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10/21/2019, 03:54 AM | #1 |
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Hair algae
Hi all, so my rocks have this green hair algae on, anyone have a good way to get rid of it? My phosphate lvl is 0.03 my nitrate lvl Is 5ppm. Salinity 1.025.
My lights are t5s, 2 blue, 1 white 1 50/50 all 54w. The blues are on from 10am until 7pm the white and 50/50 from 12pm until 4pm. Livestock is currently 1 kole tang 1 long nose Hawk fish 1 Royal gramma 1 lawnmower blenny 3 nassarius snails 1 boxer shrimp 1 strawberry conch 1 the Mexican turbo snail 6 small red legged hermits I was hoping the phosphate control would help to kill it off but its still seemingly growing. Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk |
10/21/2019, 04:33 AM | #2 |
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Things for hair algae..
Algae eating snails... Urchins Sea Hares Reef Flux Mechanical removal Hydrogen Peroxide treatment outside of tank Hair algae is very common and often very stubborn.
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10/21/2019, 07:25 AM | #3 |
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https://www.reefcleaners.org/aquariu...sorted-hermits
Just posted this in the other hair algae thread. But a big order of those guys will get your GHA under control in no time. It worked great in my tank.
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10/21/2019, 07:32 AM | #5 |
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Yeah that's not enough crabs. the more you have the cleaner your tank will be. Some people say hermits don't do all that much but I disagree. They helped me with my GHA problem.
As far as snails go, I've had good luck with the Mexican turbo snails for GHA.
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10/21/2019, 08:14 AM | #6 |
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I find that the only thing I really see crabs doing is eating snails...
So I would recommend a snail only clean up crew personally.. These are often recommended for Hair Algae.. Turbo Snails Astrea Snails Margarita Snails Many urchins eat it like crazy too and are a good addition to your tank (if your corals are glued down or you don't mind them being moved around) Lawnmower blenny (but will starve often without algae) I found that after algae starts to get longer than like 1/2" or so that very little will eat it anymore so you need to get it quick or just accept manual removal processes..
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10/21/2019, 01:15 PM | #8 |
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I had a 60 Gallon tank and had bad Hair Algae, the stuff was growing on the rocks, my power heads, the sand and on the return. I upgraded to a 120. Before I transferred everything I ran
Flux RX for a week, the hair algae slowly faded. I scrubbed what was left on the rocks and got rid of my sand and went bare bottom, it's been a month and I have not seen a trace of the Hair Algae come back. I think getting rid of the sand bed was the best thing I ever did. |
10/25/2019, 10:14 AM | #9 |
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Urchin and turbo snails IMO.
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10/26/2019, 06:48 AM | #10 | |
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Who wants salad when you can have escargot! Tank looks young in age to me, provided you keep your N & P as you have them now, it should fade with age. Replace T5 yearly. |
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