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fisherkid91

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Are there any kind of animals at all that eat red slime and/or hair algae? And also i have some kind of algae growing in my tank but i do not know what it is. It is clear-brown colored and the longest peice is a couple inches long, it also has bubbles trapped in it.
 
rusting

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Originally Posted by fisherkid91
Are there any kind of animals at all that eat red slime and/or hair algae? And also i have some kind of algae growing in my tank but i do not know what it is. It is clear-brown colored and the longest peice is a couple inches long, it also has bubbles trapped in it.
You need to find out why you have cyno and hair algae. It could be, over feeding, and not enough water flow. Do you use RO/DI water? Find the cause, and fix it.
 
fisherkid91

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i dont know what you mean by over feeding? i just put a power head in for some more water flow and i use purified water
 
rusting

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Originally Posted by fisherkid91
i dont know what you mean by over feeding? i just put a power head in for some more water flow and i use purified water
Is the water purified by RO/DI? Over feeding means just that. Dose a lot of food fall to the bottom not eaten? Do you have c.c. a sand bed, or a bare bottom tank.
 
nick76

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Originally Posted by fisherkid91
i dont know what you mean by over feeding? i just put a power head in for some more water flow and i use purified water
Overfeeding is self exclamitory...
Do you feed over the neccesary amount?
Like for example when you fish finish eating is there still alot of food floating around?
 
fisherkid91

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yes to the RO water, i guess i cud be feeding to much i only hav 1 damsel because my fish died from ich a few weeks ago, i only feed it one pinch of flakes. Could the flakes be a cause of the algae?
 
nick76

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Ok i need your tank size, dimensions, lights, and your total GPH or flow Information.
 
rusting

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Originally Posted by fisherkid91
yes to the RO water, i guess i cud be feeding to much i only hav 1 damsel because my fish died from ich a few weeks ago, i only feed it one pinch of flakes. Could the flakes be a cause of the algae?
Try to get more water flow at the bottom of your tank, a pair of power heads on PVC pipe will help a lot. How much live rock, and what kind of clean up crew do you have
 
fisherkid91

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Originally Posted by rusting
Try to get more water flow at the bottom of your tank, a pair of power heads on PVC pipe will help a lot. How much live rock, and what kind of clean up crew do you have
i only just bought about 12lbs of live rock a few weeks ago, i dont hav much clean up crew yet just an arrow crab and couple hermits. What would you recommend buying?
 
rusting

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Originally Posted by fisherkid91
i only just bought about 12lbs of live rock a few weeks ago, i dont hav much clean up crew yet just an arrow crab and couple hermits. What would you recommend buying?
A lot of snails, 1 per gal. for now and 1 lbs. of live rock per gal.
 
fisherkid91

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Originally Posted by rusting
A lot of snails, 1 per gal. for now and 1 lbs. of live rock per gal.
ok thank you very much i will get that and hopefully it will take care of the hair and slime algae, just one more thing, i have some kind of clear-brown, jelly like algae growing. they flow around and trap bubbles. any idea what it is and/or how to get rid of it?
 
rusting

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Originally Posted by fisherkid91
ok thank you very much i will get that and hopefully it will take care of the hair and slime algae, just one more thing, i have some kind of clear-brown, jelly like algae growing. they flow around and trap bubbles. any idea what it is and/or how to get rid of it?
It sounds like the same problem, it's most likely cyno. You need more flow at the bottom.
 
nick76

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Well Id suggest more Flow, probably like 500-600 gph in powerheads. Cut back on your lighting from 12 hours to 9 or 10. Also try to stir the top layer of your sad now n then with a tukey baster or a dropper.
 
rusting

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Originally Posted by Nick76
Well Id suggest more Flow, probably like 500-600 gph in powerheads. Cut back on your lighting from 12 hours to 9 or 10. Also try to stir the top layer of your sad now n then with a tukey baster or a dropper.
Nick, it's not a good idea to stir your sand bed.
 
fisherkid91

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ok i will cut back my lights i have had them on for a long time, and add more water flow and see how it goes from there, thanks everyone
 
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