hair alage is driving me nuts

rgaynor81

rgaynor81

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Okay so im about to give up its driving me nuts. As fast as i pick off as much as i can it comes back. Up graded clean up crew to like a hundred snails and other alage eaters [not really]. Dont know if i should turn lights out but i have coral in there so i guess thats not a good idea. Did not really what to take the rock all and scrub it as that would be a pain. I plan on doing a major water change tommorow like 20%. Is there anything else i can do to get rid of it? Ill do anything.
 
posiden

posiden

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I am not familiar with any prior post you may have about this issue. A little more info on your tank would be nice. Size, age, feeding habits, who lives in there, lighting schedual, water you are using.....
 
rgaynor81

rgaynor81

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Originally Posted by Posiden
http:///forum/post/3171733
I am not familiar with any prior post you may have about this issue. A little more info on your tank would be nice. Size, age, feeding habits, who lives in there, lighting schedual, water you are using.....
55 gallon,11/2 years,i fed them once a day,clown sixline pink diamond goby 1 firefish, 150 watt mh light on from 7pm to 5am, using ro water and water i lacked on for about a month
 
rgaynor81

rgaynor81

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Originally Posted by rgaynor81
http:///forum/post/3171737
55 gallon,11/2 years,i fed them once a day,clown sixline pink diamond goby 1 firefish, 150 watt mh light on from 7pm to 5am, using ro water and water i lacked on for about a month
water change sorry
 
mkroher

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Originally Posted by rgaynor81
http:///forum/post/3171737
55 gallon,11/2 years,i fed them once a day,clown sixline pink diamond goby 1 firefish, 150 watt mh light on from 7pm to 5am, using ro water and water i lacked on for about a month
lawn mower blenny!
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by mkroher
http:///forum/post/3171740
lawn mower blenny!
I have a LMB in my 225G...and tangs...and a large cuc.....unless you find the reason you have this, and fix it...nothing will rid your tank of it....BELIEVE ME I KNOW

Have you tested your phosphates? ANd what are you feeding your fish?
 
posiden

posiden

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Originally Posted by rgaynor81
http:///forum/post/3171737
55 gallon,11/2 years,i fed them once a day,clown sixline pink diamond goby 1 firefish, 150 watt mh light on from 7pm to 5am, using ro water and water i lacked on for about a month
How old is your bulb? They loose spectrum over time.
How is you TDS on the RO water?
What do you feed? Flakes umong other foods are pretty high in phospates.
Amount you feed?
How are you exporting nutrients?
How is you flow in the tank?
What sort of CUC do you have?
What sort of filtration do you have?
I watched a lawn mower blenny starve to death in my tank. He had all the HA he could want.
 
rgaynor81

rgaynor81

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3171743
I have a LMB in my 225G...and tangs...and a large cuc.....unless you find the reason you have this, and fix it...nothing will rid your tank of it....BELIEVE ME I KNOW

Have you tested your phosphates? ANd what are you feeding your fish?
phosphates not recent .pellet food
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by rgaynor81
http:///forum/post/3171749
phosphates not recent .pellet food
I would suggest youe get rid of the pellet food, and pick up some forzen foods...like mysis, marine cuisine...etc.....
and I have HA...and my phosphates are high too...
Posiden: I thought algae ate the nitrates, or lives off nitrates..you know what I mean LOL....showing nitrates at a 0.
 
posiden

posiden

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Originally Posted by rgaynor81
http:///forum/post/3171755
yes
How often?
Do you run any floss to capture junk before the water gets to your Bio Balls?
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3171756
Posiden: I thought algae ate the nitrates, or lives off nitrates..you know what I mean LOL....showing nitrates at a 0.
It does, but it lives off of phospates as well. Your nitrates are showing 0 cause the algae is using it all up. It just means you have unmeasureable nitrates. It doesn't mean that they aren't there.
 
posiden

posiden

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Originally Posted by Posiden
http:///forum/post/3171748
How old is your bulb? They loose spectrum over time.
How is you TDS on the RO water?
What do you feed? Flakes umong other foods are pretty high in phospates.
Amount you feed?
How are you exporting nutrients?
How is you flow in the tank?
What sort of CUC do you have?
What sort of filtration do you have?
I watched a lawn mower blenny starve to death in my tank. He had all the HA he could want.
Did you see these Q's?
 
rgaynor81

rgaynor81

Member
Originally Posted by Posiden
http:///forum/post/3171748
How old is your bulb? They loose spectrum over time.
How is you TDS on the RO water?
What do you feed? Flakes umong other foods are pretty high in phospates.
Amount you feed?
How are you exporting nutrients?
How is you flow in the tank?
What sort of CUC do you have?
What sort of filtration do you have?
I watched a lawn mower blenny starve to death in my tank. He had all the HA he could want.
it goes threw two diffrent filtering pads before it hits the bio balls. TDS? i buy my ro water from a lfs never and any problems. just enough before it hits the sand. exporting nutrients? 2 #2 korllia power heads. CUC do you have?
 
rgaynor81

rgaynor81

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Originally Posted by rgaynor81
http:///forum/post/3171763
it goes threw two diffrent filtering pads before it hits the bio balls. TDS? i buy my ro water from a lfs never and any problems. just enough before it hits the sand. exporting nutrients? 2 #2 korllia power heads. CUC do you have?
light is 1 year old on christmas day
 
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