I have been battling hair algae for a few months in my reef tank and it will not go away. My phosphates are .03. Does anyone know how to get ride of them and rather quickly.
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Been dealing with the same issue. I added the Red Sea roller mat nov 1st, with nitrates around 15-20. A month later my Acans withered away due to nitrates dropping to almost 0. Within that same time GhA starting popping up and got so bad it was covering everything. I ended up using flux rx and and it took awhile to show improvement but I’m on day 12 now and it’s getting much better. I also beefed up my cuc as well. Now I’m starting to ghost feed my sump a few mysis a week to help keep nitrates in the system.
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20 gallon aio cleaner shrimp 6 Nasario snails, just laid eggs, 10 hermit crabs tank is eight months old not dissing anything no white light
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Can find any in store.
You need some diversity! I would contact the people at reefcleaners.org and see what they recommend. Right now you don't have anything for the rocks or glass. Crabs and nassarius both go after food rather than algae. If you want to stay local, get a few of everything your LFS offers. The smaller the snail, the more u can get.
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It’s not too long but it annoys my parents and they said if I could get ride of it I could get a bigger tank.
Algae Identification
Any opinions on what type of algae this is growing on my rocks and sand bed?
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I don’t use white light at all in my tank
Can't identify anything while blues are on. Whites can also be beneficial to different things.
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I am not at home right now will get it tomorrow after school
Look online and even Petco if they have a saltwater selection mine has a great one. Ask if your lfs can order you one. Are you using RODI water? Is the tank heavily stocked?
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To totally restart my tank or clean the sandAlgae Identification
Any opinions on what type of algae this is growing on my rocks and sand bed?
If you're serious about fixing it that's the way
If you truly read the thread you see that cleaning it isn't a restart anymore than doing a water change is a restart
When you start a reef, you use bottle bacteria. We never did use any, it's just tank cleaning.
The thread answers every possible question including how well it works, because you can click on any entrant and see their follow up posts on the tank.
When you start a reef, you use bottle bacteria. We never did use any, it's just tank cleaning.
The thread answers every possible question including how well it works, because you can click on any entrant and see their follow up posts on the tank.
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