Help Hair Algae

[clownfishlord18]

I have been battling hair algae for a few months in my reef tank and it will not go away. My phosphates are .03. Does anyone know how to get ride of them and rather quickly.

 

[clownfishlord18]

I have been battling hair algae for a few months in my reef tank and it will not go away. My phosphates are .03. Does anyone know how to get ride of them and rather quickly.

 

[Jekyl]

Size of tank and clean up crew? Age of tank? Dosing live phyto and reducing white light helps.

 

[gnorman]

Been dealing with the same issue. I added the Red Sea roller mat nov 1st, with nitrates around 15-20. A month later my Acans withered away due to nitrates dropping to almost 0. Within that same time GhA starting popping up and got so bad it was covering everything. I ended up using flux rx and and it took awhile to show improvement but I’m on day 12 now and it’s getting much better. I also beefed up my cuc as well. Now I’m starting to ghost feed my sump a few mysis a week to help keep nitrates in the system.

 

[clownfishlord18]

Size of tank and clean up crew? Age of tank? Dosing live phyto and reducing white light helps.

20 gallon aio cleaner shrimp 6 Nasario snails, just laid eggs, 10 hermit crabs tank is eight months old not dissing anything no white light

 

[AydenLincoln]

An urchin will help too.

 

[clownfishlord18]

An urchin will help too.

Can find any in store.

 

[Jekyl]

You need some diversity! I would contact the people at reefcleaners.org and see what they recommend. Right now you don't have anything for the rocks or glass. Crabs and nassarius both go after food rather than algae. If you want to stay local, get a few of everything your LFS offers. The smaller the snail, the more u can get.

 

[Just John]

Bat signal to @brandon429 !

 

[brandon429]

Post a pic of the tank pls, curious to see

 

[clownfishlord18]

Post a pic of the tank pls, curious to see

 

[clownfishlord18]

Post a pic of the tank pls, curious to see

It’s not too long but it annoys my parents and they said if I could get ride of it I could get a bigger tank.

 

[Jekyl]

Need some white light photos please. What is your nitrate at?

 

[brandon429]

Algae Identification

Any opinions on what type of algae this is growing on my rocks and sand bed?

www.reef2reef.com

If you're serious about fixing it that's the way

 

[clownfishlord18]

Need some white light photos please. What is your nitrate at?

I don’t use white light at all in my tank

 

[Jekyl]

I don’t use white light at all in my tank

Can't identify anything while blues are on. Whites can also be beneficial to different things.

 

[clownfishlord18]

Can't identify anything while blues are on. Whites can also be beneficial to different things.

I am not at home right now will get it tomorrow after school

 

[AydenLincoln]

Can find any in store.

Look online and even Petco if they have a saltwater selection mine has a great one. Ask if your lfs can order you one. Are you using RODI water? Is the tank heavily stocked?

 

[clownfishlord18]

Algae Identification

Any opinions on what type of algae this is growing on my rocks and sand bed?

www.reef2reef.com

If you're serious about fixing it that's the way

To totally restart my tank or clean the sand

 

[brandon429]

If you truly read the thread you see that cleaning it isn't a restart anymore than doing a water change is a restart


When you start a reef, you use bottle bacteria. We never did use any, it's just tank cleaning.

The thread answers every possible question including how well it works, because you can click on any entrant and see their follow up posts on the tank.