Please help with identifying this algae. Need help with treatment!

[Yates273]

Heres what mine looks like............

So what exactly are you doing then?Anything? Or are you just scrubbing every week. I am willing to try fluconazole again since most people have had luck with it. If that doesn’t fix it the. Peroxide dosing if that doesn’t do it then who knows. Maybe it’s Lyngba and not GHA. I swear Dino’s was easier to deal with!

 

[Yates273]

So ReefCleaners just got back to me and here is what they suggest with the info I provided. Any input as to good or bad. The crabs scare me

 

[diana a]

How much is that?

That is a lot of clean up crew if it dies/doesn't clean it.

 

[Yates273]

How much is that?

That is a lot of clean up crew if it dies/doesn't clean it.

Don’t know I asked him for a price but I thought the same thing. That’s a lot! I would probably cut that in half if I were to do it but I’m still up in the air with a custom made clean up crew

 

[Rueric]

Man… I’m in the same boat.. I agree with another poster, I’ve thrown almost everything at this thing and I’m not winning the battle. I’m about to pull the trigger on vibrant as a last resort.

 

[Hallowhead]

The dwarf cerith although cheap are pointless

Everything else looks pretty good though.

Get some more urchins

 

[Yates273]

Man… I’m in the same boat.. I agree with another poster, I’ve thrown almost everything at this thing and I’m not winning the battle. I’m about to pull the trigger on vibrant as a last resort.

I feel for you, thats pretty bad. Have you used fluconazole and or peroxide

 

[Yates273]

Well just went to Petco in Brick. All I can say is slim pickings. They really need Andrew back As soon as possible. I know they’re trying over there but what a difference with him being gone. Their tanks are pretty bare right now and had no urchins. Hermit crabs were way small to do anything. May have to just end up ordering a cleanup crew from somewhere, but scale it down a lot compared to reef cleaners stock. I’m also thinking of adding my emerald crab in tank to see if he munches on the algae.

 

[MadReefer]

Well just went to Petco in Brick. All I can say is slim pickings. They really need Andrew back As soon as possible. I know they’re trying over there but what a difference with him being gone. Their tanks are pretty bare right now and had no urchins. Hermit crabs were way small to do anything. May have to just end up ordering a cleanup crew from somewhere, but scale it down a lot compared to reef cleaners stock. I’m also thinking of adding my emerald crab in tank to see if he munches on the algae.

Andrew will be out for quite some time. Also, the past week Ben and Annie were out so they didn't place an livestock orders.

 

[Yates273]

Woohoo I took my crab out of my AIO to see what he will do with the algae from my reef. I no put some algae in a bucket with the crab and he is munching on the algae in the bucket so i think he will be going into the 120 to help out.

 

[paintman27]

So ReefCleaners just got back to me and here is what they suggest with the info I provided. Any input as to good or bad. The crabs scare me

Waste of money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[paintman27]

So what exactly are you doing then?Anything? Or are you just scrubbing every week. I am willing to try fluconazole again since most people have had luck with it. If that doesn’t fix it the. Peroxide dosing if that doesn’t do it then who knows. Maybe it’s Lyngba and not GHA. I swear Dino’s was easier to deal with!

Scrubbing every day and using 2 power filters at each end of the tank. Bubble scrubbing every night.