Green Hair algae
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fishfreak1242
Active Member
Try scrubbing all of the affected areas with a toothbrush, then add a LMB or some turbo snails while the algae is still short.
florida joe
Well-Known Member
There are chemical produces that you can use Google API
bjlled
Member
I was thinking of getting a Phosban reactor (Two Little Fishies or Kent). Phosban is kind of expensive, but i also heard it lasts a long time.
Ive heard phosban is better than the the other stuff because of what it is made out of, even though it works slower.
I dont know if phosban is the solution or not. Could something be out of whack? pH? Calcium?
Ive heard phosban is better than the the other stuff because of what it is made out of, even though it works slower.
I dont know if phosban is the solution or not. Could something be out of whack? pH? Calcium?
fishfreak1242
Active Member
Check your phosphate level
Also how much flow do you have?
Bad flow=Algae Growth
Also how much flow do you have?
Bad flow=Algae Growth
bjlled
Member
My surface agitation isn't what I'd like it to be. I have the Flow from the Remora skimmer (maxijet 1200), a HOB filter, which usually has no filter in it, an AquaClear 30, and an AquaClear 40 or 50 (i dont remember which).
I'd like more surface agitation though.
I also think I should put the filter box back in for the remora. I think it makes it more effective, even if its pretty big and ugly.
I'd like more surface agitation though.
I also think I should put the filter box back in for the remora. I think it makes it more effective, even if its pretty big and ugly.
mustangcaleb
Member
i have a algae problem as well. i think my problems are centered around bad water flow, but i had another idea cross my mind. my lights are to small for my tank(36" lights on a 72" tank). but the algae ONLY grows where the lights are bright, it wont grow towards the ends of the tank. so id assume it takes ample light for the algae to grow. so with that in mind, would it help at all if the lights were left off for an extended period of time?
olingerjccj
Member
I had it too but I use tap water my turbo snails loved it I got a phosphate bag and I used this stuff but you have to try and get most of it off 1st. Its Algaefix by API pharmaceutials now I have no trace of it.
tomato clown
Member
Don't turn the lights on at all for a few weeks unless you're keeping coral. If the hair begins to die off, then you have a lighting problem. I battled hair algea of the same lengths for a while until someone mentioned to try not turning lights on. To my amazement the hair algea did in fact beging to stop growing as it had been doing.
mustangcaleb
Member
Originally Posted by Tomato Clown
http:///forum/post/2618145
Don't turn the lights on at all for a few weeks unless you're keeping coral. If the hair begins to die off, then you have a lighting problem. I battled hair algea of the same lengths for a while until someone mentioned to try not turning lights on. To my amazement the hair algea did in fact beging to stop growing as it had been doing.
so this will work? are corals the only things that absolutely HAVE to have light? the fish, LR, LS or CC, etc will all be fine?
http:///forum/post/2618145
Don't turn the lights on at all for a few weeks unless you're keeping coral. If the hair begins to die off, then you have a lighting problem. I battled hair algea of the same lengths for a while until someone mentioned to try not turning lights on. To my amazement the hair algea did in fact beging to stop growing as it had been doing.
so this will work? are corals the only things that absolutely HAVE to have light? the fish, LR, LS or CC, etc will all be fine?
schnutzzy
Member
I had an algae problem also and hit it from every direction. Lighting, phosbans, nitrates, flow and more, what I neglected to do was test my magnesium, it was low in the 11 hundreds. I am in the process of raising it close to 15 hundred and can see the algae decreasing as it is going up. So test your mag or have the LFS do it for you and see if it is low. Good luck that stuff is a real pain.
mrinelfrlz
Member
ok either i missed our something but do you have a ro-di water filter system if not this will help ALOT!
also what type of cleaning crew do you have i had this same problem about a year ago and i got a good cleaner crew with 6 mexican turbo snails they loved this stuff it took a while to defeat though
i have like 90 hermits
50 turbos
6 mexican turbos
also what type of cleaning crew do you have i had this same problem about a year ago and i got a good cleaner crew with 6 mexican turbo snails they loved this stuff it took a while to defeat though
i have like 90 hermits
50 turbos
6 mexican turbos
tomato clown
Member
Originally Posted by MustangCaleb
http:///forum/post/2618176
so this will work? are corals the only things that absolutely HAVE to have light? the fish, LR, LS or CC, etc will all be fine?
It only worked for me because I had nothing to lose. No fish, no corals, etc... However the coraline did stay on the LR.
Never the less I still need to do water changes, so I would also go with schnutzzy's suggestion and have your water tested for everything. Everything because if you're going to have it tested for you, you may as well have everything checked at the same time.
http:///forum/post/2618176
so this will work? are corals the only things that absolutely HAVE to have light? the fish, LR, LS or CC, etc will all be fine?
It only worked for me because I had nothing to lose. No fish, no corals, etc... However the coraline did stay on the LR.
Never the less I still need to do water changes, so I would also go with schnutzzy's suggestion and have your water tested for everything. Everything because if you're going to have it tested for you, you may as well have everything checked at the same time.