tripper
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have read many posts about how people fight off different algaes and I feel that I have done many of the right things to battle cyano and hair algae, but I can't seem to win the fight. I am going to list what I have done so far and would appreciate anyone's insight into what I have done right/wrong and what else I should try.
1) Bought an RO/DI unit. Have had this for 3-4 months now and have been doing weekly 10% water changes to help reduce phosphates
2) Bought HOB fuge which has chaeto in it. I have tried running this just during the day and also for 24 hours. The chaeto seems to sit on the surface, is this normal? I thought it typically sank to the bottom.
3) Dosed with Chemi-clean. Was a temporary fix but didn't wipe it out completely. Cyano is definitely less than before, but not gone.
4) Feeding only every 2-3 days. I only have 2 fish in the tank right now and they eat everything I put in.
5) Bought 100 Nassarius snails. I already had some snails and a few hermits, but tried to go with a lot of snails to help out.
So, as you can see, I have tried a lot of things. I should mention that this is a 72G Bowfront with 2X150 MH and 2X96W actinic lighting. I have a Aqua C Urchin Pro skimmer and 4 powerheads (2 Maxi Jet 900s, 1 Maxi Jet 1200 and 1 Aqua Clear 401).
My next thought was to buy some blue-leg hermits. I heard they will go after the hair algae. I would also be happy to try and algae eating fish.
Please give me some advice!!!!!
tripper
1) Bought an RO/DI unit. Have had this for 3-4 months now and have been doing weekly 10% water changes to help reduce phosphates
2) Bought HOB fuge which has chaeto in it. I have tried running this just during the day and also for 24 hours. The chaeto seems to sit on the surface, is this normal? I thought it typically sank to the bottom.
3) Dosed with Chemi-clean. Was a temporary fix but didn't wipe it out completely. Cyano is definitely less than before, but not gone.
4) Feeding only every 2-3 days. I only have 2 fish in the tank right now and they eat everything I put in.
5) Bought 100 Nassarius snails. I already had some snails and a few hermits, but tried to go with a lot of snails to help out.
So, as you can see, I have tried a lot of things. I should mention that this is a 72G Bowfront with 2X150 MH and 2X96W actinic lighting. I have a Aqua C Urchin Pro skimmer and 4 powerheads (2 Maxi Jet 900s, 1 Maxi Jet 1200 and 1 Aqua Clear 401).
My next thought was to buy some blue-leg hermits. I heard they will go after the hair algae. I would also be happy to try and algae eating fish.
Please give me some advice!!!!!
tripper