel
@19801emmanuel 4 жыл бұрын
FBI has joined the chat...
@mattkavili
@mattkavili 5 жыл бұрын
I’ve watch a ton of these. I think you way have solved my issue with this one. I bought used rock about 8 months ago. Set up my tank with it. Ever since I’ve been at war with the algae. Question is what do I do now? I got coral frags glued all over the rock.
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 5 жыл бұрын
could take the rock out and cure it and do many water changes or wait it out
@lisadimercurio9473
@lisadimercurio9473 6 жыл бұрын
What would you do in my situation? My tank is 30 gallons and is a year and a half old. I have 5 small fish. I feed daily but not too much. Barely feed the coral once a month. I use gfo for phosphates when they get .1 my nitrates are 20-50. Haven’t been able to get them lower. I have all HOB equipment including a Algae scrubber from Santa Monica filtration. I started getting diatoms after adding daily phytoplankton for the copepods for the ruby red dragonets. They died so no more phyto for the last month. I tried a 3 day blackout to no avail. 2 days ago added Chemiclean because I thought I might be battling Brown cyano. This hasn’t worked so far. My tds is 0. I do weekly water changes and wet skim. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated. Thanks for all you do
@themidwestfishkeeper8117
@themidwestfishkeeper8117 8 жыл бұрын
Very informitve if I had my saltwater tank! 😅
@themidwestfishkeeper8117
@themidwestfishkeeper8117 8 жыл бұрын
I think i did 4 out of 8 incorrectly 😰 thats maybe why my tanked sucked. I knew about it but it didnt work and everything is to expensive
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 8 жыл бұрын
+H.O.F Hobby Channel I just takes time and understanding but once you get it everything gets easy. Thanks for watching
@ohdearinpubs417
@ohdearinpubs417 6 жыл бұрын
Is nuisance algae ok? Like will it cause parameter swings? I've heard it grows by consuming phosphates and stuff.
@flyingwasp1969
@flyingwasp1969 6 жыл бұрын
are the freshwater mollies nipping at the algae all the time ? I was going to put a couple in my tank .I wanted to avoid large tangs in a 120 gallon. The Rottertube guy has some new videos on his algae battle, he has many tangs and a foxface, he says none of them touch his hair algae.With tangs ,sometimes they will go to town on algae and sometimes they ignore it
@paulbarker3369
@paulbarker3369 6 жыл бұрын
I have a 13 fluval tank a the skimmer that gos with it 16 lbs of live rock all my levels a good it about 3 months old i get algae change 2 gals of water every two week feed small amount of food one's a day and only two small fish
@karennation3580
@karennation3580 3 жыл бұрын
Does wet skinning mean that it bubbles up over the walls at a faster rate as opposed to it just kind of trickling over slowly?
@wendellstamper5232
@wendellstamper5232 4 жыл бұрын
Travis I am currently battling some hair algae, and I probably over feed. I have a med yellow tang, Flame Angel and two small Ocellaris Clowns. I feed one cube daily or dry food or a nori strip. should I feed every other day or even less? my concern is the yellow wont get enough food. Thanks from an old Jar Head.
@jackiekearney
@jackiekearney 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video, What I don't know is how much, blue, uv, cool blue, cool white etc. lights I should set my Aquaillumination Prime HD, I used to have led lights that no need to control each lights. Lights is the one I don't really know. I have Red Sea reefer 350 with soft corals, sps, Mushrooms, and anemone, I set my blues, purple, uv lights high and white high, the green and yellow low. My coral do far are ok, but I want to know if I am doing it right. Ty
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 7 жыл бұрын
You will need to get yourself a par reader to see what kind of light they are putting out and make adjustments that way. or find a common setting people who use those lights find works.
@littleche7676
@littleche7676 Жыл бұрын
Can you add formalin in the tank with anemone in?
@bubbaluv00
@bubbaluv00 4 жыл бұрын
I tried to add photos and it didn't work Ty for your wonderful videos
@michaelross5674
@michaelross5674 Жыл бұрын
So a skimmer is always a plus??? I have the fluval evo 13.5... I have the skimmer for the tank should i hook it up
@ridgidsreef7880
@ridgidsreef7880 6 жыл бұрын
Hey question: is that a black molly in the upper right hand corner of your tank? I hear they love hair algae...
@11SEXMACHINE
@11SEXMACHINE 4 жыл бұрын
It is a lyertail sailfin molly and a female.
@rc2300s2r
@rc2300s2r 4 жыл бұрын
Ha. Just came here from your live show 1/26/20. Came right in on the marine pure part of this vid and how your going with it. Oh how times have changed. Aluminum!!! Now what do I do with mine? Keep it? Fook!!!
@ohdearinpubs417
@ohdearinpubs417 6 жыл бұрын
Just lost my royal gramma in QT - pretty mad, I was in a hurry to get the fish before the store closed so I didn't have time to actually look at the fish. My fault, but I'm pretty mad. Cloudy eyes, hole in head, and messed up scales. Think I can get my money back?
@karennation3580
@karennation3580 3 жыл бұрын
Dont corals grow faster feeding more than once evry 2 weeks? I am starting to wonder if my algae is from trying to up nitrates that were 2 and phospates one. I started feeding daily, either with oyster feast, reefroids or chili, and reef energy amino acids. It did start to come on after nopox and water changes. It looks like diatoms. I did read that 0 phosphates can cause dino's but dosnt look stringy or weblike. It is brownish green but on the walls has some red in it and bubles attached to some areas on walls. I have some patches of flowing algae like GHA and I just noticed how much darker my rocks have gotten. I cleaned some with peroxide and they look better but ran out. Been dosing vibrant and mb7 but I read that lowers nitrates and phos as well! Also dosing neophos. I think I wll either dose nitrates or leave them alone. They are at 3 now. I a m going to just keep up this rountine and vacum sandbed through a filter sock. I dont know if I should tackle this hard incase it is dinos or just treat as diatoms since that is what it look's like but I know the conditions are right for it and just starting getting bad after WC! I cant seem to dial in my 2 part since alk is dropping so inconsistently and that's why I continue doing water changes.
@clash5350
@clash5350 8 жыл бұрын
where did you get those rocks on the back of your aquarium wall
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 8 жыл бұрын
Google Mag Rocks. So many different people make them now but thats what they are called.
@blackstar94370
@blackstar94370 7 жыл бұрын
Hi.. on the right it's that molly fish ?
@christianwinston1299
@christianwinston1299 7 жыл бұрын
Lixi Lineas looks like it to me too
@JXZ-JAM
@JXZ-JAM 7 жыл бұрын
But what if I dont have to much of a problem with algae and dont want to eliminate it cause i want a food source for things like crabs, snail other clean up crew thing, etc so they dont starve?
@FishOfHex
@FishOfHex 7 жыл бұрын
You never add food to feed a cleanup crew they will be fine.
@therogerwilco
@therogerwilco 8 жыл бұрын
Nopox is easier. Plus feeding nitrate-rich foods vs phosphate. Good ideals, but pretty old methods.
@Berbs73
@Berbs73 5 жыл бұрын
Poor circulation also causes algae.
@kencress1267
@kencress1267 4 жыл бұрын
You should not dose anything you can't test for.
@Berbs73
@Berbs73 5 жыл бұрын
Bare bottoms are not attractive with reefs, imo.
@truereefkeeping6022
@truereefkeeping6022 3 жыл бұрын
No one can hear you man your to far away, I can hardly hear you in any of your videos
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