Diatoms and Hair Algae

cam78

cam78

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Ok, the tank has been up for about a month. Diatoms are not getting worse they are just not going away on the bed. It seems one area is worse than others but it is just not going away. It was pretty bad at one point but nothing that looked horrible.
On top of the bed is hair algae too that definatly seems to be geting worse. Any ideas? If it helps I'll post pictures. My levels are near perfect and I am running Phos Guard in my canister. The LR is clean thanks to the snails I assume, but they don't touch the bed.
 
reefnut

reefnut

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What size of tank?? If your tank is big enough the Queen and Fighting Conch do an excellent job of cleaning sand beds.
Also, what is your water source??
 
cam78

cam78

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46 gallon bow front. Water source is all R/O. 2 aquaclear 20 powerheads. Redsea HOB skimmer and canister filter Fluval 305.
 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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What are your water parameters???? It's even possible to test for Phos and get a near zero reading and still have hair algae.
 
cam78

cam78

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All my levels are pretty near perfect. I will test them tomorrow and post them. My Phosphate level is 0.
 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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What I'm getting at is the Phos can be consumed so fast you wouldn't get a reading........it's enough there being consumed....
 
reefnut

reefnut

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Originally Posted by acrylic51
Sorry to say, but the Queen Conch and Fighting Conch won't touch the hair algea.......
No they will not... ???? They will do a good job of turning the sand and eating detritus and diatoms.
 
cam78

cam78

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Yes, I do 10% every week. I actually woke up today and saw something eat a lot of it (hair algae). So weird
 
cam78

cam78

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Levels:
Nitrate 0
Phos 0
Calcium 380
Salinity 1.025
PH 8.2
DKH 7
Temp 79 degrees
What do you guys think, putting everything in perspective now?
 
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