bmorecopper
Member
OK gang,
I am about ready to toss in the towel and sell my system. I have a hair Algae problem that will not go away. I have read almost every thread I could find on the subject. I have scrubbed my LR three times to get the stuff off. I have tested, re-tested and tested again my water. Everytime, all appropriate tests fall within accepted ranges. The only thing I can think of now is the lighting. I can only keep my lights on about 4 hours or within a week I have more hair algae growing all over the place. My light is a HQI Pendant 150w with a 14k bulb (bulb came with pendant) the brand name is Current.
Is there any possibility that the lighting could be too much for my tank (44g pentagon) Or could the bulb itself be the problem? If I dropped to a 10k would it make a difference? Or maybe used a specific brand of bulb?
Please, any thoughts, comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I never had an algae problem until I started using this light.
Thank you,
Copper
I am about ready to toss in the towel and sell my system. I have a hair Algae problem that will not go away. I have read almost every thread I could find on the subject. I have scrubbed my LR three times to get the stuff off. I have tested, re-tested and tested again my water. Everytime, all appropriate tests fall within accepted ranges. The only thing I can think of now is the lighting. I can only keep my lights on about 4 hours or within a week I have more hair algae growing all over the place. My light is a HQI Pendant 150w with a 14k bulb (bulb came with pendant) the brand name is Current.
Is there any possibility that the lighting could be too much for my tank (44g pentagon) Or could the bulb itself be the problem? If I dropped to a 10k would it make a difference? Or maybe used a specific brand of bulb?
Please, any thoughts, comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I never had an algae problem until I started using this light.
Thank you,
Copper