Green Hair Algae Problem? HELP me and others alike Fix this

[SpikeJones]

Lots of skimmate is coming out, Parameters are perfect besides the high phosphate ha ha. My lights are on 12 hours a day but have cut them back to 6 hours. My lights are brand new Ecoxotic Panorama Marine LED's. So I hope through patience and these changes i have made will help

[biggerstretch]

maybe try some bio pellets... put some in a filter bag that is in a high flow area in your sump so you don't have to buy another reactor. Whenever I see some start in my tank I try and scrub it off outside of the tank, touch the stuff in the tank and it seems to spead even more.... I was reading an article online about nutrient eporting, this guy suggested getting some xenia as it grows fast and will export nutrients... I guess anything that grows fast might help...
water changes , keep the feeding to a minimum and just keep hacking away at it ..... the less drastic changes take the most time, so I guess it comes to how long you want to fight it.
I personally have wasted alot of time fighting hair algae over the years , I tend to lean towards nuking the rock , however that is me , you may want to try the less drastic approaches. I think it is easier to get coraline algae back than it is to get rid of hair algae.

[SpikeJones]

well i actually have two reactors one rowa phos and the over carbon... should i change out the carbon?

[biggerstretch]

copied from wikipedia ...
" Carbon filters are most effective at removing chlorine, sediment, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from water. They are not effective at removing minerals, salts, and dissolved inorganic compounds."

Bio pellets remove phosphate and nitates. I would run them all if you can ,filter the water as much as you can. Do you have a sump? have room for a small bio reactor ? Dr. tims site sells some packages with a reactor , pellets and some benificial bacteria ... might besomething to look into.

http://store.drtimsaquatics.com/Mini...Kit_p_452.html

[The Grizz]

Please do not try pellets if your tank is not at least 6 month running. Pellets can strip a system super fast of both good & bad stuff causing more issues. I would say that it might be majority caused by tap water & long light cycle. HA can be a real *itch to get rid of & needs patience for it to go away. If you just added Rowa it will take some time to take affect.

[SpikeJones]

I also have to mexican tubro's doing work too they mow it down pretty good

[kien]

Originally Posted by SpikeJones

Lots of skimmate is coming out, Parameters are perfect besides the high phosphate ha ha. My lights are on 12 hours a day but have cut them back to 6 hours. My lights are brand new Ecoxotic Panorama Marine LED's. So I hope through patience and these changes i have made will help

If you are getting a high phosphate reading then I would start by getting this down, as you are attempting to do with the rowaphos. I wouldn't necessarily go bombarding your tank with too much stuff all at once as that might actually be more harmful. So ya, just keep running your rowaphos and wait for your phosphates go down to near zero or zero. After you've achieved zero(ish) phosphates see how the algae is doing and assess then if you should take further action.

In my experience bioPellets do not do a great job of removing phosphates. They are great at nitrate removal however. I run GFO (phosphate remover) in a TLF reactor while at the same time running BioPellets to attack the nitrates. Also, I would not recommend putting bioPellets in a mesh bag. That's is unless you don't mind shaking that bag every hour of the day. BioPellets really should be fluidized and tumbling in a reactor.

[The Grizz]

^^^ ya that to......thanks Kien you took the words right out of my brain that I was thinking of but could not put it into text

[SpikeJones]

Thanks for the input guys now the waiting game

[kien]

Originally Posted by SpikeJones

Thanks for the input guys now the waiting game

This is essentially what the hobby is all about. :-)

Everyone will tell you that the only thing that really happens quickly in this hobby are bad things! Patience is the key.