regaltang9
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I have noticed that green harlike?bubble algea have taken over my tank. I added some emeralds and almost all the bubble algea is gone but I cannot get rid of the hair algea.:help:
Algea problem!
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regaltang9
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anyone
regaltang9
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a year and about a half it has been running...........never had an algea problem before just out of nowhere i got a ton of algea
sirgunther
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check your lighting.. i had a hella bad problem with it in my tank.. i took the bulbs out, cleaned em up, cleaned tthe glass over the tank, and i woke up today and its literaly disintegrating into itself.. really wierd how lighting controls most of the algae in our tanks...
yosemite sam
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Sounds like hair algea. What are your water parameters (nitrates, phosphates, etc.?) Have you added anything new to your tank? Do you have a deep sand bed, or a refugium? How much current do you have in the tank?
regaltang9
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two water jets, protein skimmer, 2-3 inches small sand bed............parameters checked a week ago (will recheck today), there only two things i can think that is being a problem i had a very healthy sea anemone and t split; one half died because it wasn't able to eat. Another problem was the lfs where i buy my fishfood changed brand; right after the algea breakout i found another lfs and went back to the fish food i had been using.......as far as lighting i have one metal halide
regaltang9
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my protein skimmer makes (i think) to much bubbles should i reduce them?
sirgunther
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1. is the bulb older than 6-9 months?
2. Have you disturbed anything? added sand, removed coral?
3. Possible re-cycle due to loss of anemone? (a smaller cycle is common with the loss of large wildlife)
4. "phos-ban" will help remove any phosphates.. if you have them...
Bubbles are purely aesthetical.. I have added a small bubble stone in my return spout off my filter to provide more bubbles to the tank.. I like the look of a somewhat bubbly appearance. I also think it help to create a healthy gas exchange at the top of the tank, what with more bubbles poppin and swirling around..
HTH, its all i got
2. Have you disturbed anything? added sand, removed coral?
3. Possible re-cycle due to loss of anemone? (a smaller cycle is common with the loss of large wildlife)
4. "phos-ban" will help remove any phosphates.. if you have them...
Bubbles are purely aesthetical.. I have added a small bubble stone in my return spout off my filter to provide more bubbles to the tank.. I like the look of a somewhat bubbly appearance. I also think it help to create a healthy gas exchange at the top of the tank, what with more bubbles poppin and swirling around..
HTH, its all i got
regaltang9
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bulb is about 6 months
regaltang9
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what do yuo put the phosban in?
sirgunther
Member
I have a HOB filter, and i just put the bag in the filter, after the charcoal..
if my memory serves me right they make a powder.. i have only had experience with the bags... ( i could have been thinking about something else though..) anyway, just put it in the filter and it will do the job..
Which reminds me.. i should probably get a new one? lol..
also, this may sound silly, but a new bulb may be the trick.. that bulb you have may have sat around for a long time before you bought it, or may have been used, or a number of things.. I know that the flouresant actinics actually have a shelf life.. possible that MH does also.. i know they both contain gasses.. like i said, i cleaned my lights, and the glass and the green stuff is going away... many different things could be wrong, best to start eliminating them one thing at a time.. :joy:
if my memory serves me right they make a powder.. i have only had experience with the bags... ( i could have been thinking about something else though..) anyway, just put it in the filter and it will do the job..
Which reminds me.. i should probably get a new one? lol..
also, this may sound silly, but a new bulb may be the trick.. that bulb you have may have sat around for a long time before you bought it, or may have been used, or a number of things.. I know that the flouresant actinics actually have a shelf life.. possible that MH does also.. i know they both contain gasses.. like i said, i cleaned my lights, and the glass and the green stuff is going away... many different things could be wrong, best to start eliminating them one thing at a time.. :joy: