Hair algae problem.

[farslayer]

You can starve your corals of light for a while if you have to. I'd recommend removing the rocks and scrubbing them with a toothbrush to get a jump on things. Do you know what your phosphate levels are?

 

[coral keeper]

No.

 

[farslayer]

Check out those levels as they can be contributors to nitrate levels.

 

[coral keeper]

I ran out of the of the powder stuff to check the lvls. I only got the powder stuff for Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia, and PH.

 

[farslayer]

Time to hit the store

 

[earlybird]

Originally Posted by Coral Keeper
I ran out of the of the powder stuff to check the lvls. I only got the powder stuff for Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia, and PH.
Bring a sample to your lfs they should test for free.

 

[coral keeper]

i got no money right now, so ill get it whean i get some $$$$.

 

[smoothie]

Earlybird is right. Take a bag of water to the pet store and let them test it.

 

[coral keeper]

At last! I just finished kutting down the hair algae and scrubbing it off on some places.

What a work out!

 

[smoothie]

On the road to recovery!

 

[coral keeper]

Dos chaeto algae kill hair algae?

 

[smoothie]

No. It just feeds on and takes out the extra nutrients that the hair algae needs to grow.

 

[coral keeper]

So even if i get chaeto algae the hair algae will still grow?

 

[smoothie]

In your sump with light it would grow and filter out the things the hair algae would feed off of. Great control and preventative. Pods live well and multiply well in it which also each the excess food and poo. Keep at it with what everyone is telling you. Even the hours you have your lights on. We all have gone through this.

 

[coral keeper]

How long do i need to keep the lights on for 5 hrs?

 

[pohtr]

would this apply to the fuge lights also?

 

[smoothie]

Until you see a good change in the algae. Probably 2-3 weeks. My buddy put the cheato in his sump and turned the lights off for 2 days at a time. A little extreme, but it worked in 2 weeks. Keep posting and take some water to your fish store. Let them use their chemicals. You'll pay them back later I'm sure. After it's all over you may want to only run them for 8hrs a day to give everything the right light and keep the algae at bay.

 

[coral keeper]

In 2-3 weeks wont the corals and the anemone die? I think that 5 hours is way to little bit for the corals and anemone and can die in 2-3 weeks right?

 

[smoothie]

Nope

 

[coral keeper]

ok. I hope everything gos well!

And give me some luck! lol