So you think that you have an algea problem

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spsaddict

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ro/di water
water flow
phosphate sponge
feed every 3 days
cut back on lights
and lots of hermit crabs...
that will take care of your hair algae problem
 
greatfullreefer

greatfullreefer

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I use ro/di water i have phos nitrate and carbon sponges i feed every other day
75 gallon tank
20 gallon sump
salinity 1.024
temp 80
ph 8.2
calc 450
alk 9dkl
amm 0
trites 0
trates 10
lights 440 vho
3 emerald crabs
40 blue legs
20 snails
yellow tang
2 small percs
LMB
ben cardinal
coral beauty
sand shifter star
 
lestregus

lestregus

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how long has the tank been setup? did you just get new lights? if either one of these are the case then it may go away by itself, but yes the fuge will definitely help. i second the motion for a LMB plus a whole bunch of turbo snails... good luck!!
oops just noticed you already have the lmb.. seriously did you just get the 440 of vho?? that's what i have and when i upgraded from NO that's what my tank looked like for a while, but it went away when the tank adjusted to the upgrade.. hope this helps..
 
greatfullreefer

greatfullreefer

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Tanks been set up for about a year and a half, i did just change the bulbs about 2 weeks ago after i realized the original bulbs had been in there for 15 months....doh...started getting the algae about 3 months ago and after some research concluded i needed to change my bulbs. Now i am thinking that the tank has to adjust to the new ones before my problem will right itself. Thanks for all your help :)
 
greatfullreefer

greatfullreefer

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Sorry Bob thought you were being sarcastic...lol...I agree that hair does purify the water but dang its ugly, this is why i am setting up a fuge for the purpose of nutrient extract.
 
lestregus

lestregus

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look at how carefully he keeps the hair trimmed... that is why they can coexist, he keeps the hair away from the corals (probably a royal pain) i also don't think putting hair in your fuge is a good idea because its a micro and may spread
 
greatfullreefer

greatfullreefer

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I dont really trim it i just pull out the thicker patches once a week during water changes. It never gets longer but its still ugly and i want it dead:)
 
greatfullreefer

greatfullreefer

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Wow just read up on those snails they say they get to be 5 or 6 inches in diameter i would have nightmares knowing it was in my house....lol
 
sterling

sterling

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I changed my lighting. And took out all the rock and scrubbed it, and kept doing that piece by piece as the hair algae would pop up again. Scraped the sides of tank about every other day. Stocked it with many mexican turbo's, one lawnmower blenny (and I DO credit him with alot because he tummy was always HUGE when the hair algae was around, now it's always normal looking, he's probably starving now), 4 royal urchins, many crabs, and cleaned filters, pads etc very often. I did two 50% water changes within a month. Threw out about 50 lbs of rock so that I could get all around in the tank and made it easier to pull the rock I kept out for cleaning. It was hard and very frustrating, came VERY close to throwing in the towel on many occassions.
Another few of the other end of tank, algae free, it's completely gone.
 
sterling

sterling

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Absolutely, but you've got to really get at it. Pull out all the rock and scrub. i scrubbed under warm water, tried to do only the areas with algae but........ You're going to end up losing livestock (corals mainly) and you're going to have to throw out some rock to make it easier to clean the rest of everything. If you have a place to store the rock, another tank, in a dark area, you might be able to keep it in storage until the hair algae dies off. I didn't have the capability to do that.
 
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