LF Skimmer Advice

[hfp75]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I came home from out of town to a tank full of hair algae.

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Oh, and I get 3 hours of direct sunlight every day in the tank. It does not pose any problems.

Really....

I do agree that if you are having water problems start with water changes.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by hfp75

Really....

Ya, really The algae was due to things dying. Water changes cleared it up.

[hfp75]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Ya, really The algae was due to things dying. Water changes cleared it up.

IC, so the GHA was from excess nutrients in the water then.

[reef-keeper]

I would try a product called Re-Fresh from DrTim'saquatics.com. It is a bacteria to fight the Cyanobacteria. We all know that algae is a high nutrients problem and when you kill the Cyano you create more organic nutrients that cause a never ending cycle. So water changes more frequently and testing the phosphates every couple days. Will help lots. Re-Fresh is what I found help my massive 9 month ordeal with algae. All this with a phosphate reactor should do the trick I believe. Hope this helps.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by hfp75

IC, so the GHA was from excess nutrients in the water then.

Correct. sunlight has hit my tanks for 5 years, I had HA for 2 weeks after a large loss of fish

[jostafew]

hfp75 thank you very much for all the info it is very helpful, and to the other replies as well. I've got a good idea where I need to go from here, will report back with results after some time.