zoie2
Active Member
Hi everyone, it's been forever since I have been here. My 12 gal. tank is 5 years old and I thought I was getting some hair algae. I went out and got some more snails and hermit crabs and they didn't help.
It got worse and covered my whole back wall and all my rocks. I did a 2 gal water change keeping a gallon of water in 2 seperate bowls. In one bowl I scrubbed each rock then rinsed it off in the cleaner water. My star polyps got really mad at me. I scrubbed my whole tank and vaccummed as I went. I put the rocks back in and waited. It came back again and started growing on my sand. I scrubbed my rocks again, but this time I put them in my 6 gal tank if I could tell all the fuzzy stuff was off. They are doing good. It has been a month and all the rocks I scrubbed are fine and my star pollyps are finally comming out again.
BUT, my 12 gal is still all fuzzy. I don't think it's hair alage. I do have one spot where there is some long green hair algae growing. This stuff is short and not really green.
I vaccummed out all the sand that was covered with fuzz and added 10 lbs of live sand. my sand looks good, but my back wall and the two rocks I have in there are still covered.
I think I am going to toss the two rocks in there, but how do I get it off my back wall.
I will try to get a picture, but it's been so long, I forget how to get them here.
Any help would be great.
It got worse and covered my whole back wall and all my rocks. I did a 2 gal water change keeping a gallon of water in 2 seperate bowls. In one bowl I scrubbed each rock then rinsed it off in the cleaner water. My star polyps got really mad at me. I scrubbed my whole tank and vaccummed as I went. I put the rocks back in and waited. It came back again and started growing on my sand. I scrubbed my rocks again, but this time I put them in my 6 gal tank if I could tell all the fuzzy stuff was off. They are doing good. It has been a month and all the rocks I scrubbed are fine and my star pollyps are finally comming out again.
BUT, my 12 gal is still all fuzzy. I don't think it's hair alage. I do have one spot where there is some long green hair algae growing. This stuff is short and not really green.
I vaccummed out all the sand that was covered with fuzz and added 10 lbs of live sand. my sand looks good, but my back wall and the two rocks I have in there are still covered.
I think I am going to toss the two rocks in there, but how do I get it off my back wall.
I will try to get a picture, but it's been so long, I forget how to get them here.
Any help would be great.