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Originally Posted by jason604
I bought the rocks for rly cheap like 50 cent a lbs but they were rly dirty so might as well kill everything on them. My tank is full of long green hair algae. Been running a Gfo reactor for a week now but it doesn't seem to be improving.
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Pest problems (and algae) and new tanks take a
LONG time to get under control.
Yes, you can use all sorts of products and, if you are extremely rigid with your schedule, you can shorten the time a lot.
Yes, you can do a
LOT of work (Myka's guide or how Fishy did it) to also try and short circuit the pest problems.
I feel that I am better educated and prepared for any problems down the road for having taken the long term approach. That is, putting the rock in the tank, leaving it 'fallow' for almost 3 months and then dealing with issues one at a time. It has taken three years to deal with large pests (that can kill fish or coral), algae (the source and the actual algae itself), small pests (working on that now, just got rid of red flatworms) and finally getting nutrients and various supplements/elements steady.
Charles