Green hair algae

[Electric eel]

Mr Wilsons advise was very good. There where some issue that i had not addressed. All the advise has been great. I have tried the sea hair once and i am now on my number two try. The sea hare does not seem to climb the live rock. It seem to want to remain in one area of the tank and so far is not looking so good. I have purchased a Scoupa tang to see if it will eat some of it. So far not so good either! I have and will follow some of the advise given. BUT my main question is "How do I get it off my rock" Will it go away on its own? Should I remove all the rock and do something to it? I will not keep the tang or the seahare if they do the job. I will pass them on.
Any advise on the hair on the rock would be great! Once again Canreef members ROCK! I also purchased Rowphos to put in my sump. I also have carbon in there also. both are near the exit. Should they be placed in a certian order? Rowphos first then carbon or???

Thanks everyone
James

[BlueAbyss]

Wow, some great information in this thread!

I agree with what Myka, Canadian, and mr.wilson have already said. I specially agree with what Canadian said about the curing methods of live rock... my live rock is still maturing, there is always all kind of detritus and junk coming off my rock (well, the Vanuatu rock at least). There are also a lot of living creatures on this rock, so that may have something to do with it... but, when I take a turkey baster to my rocks you should see the junk that comes off them. If the problem is indeed some nutrient leaching from the rock (very likely), you're in for a battle but it will end eventually. Look at it as cooking rock in a running tank

I think people underestimate the value of cleaning your rock... make sure you give your rocks a good squirt at least once a day, it will help in the long run.

[burgerchow]

Originally Posted by Electric eel

Mr Wilsons advise was very good. There where some issue that i had not addressed. All the advise has been great. I have tried the sea hair once and i am now on my number two try. The sea hare does not seem to climb the live rock. It seem to want to remain in one area of the tank and so far is not looking so good. I have purchased a Scoupa tang to see if it will eat some of it. So far not so good either! I have and will follow some of the advise given. BUT my main question is "How do I get it off my rock" Will it go away on its own? Should I remove all the rock and do something to it? I will not keep the tang or the seahare if they do the job. I will pass them on.
Any advise on the hair on the rock would be great! Once again Canreef members ROCK! I also purchased Rowphos to put in my sump. I also have carbon in there also. both are near the exit. Should they be placed in a certian order? Rowphos first then carbon or???

Thanks everyone
James

James, from your signature, you have 2x250watt mh over a 70 gallon tank and all you have is a bunch of softies and fish. I think you have too much lighting over that tank. Try yanking off as much hair algae off the rocks as you can, do a 30to 40 % water change and keep the tank in total darkness for 3 or 4 days. The corals you have shouldn't be harmed and the fish don't care about darkness. How old are the bulbs on your m/h ?

[aquajeep]

hmm mabey thats my prob too. 1x400w halide and 2x65w comp and 2x65w actinic compacts.72 gal tank with 7 small-med fish and softies.very little nutrience gets in with 6 stage reverse osmosis di water system on well water too.feed every 2-3 days only.everything healthy except xenia???anthelia and too much gha.all perameters check good.lights 5 months old although they were cheap on ebay,mabey crappy bulbs out of spec already???

Originally Posted by aquajeep

hmm mabey thats my prob too. 1x400w halide and 2x65w comp and 2x65w actinic compacts.72 gal tank with 7 small-med fish and softies.very little nutrience gets in with 6 stage reverse osmosis di water system on well water too.feed every 2-3 days only.everything healthy except xenia???anthelia and too much gha.all perameters check good.lights 5 months old although they were cheap on ebay,mabey crappy bulbs out of spec already???

I would yank the halide the PC lights will do the job for the softies. your xenia and anthelia need quite a bit of flow they like that my xenia was doing ok till I moved it to a much higher flow area and it has doubled in size in a month. Also if you can get to the cause of the Hair algea then things in your tank will be a bit happier.

Bill

[Electric eel]

Originally Posted by burgerchow

James, from your signature, you have 2x250watt mh over a 70 gallon tank and all you have is a bunch of softies and fish. I think you have too much lighting over that tank. Try yanking off as much hair algae off the rocks as you can, do a 30to 40 % water change and keep the tank in total darkness for 3 or 4 days. The corals you have shouldn't be harmed and the fish don't care about darkness. How old are the bulbs on your m/h ?

I will give that a try. What about ambient light (from windows)?

[burgerchow]

Originally Posted by Electric eel

I will give that a try. What about ambient light (from windows)?

How much ambient light you have? A lot of lights from windows will always promote algae.

[aquajeep]

slowly boiling each rock with big patches.kills the gha but not the hard bristle algea.my new yellow tang was doing great picking small bits near corals for the last 2 weeks.......until this morning as i see my large bta has eaten him whole! ughh cant win.changing the lights might be working hard to tell yet.mabey i need 3-6 tangs as i dont have many fish anyway lol.i need a sea hare.who in the okanagan has one to pass on??