Hair Algea

[Heera]

Sand is 10+ years old very few new rocks 90% of rock is 10+ years old

Watch this video;

Also there was a thread on mature systems on reefcenteral I will find it again and post the link.

 

[sim1killa]

I've heard electric blue Hermite crabs work well two.

I have friend that has a hair algae problem that I am helping them with. The first thing i did was pull out as much as I could by hand and then added some turbos and 2 big electric blue Hermite crabs. ( I did this yesterday)
I also shot off their lighting for the past week. They have an established fowlr tank about 18 months old. They only use tap water and refuse to get an ro/di. once I get mine I'll give them some ro/di to do their water changes.

How about adding a tang of some sort to eat up the hair algae. I've heard many good things.

Regards,

Joe

 

[Heera]

Redf79 can you post some pictures of the tank. Just wanted to see how an old system looks.

 

[Reef79]

I will post some pics tomorrow lights are off for the night I have a coral buety Which eats hair algea just not near enough Ive held off from tangs because its only 55gal worried they will outgrow it to fast if u go back in the thread you will see my list of janitor's

 

[Reef79]

Here's some pics of my algea covered 55 gal

 

[ORION411]

Get a sea hare he'll tear that stuff up, I had a bad outbreak in my 29g Bio cube and one sea hare had it clean in a few weeks

 

[Heera]

That's awesome and sea hate will clean it up for sure but it's temp. Solution.
Still u need to find the cause. I think u r having old tank syndrome

 

[Reef79]

I don't know I've tried everything I'm waiting for my 180 to get up a few weeks and I'm gonna scrub down rock that corals are on and move them first and then ill move my fish over only have three

 

[Squidy07]

dude that outbreak is bad!!!! do not use that rock in your new system !!! even after u scrub it don't use it

 

[Reef79]

Ya I'm not it will dry out and ill pitch it

 

[Reef79]

New system completely new everything

 

[Squidy07]

ok good to hear good luck. I wud like to upgrade my 55 to a 90 as well

 

[Heera]

There was a thread I read while back on ridding your rock of phosphates. I will find and post the link.

Also upgrading to my 90 gallon too. Have a lot of question but not enough people replying

 

[Reef79]

I've never used a wavemaster. Sorry

 

[Heera]

Here is some of the links to articles that have helped me.

Hair algae -
http://www.melevsreef.com/gha.html

Kill live rock!

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1914426

- did this on about 20 pounds of rock Put it back in tank after 3 months of outside. Now in tanks for 4 months looks great. No issues-

 

[Heera]

Hope they help.
Plz ignore them if you already read them.

 

[Reef79]

Will read them later today thanks

 

[Reef79]

Hair algea is now blowing off the rocks I cut light back to five hours per day on Monday seems like this will keep it down but the coral I think needs more than light than that I'm watching them every day until I can transfer them to the 180

 

[Heera]

Do u Use any pellet media to remove phospates?

 

[Reef79]

Yea I use Kent phosphate sponge