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starting to get peeved off with my tank the GREEN STUFF.
o as you all know, last year around I took down the 240 gal and moved everything into a RSM 250. lost alot of stuff from Marine V. now every thing is back to normal other then the DAMN Green Hair Algae.
I'm running Phosban, i have a sea hare that is dumb. Its not eating like I thought it would do. I have a Vertex Cone 170 for a skimmer I use RO/DI water changes every 2 weeks for 15 gals. using IO Reef Cystals. I feed Flakes I grow live brine shrimp. mysis shrimp i use, brine blood worms ( Frozen) I swapped out some rock that was in a tub and it was all white and now its covered in GHA. im constantly pruning and it grows back like crazy. I swapped out my lights T-5's appox 3 months ago sothe are all new 3 x 12k new generation 1 purple 2 10K and a actinic. For fish i have small tommi Tang 2 clowns cleaner wrasse yellow wrasse Leopard wrasse Mystery wrasse prawn goby Bangi cardinal small mandrin large mandrin Square spot anthias. 3 blood shrimp 1 x orange serpent brittlestar 1x lepoard serpant brittle star 1x red Brittle star 1 fomia star fish snails 3 conchs this is like 2 weeks ago the current pis is the same but with short stubby GHA all over the white rock. and i have this on the other side
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if the stuff on the rocks grows back really fast and the film on the glass much slower I'd suspect there's phosphates leaching directly out of the rock. you'll probably just have to stay on it and keep farming the algae yourself. everytime you do it's removing those phosphates i guess.
i'd suggest a yellow tang since mine ate all my hair algae but i'm already on the small side for real estate with a 93 cube. |
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Have you looked into Phozdown...I think you might find a way to use it to zap those rocks of some of their leaching phosphate.
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How often are you testing for phosphate? How often are you replacing the Phosban?
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i dont test if i have Algae i have PO4
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Here is a link: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=80584
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gha
check out the ingredients on your flake food.it might be the cause of your phosphates
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i feed once per day with flake and its not that much but will check that out.
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Do you rinse your frozen food before feeding?
How long is your photo period - how long are your lights on? When I had a big hair algae problem I used GFO, cut down my light period a bit and added a refugium with macro algae. Now I don't have any. |
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Hi,
The Foz Down will get rid of the Phosphate in the water and also any that is leaching from the rocks. Near zero Phosphate will definitely curb the hair algae growth. If you use ATO you can add the Foz Down to the fresh water container. If you want to remove the flocculated Phosphate you can add the Foz Down into a filter sock. If you have a lot of phosphate the filter socks tend to plug quicker than normal. Cheers, Tim
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www.oceanfreshaquarium.com/foz-down.html - Foz Down - an easy way to eliminate algae outbreaks caused by Phosphate and bring back the fun of reef keeping. |