Hair algae
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Topic: Hair algae
Posted By: Akira
Subject: Hair algae
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 3:17am
| Bet i have read this answer before but here goes. I have had a few smaller spots of GHA , most about the size of a quarter, I have removed them manually . But today I noticed a small clump in my skimmer. Its a reefocto recirc skimmer. My tank is about 100g total volume with a fuge running chaeto. lighting for fuge is 12 hrs day . Main tank T-5 8 lamp bulbs 8 months old. Run carbon in BRS reator. GFO BRS reactor 10 tbls ,GFO been running for 2 weeks. First time running gfo. Should I up the amount of GFO ? Am, Ni. Na =0 |
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Posted By: badfinger
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 7:43am
| Test your phosphates and if your gfo is exhausted then replace your gfo.. especially if this is your first time running gfo it might have got exhausted pretty quick |
Posted By: timmy
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 8:50am
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oh man I have the same problem in my tank, sounds a little worse for me. i can't wait to get rid of this crap it's so upsetting! I was told to up the amount of snails and hermit crabs., Actually herbivores in general to help take care of it. ------------- Tim |
Posted By: Ann_A
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 9:12am
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Test phosphates and cut back on feeding as much as you can. Increase lighting on fuge by a few hours and harvest the chaeto regularly. How old it the carbon? Also be sure to post what your phosphate level is as this might be the root cause of the problem. Also have you done any recent water changes? Do you use RO or RO/DI water for top off and water changes? ------------- http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53856&title=annes-65g-rsm-reef" rel="nofollow - RSM 250 Reef |
Posted By: JohnnyHeavens
Date Posted: February 02 2014 at 9:47am
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In short, when something you don't want to grow is doing well you want to remove what it eats. Most often with algae and other nuisance growth this means allowing less nutrients to be in the system and removing those that are already there. Pictures often help too. ------------- @Home 300g System 150g-Cube Reef+60g Frag+WaterChange 150g Tall FOWLR RIP @Work RSM 130D w/LEDs txt anytime @ eightO1-seven5five-eighteen99 Scuba! PADI Pro DM/AI/TecDeep NSS/CDS-Full Cave Diver |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 7:01am
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I agree with JohnnyHeavens. http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3033" rel="nofollow - This thread talks about that and also includes the other side of the equation that Timmy brought up. In addition to reducing what the algae eats, keep enough animals that eat algae.  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: Akira
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 6:05pm
| My PO4 is zero which is probably due too the algae eating . I have a pretty good clean up crew 100g total water and probably about 75 snails crabs 2 star fish (bristle and serpent) . 2 Weeks on GFO carbon is about 3 weeks old. I will post pics tonight when I get home. I use RO/DI filters in my unit were replaced in November and my out put TDS is 0 . |
Posted By: timmy
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 7:18pm
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sounds like my tank! If you find the culprit let me know. I saw something the other day and the person said that if your magnesium levels are too low that may cause it too. Been trying to get my hands on a mag tester to check it out. ------------- Tim |
Posted By: Akira
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 9:18pm
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Here are some pics and my mag is 1430 . For an earlier question . This may seem minimal but I don't want to let it get out of control . This about 2-3 weeks growth .  Closed loop pipe its worse than pic shows  Cant see it but under frog is a decent clump of GHA  Pic of my sand and some zoos  Full tank shot  |