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brewski4u1

brewski4u1

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so i had a very bad hair algae issue witch i have taken care of there is none left took a few moths lots of scrubbing and water changes and now its gone but now i have a brown algae growing on my rocks that dosent grow fast or crazy its just covering my rocks! my question is what is it and how do i go about getting rid of it so i can finally start putting corals back in the tank!
here is a pic of what i'm dealing with!!


 
small triggers

small triggers

Active Member
crabs and snails, and just before doing your water change use a baster to blow all of it off....you may also need to add more powerheads for more flow, its tends to congregate less when there is alot of flow
 
denis

denis

New Member
a good clean-up crew snails and herits would help also more water movement.. and i have found that a sea hare works really well against the green hair war doing a great job in my set-up.
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
OK...here comes my input I have (was) battle HA for months. as it was dying I noticed brown fuzzy stuff. I am not 100% sure what you have is the same, BUT I believe it was HA that was dying.....I have about 6 emerald crabs and 1 sally lightfoot (a seahare and lettuce nudibranch too) that pick at it and pick at it....I also removed A LOT of it manuallly.....
It is about 97% gone YIPPEEEE...
I also added chemipure elite to my canister, and a phospure pad to my sump. This along with MANY many water changes....
In MY OWN personal opinion.....this is just part of the battle.....BUT also IMHO it is a sign you are winning :)
 
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