hair alge

Neal359 · 05-18-2001, 07:13 PM

i have a few spots of hair alge in my reef i dont want it to get out of control the nitrats are 10-15 witch they have been for about a year and this has never taken place what is a good way to get rid of it and prevent it in the future i use ro water and change 5 gall one time a week in my 55gal tank i have 5 emerald crabs but they dont do any thing for it

Rin · 05-19-2001, 06:38 AM

The only really good way I've found to control unwanted algae is to introduce a desirable algae and let it out-compete the undesirable stuff.

I have a SERIOUS problem with hair algae. I had a problem with it back in January and it died off with no real explaination (other than new tank syndrome), but it came back when I upgraded my lights in March. It's getting worse and worse--almost every rock is covered with it. I've performed only one major water change in the past 2 months and I have a phosphate/silicate filter installed. My sump is completely bio-ball free. My nitrates are <1, but that may be a false reading. The tank has no fish, and I feed the crabs/shrimp a small piece of shrimp (they share the one piece) once a week. So I'm at a loss as to where my nutrients for the algae are coming from. I haven't been feeding any of the corals for a month now--something that I hope won't last too much longer. The skimmer seems to be performing well, but it hasn't pulled much out of the water since I let the tank go fallow. (Which is expected.)

I'm going to build a refugium towards this end. I like SPASSE's design, and I think I'm going to borrow it.

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-Todd
'There're only 3 types of people in the world: Those who can count and those who can't'

05-18-2001, 07:13 PM	#1
Neal359 Mayor Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: richmond Posts: 558	hair alge i have a few spots of hair alge in my reef i dont want it to get out of control the nitrats are 10-15 witch they have been for about a year and this has never taken place what is a good way to get rid of it and prevent it in the future i use ro water and change 5 gall one time a week in my 55gal tank i have 5 emerald crabs but they dont do any thing for it

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05-19-2001, 06:38 AM	#2
Rin Mayor Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Leesburg, GA Posts: 774	The only really good way I've found to control unwanted algae is to introduce a desirable algae and let it out-compete the undesirable stuff. I have a SERIOUS problem with hair algae. I had a problem with it back in January and it died off with no real explaination (other than new tank syndrome), but it came back when I upgraded my lights in March. It's getting worse and worse--almost every rock is covered with it. I've performed only one major water change in the past 2 months and I have a phosphate/silicate filter installed. My sump is completely bio-ball free. My nitrates are <1, but that may be a false reading. The tank has no fish, and I feed the crabs/shrimp a small piece of shrimp (they share the one piece) once a week. So I'm at a loss as to where my nutrients for the algae are coming from. I haven't been feeding any of the corals for a month now--something that I hope won't last too much longer. The skimmer seems to be performing well, but it hasn't pulled much out of the water since I let the tank go fallow. (Which is expected.) I'm going to build a refugium towards this end. I like SPASSE's design, and I think I'm going to borrow it. ------------------ -Todd 'There're only 3 types of people in the world: Those who can count and those who can't'

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