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02/15/2019, 02:35 PM | #26 |
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Short term - AlgaeFix Marine
Long term - ATS (Algae Turf Scrubber) I have been hair algae free for about 5 years. I do a water change about once a year, no joke. I top off with sw as necessary.
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02/15/2019, 09:57 PM | #27 | |
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300g custom acrylic from James 72x36x27, 4 Mitras Lx7 &6 a360, 2 Stream 3s, C2C beananimal. 100g sump, Jebao DCP- 8000 (Vectra M1 died) -> 114w aquauv -> SRO 5000ext , varios8 return Current Tank Info: Me v Dinos - I'm winning for now... |
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02/15/2019, 10:01 PM | #28 | |
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I've also held off adding coral, so you can imagine the tank is looking pretty barren except for the rock and algae!
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300g custom acrylic from James 72x36x27, 4 Mitras Lx7 &6 a360, 2 Stream 3s, C2C beananimal. 100g sump, Jebao DCP- 8000 (Vectra M1 died) -> 114w aquauv -> SRO 5000ext , varios8 return Current Tank Info: Me v Dinos - I'm winning for now... |
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02/16/2019, 09:50 AM | #29 | |
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Until then, use API's AlgaeFix Marine. It allowed me to get my tank in order, then the ATS KEPT it in order. I cannot stress this enough, as I know and have proof it WORKS. The algae die off will put those nutrients back in the tank, so a water change after you get the HA in control is necessary. But have the ATS ready to launch as well. I had a massive die off of corals due to hair algae. So the sooner you get yours in control, the better.
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02/16/2019, 10:09 AM | #30 | |
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This current tank was an upsize from my old tank. Unfortunately the HA took out the SPS I'd been growing for 4 years. It hasn't really killed my LPS (all hammers) but it sure tries. Having 5 different tanks over the last 25 years and this is my first HA outbreak. I haven't even begun stocking the fish in my 300 due to this....for 2 years.... It really sucks.
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300g custom acrylic from James 72x36x27, 4 Mitras Lx7 &6 a360, 2 Stream 3s, C2C beananimal. 100g sump, Jebao DCP- 8000 (Vectra M1 died) -> 114w aquauv -> SRO 5000ext , varios8 return Current Tank Info: Me v Dinos - I'm winning for now... |
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02/16/2019, 11:18 AM | #31 |
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Again, I can't stress hard enough to use API's AlgaeFix Marine. It WORKS. Do a search here on RC for it, and you will see. Now some say it allowed dinos or this or that to come on, but it just means that they had excess nutrients in their tank and that took over after the hair algae was removed.
Here are some pics of my 150g and 90g almost a year ago. I did not have a recent pic of my 90g. Also, here are pics of my ATS's, both 150g and 90g. I just took these pics and this is after 2 weeks. The one with more "yellow" algae is on my 90g and is what happens when you wait too long and water does not flow over the algae. You can see that in the other one as well. The one with more yellow just started over a month ago, as I forgot to turn on the lights after a cleaning, and the screen basically died off.
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02/20/2019, 10:22 AM | #32 | |
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