bubbles and algea hair lots

[michaeltx]

bioload is the amount of waste that each of the fish produce to the amount of bacteria present in the tank.
if there isnt enough bacteria then it has to produce more to be able to cope with extra strain on the bacteria to keep up.
what foods to you use. even though you cut back some foods just have it as part of the ingredients no matter what and feeding any at all is still adding it to the tank.
Mike

 

[ace223]

the food i use is new life spectrum ( Discus formula) pellets and frozen food is prime reef.

 

[ace223]

i have one fish it is a yellow tang.

 

[skipperdz]

1. skimmers will help getting the algae hair spores outta there so you can at least try to cut down and maintain.
2. continue water changes, make sure its ro/di..as previously mentioned
3. how much food are u putting in there for the tang? only one fish, a very small pinch is needed
4. lawnmower blenny/ emerald crabs do pretty good at hair algae, as well as turbos and sea hares.
5. adjust how long ur lights are on for...cut back
6. phosphate tester...as previously mentioned
7. if its on your rocks and walls you can scrape it off and net it out. take rocks out and gently rub clean. then you have miinimal hair algae to control. recommend doing this during water changes. makes it easier

 

[bmorecopper]

Hey gang,
Great thread, as I am having green hair algea problems also. I seen someone mention the brand of water being used. I just wanted to throw this out there.... I have have up graded my lighting so I can start a reef tank from my F/O. After adding a few Corals I found I should be using RO DI water instead of my tap water that I had been using for three years. Someone suggested the drinking water Walmart sells because this is RO DI and I could use this until I could afford a RO DI filter. However, I found since using this water I have had a severe problem with green hair algea. I have never had any problems prior to this in approx 7-8 years in the hobby. I cut down the lighting, and added a bigger and more effective clean up crew among other things. I have done everything suggested as a cure. It was so bad on my L/R about three weeks ago, I had to use a baby bottle scrubber on every piece of live rock to remove it. The only thing that has not been changed has been my using the Walmart water. Could it be this? Has anyone else had the same problems with this water? I was just wondering.

 

[michaeltx]

once you change to a more intense light things will start to pop up that have been dormant. contrary to popular beleife some algaes can not live in lower lights and some cant live in the higher lights same as some corals. once you upt your lights the hair algae started to grow that was probably dormant in the rocks. and the fuel of your water and the new lights caused an explosion of algae.
The same thing happened to me years ago when I upgraded to dual 250 watt metal halides!! big nasty problem. the tank was also setup fror about a year before as a fish only tank once the upgrade the algae took off.
HTH
Mike