Green hair algae - Page 2

Electric eel · #1 11-11-2009, 06:16 PM

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 · #2 11-11-2009, 06:29 PM

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 · #3 11-12-2009, 02:28 AM

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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 ?

blake374 · #4 11-11-2009, 07:07 PM

I ran a phosphate reactor for a month with rowaphos. After that I scrubbed the rocks and that made the problem much much better. I guess this dosn't really get to the source of the problem, but it cleared the problem up, while I worked on the source.
In my experience tangs don't eat green hair algea. They eat other types though.