Controlling Algae in Your Aquarium. Rich Ross MACNA 2022
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- It's MACNA Monday yet again! Today, we're going back to Milwaukee for Rich Ross' speaker event on controlling algae in our reef tanks and saltwater aquariums. Think you've got a handle on how it's done? Check it out here to find out more!
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Seen talks by this guy before. I thought I liked him. After watching this video I KNOW I like him. This lecture makes the most sense of anything I have listened to regarding algae. The only thing I feel that it left out is the fact that once that reef is mature all the algae inside those colorful corals takes a huge burden off the rest of the system. Good job Richard!
Nice! Nice talk Rich! Beef on brother!
Beef!
This is by far the most infoemative video I've ever seen on algae controll, PLEASE get him to do more video's on your chanel.
Great talk. Thanks, Rich.
Algae can be your friend too :)
Rich love your contents. Respectfully, about Valonia (I also don’t think squeezing is a major thing at all), but it has been demonstrated that they actually CAN replicate from the vesicle contents (Botallico, A. Fellicini, C. et al. Developmental stages of attachment of in vitro protoplasts in two Mediterranean Valonia species. Plant Biosystems, 2008).
Thanks so much. Looking into it!
agree with below - such an informative and important talk to listen to and heed
I care what my phosphate is!!!! Last time I checked it it was 0.00!!! I had to add some because my new corals were looking bad!
Wowwww, amazing info!
Where’s the beef? Love the beef!
Beef!
Reef Beef!!!
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@29:40 "There is no reproductive anything inside the bubbles [of bubble algae]."👍
So is turning the lights off still a good option?
I have no idea what my No3 or Po4 and haven’t tested in months in my sps dominated tanks.
I have not tested in decades. Why?
My GHA is quite long now and next to no herbivore will touch it, I've had 2 sea hares that avoided it at all costs including tuxedo urchins, bristletooth tang, goldrush tang, and a Fiji Foxface, most of the GHA is really tough to grab as well and only very little comes away doing this. Any other recommendations would be great.
Had normal GHA in my Nanotank, due to Nano, a lot of grazers can't get in properly. I got some FluxRX, added a double dose, and it degenerated slowly, also, it could no longer grow, since the Fluconazole inhibits the cells of the 'Macroalgae'.
Alongside, I had one Mespilla globulus who, when done with the glass of the tank, moved over to lawnmover duty. And I added a few Trochus snails plus ONE chonky boy (mexican Turbo snail). After 4 weeks, I could do a water change and start running coal since now, my herbivores will be able to graze, including the 2 Emerald crabs that can get into some nooks and crannies.
@@LordNecron when using fluxrx could you still run your skimmer? Reason I’m asking is because a lot of aggressive treatments say not to use skimmer until treatment is finished but my skimmer is the life blood of my very stable pH due to my co2 scrubber being fed directly into it
Algae is the investment firm of the reef, buying up all the real estate pricing everybody out of it
Rick Ross is the man… and I agree with all of this, BUT lol. If you turn your lights up slow I believe the process will go slow !! Put your lights at the intensity you want day one, and just don’t let your algae gain traction!! You must throw in herbivores and lots of them before algae takes hold… worse case you have to supplement your herbivores with algae/nori sheets so they don’t starve until your tank starts growing algae. And you need to add ammonia, nitrate, and phosphate to the appropriate levels day one, why wait for them to naturally evolve. Now this is all just my opinion based off lots of experience, I am not a official scientist but I am kinda a mad scientist 👨🔬 lmao
Diatom filter for getting that algae out thats in suspension
Vibrant is bad ? How ?
It's algacide. I might work and it might have effects you don't want on your coral tank
@@cephhead i tryed it nothing bad happened ... so as for thousands of reefers has no issue at all thats why I Just wonder ..
@@vargagergely152 many had problems with it.
@@vargagergely152different tanks have different reactions
@@teagancombest6049 yes thats obvious and exactly thats why its stpd to say vibrant is bad .. i used it , and had sucsess algae removed , clear water ect.
This guy makes me squint
I like how he said 21:38 this is a healthy reef…. Bro half the reef is bleached
Nah, almost no bleaching actually and unexpectedly healthy. Corals in the wild don't look like tanks with blue light - perhaps that is what you are picking up on. I was also showing the areas where the tangs feed, which isn't often in the most densely coral packed areas. If I could post pics here, I'd show you some coverage a few feet away. That site is also used as a coral growing area to use to reseed other areas.
Loved the speech. He had me laughing throughout and still felt like i learned something. I felt bad, he had so many little jokes that must have just been lost on the crowd
Beefy
Reef 🥩!
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Reeeeef Beeeef! Thanks for posting this BRS.
Our pleasure! Thanks for giving the great talk!
Rich Ross, that was the most intelligent reef keeping presentation I have ever heard. You enlightened me on many different subjects, some of which I knew but was not sure, some of which I only had an inkling, and some I had no idea. This video is now my "you have to watch this" prior to giving any advice on reef keeping. It is a primer for all new reef keepers. A point of reference of who I am, my ocellaris clown is in her 33rd year ; )
Great job, Richard.
Richard Ross = The Algae Whisperer
Amazing video, mind blower is that bubble algae has no reproduction spores when you pop them. I found 3 small bubbles in my tank and was terrified to remove it as if can't remove the rock it's on. Gonna be popping it when I get home :)
If you add an Emerald Crab, guess what crabby does to slurp em like a juicepack? Poke a hole in em and then slurp.
Watched this again recently, great talk, thanks!
2 questions, don’t most urchins eat coralline too, meaning that negates your reasoning to have coralline first on which other algaes can’t grow, because after the urchins strip the rock down to bare rock again, algae grows?
Also, I don’t think I heard you mention just turning off lights altogether, at least for a few days to fight algae -what do you think?
Love it well done, thank you. My favorite is "Algae will service in the vomit puddle" LOL agree it probably will :)
Very good
The problem is there’s a lot of different cyano species which look very similar to algae. People mistake these for algae, lower their nutrients and thus make the problem worse. What they actually needed to do was raise nutrients and make conditions more favourable for algae to grow and less for the cyano
I don't see much compelling support for that idea either, but that is a different talk!
He didn’t talk about the Quoyi Parrotfish. I’m assuming somewhat brought it up in the Q&A, but can I please get the cliff notes from someone?
If you have a small 6.5 g tank like me what are some good choices for herbivores? Obviously tangs are too big .. what else can I put to tackle the algae other than hermit crabs ? Any small nano fish that are herbivores?
A small urchin would be a potential option! Captive bred Blue Tuxedo urchins can usually be found pretty small and don't grow to be very large.
Beef