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Old 10-28-2008, 07:54 AM
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Update!

so.. after winning the battle with Hair Algae and Bubble Algae..which meant taking all LR out twice cleaning and adding phosban/carbon reactor and doing regular waterchange i thought that was it. Well a long came this new algae that i think i got from a coral i had bought and just didnt notice it really. Well i let it go and let it go until lots of my rock was covered in this brown encrusting rubbery algae. It got so bad that when my paly and zoas began to grow onto the rocks that it actually suffocated them. Some of this stuff would come off just when doing regular water changes but it was very difficult in some spots especially where their were corals. I finally got tired and one night said thats enough.. and started taking out my LR and scrubbing this stuff off with a tooth brush and a knife. After going through 2 tooth brushes (one which i broke in half the other that looked like someone had used it for a year + i think i have got pretty much all of it. Lesson learned from now on im going to check any frag, rock or whatever it is for any algae before placing it into the tank. Let this be the 3rd time and hopefully the last time i have to take apart my LR and rescape. If there is a next time.. i will make sure to start early in the morning..instead of 10 or 11 at night for a job that took me about 5 hours+ lol. Here is what this algae looks likes http://www.wetwebmedia.com/Algae%20a...-3_8-21-07.jpg

and here is before and after

Before (notice the algae on the rocks and my large paly that has spread onto the rock that is getting suffocated)



After (water still a bit cloudy..everything a little stressed)




I kept the left side more open for a zoa garden and left more room in the front and sides which i have been wanting to do for a while anyways because before i couldnt get my magnet cleaner between the rock and glass. Still not sure on exact placement of frags but ill leave them the way they are for now.

Tomorrow i will double check any areas that i might of forgot, blow off rocks every day until the weekend, do a 5-10g WC, and put in new carbon, phos. Hopefully this is the last of it *fingers crossed*.

Last edited by Mikee; 10-28-2008 at 07:58 AM.
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