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08-26-2008, 01:24 PM
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I agree with EVERYTHING Myka wrote about HA and how to get rid of it.... except the snipping and shaving. I'm way too lazy for that!
 I had HA all over my tank, it was horrible, ugly, annoying, everywhere. My solution was a bit more drastic though but I had overnight success! I have a 90 gallon tank so I did a 24g W/C. I kept all the old water. I put 12g into two 6 gallon buckets. Then I had 2 -24g rubbermaids with the rest of the water divided between them. I also had a 6g bucket of new water. What I did was I gathered a bunch of different brushes, nail brush, toothbrush etc... Then I took out the coral and placed them in one of the rubbermaids. Then I took out every affected rock (HA is usually only on exposed surfaces so the rocks under the top layer were fine) and brushed it vigorously under water in one of the 6g buckets with old water, then I swished it around, then I swished it in the second 6g bucket and then finally in the 6g bucket of clean water, then placed it in the second rubbermaid. Repeat this until you've done all the affected rocks. Rebuild the tank and voila! Your tank will be cloudy for a day or so but if you control the rest of the problems, (nittrate, phosphate etc...) it will be the end of the HA! It's been at least 6 months since I did this and still no sign of HA! 
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08-26-2008, 03:35 PM
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Thanks for the comments guys! Now, when newbies ask about algae issues we can direct them here instead of writing everything out again and again. Or as has been the case lately, people with algae issues aren't receiving much for replies.
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08-26-2008, 03:46 PM
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I guess I was lucky but maybe all the brushes and scrubbing like crazy lady had alot to do with it.
Also I forgot to mention that most of the rocks were put back upside down. Also some of the rocks got second scrubbing in the second bucket because the water was so green/brown and fuzzy that I couldn't see if there was more to take off so once in the second bucket, if I saw more hairy patches, it would get another once over and by the time they got to the clean water bucket they were perfect.
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08-26-2008, 03:56 PM
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Woohoo!! My first sticky on this forum!
I added some info near the top of the Guide about detritus...thanks to kwirky for (unintentionally) reminding me! I will likely add more and more to this Guide as I remember little bits and pieces.  Last edited by Myka; 08-26-2008 at 04:20 PM.
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11-08-2010, 04:57 PM
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congratulations! but what about dino? I guess it should be included as well.
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11-08-2010, 05:32 PM
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Dinos are not an algae (neither is cyano), and the treatment isn't the same as the rest (cyano is treated like algae). This guide was originally for hair algae at a time when there seemed to be TONS of people having hair algae issues, so it was easier to write this than answer the same question day after day.
 I added cyano and diatoms to the list simply because they are treated the same way as hair algae.I could add a section for dinos. That's easy enough. I don't have time to do that today, but hopefully tomorrow. I will have to change the title of the thread! Last edited by Myka; 11-08-2010 at 05:35 PM.
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Thank you!
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