Backout and Long Tentacle Anemone

[drblank1]

I have a tank that has been up for a year now and thinking of doing a 3 day blackout due to GHA. Struggling to get rid of it. I've lowed feeding levels, doing water changes, manual removal, etc... I am thinking of doing a 3 days blackout.

The tank has been a FOWLR for the past year up until 2 weeks ago when I got a green-tip LTA. The clowns have accepted him and is doing GREAT!!! How does a 3-day blackout affect an nem's zooxanthellae? Also, do I need to worry about my fish not being able to see the nem? Worried about one swimming blind into its tentacles. I have 3 gobies and a hawk fish among other fish that I am worried about.

I'm thinking of doing the 3-day blackout as my goal was to starting adding corals after 1 year of tank maturity. But I don't want to add corals until I have the GHA gone.

Thanks

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

A blackout will help beat the algae back, but without fixing the issue causing the algae you're really just keeping your fish in the dark for 3 days for no reason. IMO you have a herbivore problem, not an algae problem.

 

[drblank1]

I have a yellow-eyed kole tang, numerous hermit crabs and turbo snails. Kole tang doesn't seem interested in the GHA. What would you suggest?

 

[sfin52]

Unless you fix the underlying issue the dead algea will feed a new outbreak. I would increase cuc.

 

[polyppal]

Hemrit crabs wipeout my hair algae. how many do you have? The larger ones are more voracious (but also more violent)