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massive hair algae outbreak
New tank set up which went through the cycle.
Guess after the cycle the Hair algae kicked in and went crazy. main reason I think for the outburst is the death rock used in the tank which might be leaching some Phosphates I presume and the open build of the tank with natural light on all sides especially one side which has a frontal sun exposure in the mornings..... Tried to fight it first with just adding some Phosphate remover but that clearly didnt stop the invasion so it went all out of hand.... decided to complete black out now....been 3 days now so will go check today of anything died of by now..... Last edited by dirk_brijs; 11/12/2017 at 07:59 PM. |
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+1 on no sunlight. Hair algae is definitely part of the cycle but that looks like a lot for sure. I always use turbo snails, they mow through that stuff in no time.
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I went through this when I started my 75G and blacking out my tank for 5 days did no good. Check your make up water and I used Phosguard using a remote filter canister....took about a month (give or take) to get ride of it but it is part of starting up a new tank.
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After watching the BRS series on refugiums and cheto it's open up some interesting questions. If you haven't seen it I would highly recommend watching and it should solve your problems. Do you have a fuge? If the fuge is run right it should consume the nutrients needed for other algea to grow. Most interesting point Ryan makes is that we spend thousands of dollars on high tech lights for the display and get puzzled when our hardware store CFL over the fuge can't keep up with the display.
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when blacking out, what do you do with the livestock? do they stay in the tank during the days worth of darkness?
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