reefkeepa
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Well It's taken me awhile but I finally seem to have gotten a handle on my first real algae bloom. My house got flooded in Tropical Storm Isadore and I had to move my tank TWICE!!
The first time wasn't too bad because I only needed to slide it off the old carpet that had gotten wet and then slide it back. But then a few weeks later I had to move it to another room so my new carpet could be installed. Well the stress on my fish was tremendous and I lost a few specimens. A Yellow Tang first
Then a Pearly Jawfish and last but not least a bicolor pseudochromis. I think after talking to some LFS people that the tank probably cycled again. All the while this was happening , hair algae was starting to build up on some rocks. I figured a few 20% water changes over a three week period would help control it. Of course I was wrong and by this time I was getting worried about my soft corals which seemed to handle the stress of the moves better than the fish. I decided to take drastic measures and added some Marine Clean bacteria to the tank. It helped, but
removing detritus and scrubbing the rocks with a nylon brush worked better.I am still fighting it but it looks better than it has since November. Thanks to everyone who posts helpful advice.
The first time wasn't too bad because I only needed to slide it off the old carpet that had gotten wet and then slide it back. But then a few weeks later I had to move it to another room so my new carpet could be installed. Well the stress on my fish was tremendous and I lost a few specimens. A Yellow Tang first
Then a Pearly Jawfish and last but not least a bicolor pseudochromis. I think after talking to some LFS people that the tank probably cycled again. All the while this was happening , hair algae was starting to build up on some rocks. I figured a few 20% water changes over a three week period would help control it. Of course I was wrong and by this time I was getting worried about my soft corals which seemed to handle the stress of the moves better than the fish. I decided to take drastic measures and added some Marine Clean bacteria to the tank. It helped, but
removing detritus and scrubbing the rocks with a nylon brush worked better.I am still fighting it but it looks better than it has since November. Thanks to everyone who posts helpful advice.
