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03-12-2010, 04:45 PM
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+1 on the Sea Hare. I have one in my tank and in 24 hours it had eaten most of the algae. It goes back to the LFS on Sunday.
Of course, the algae is just the symptom of the water quality problems others have already addressed. I guess each case is different and it's still early for me but between stringent water quality management and the Sea Hare (and really no livestock in the tank for bio load), my algae problem is almost done (knocks on wood). You can win the war -you just need to outsmart the enemy !
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03-14-2010, 03:06 AM
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I tried a sea hare...had it for two weeks then it crawled down my overflow and died(probably should have covered it...). I will try some mexican turbo snails and look into a phosban reactor. I use RO water from the local water store. I also have 2 bulb strip light on the tank that has bulbs that are over a year old now, ill change those. I've been doing weekly 5 gallon water changes and siphoning off the majority of the algae. Ill up that to 10 gallons now. Thanks for the input guys/gals. Anymore advice is appreciated.
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03-14-2010, 03:11 AM
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is this in the 120gal system? if so 10 gal should almost be your minimum water change.. I would recomend 10% water changes weekly. And up from there to battle the algae. It took me over a year to get mine under control. A sea hare or Turbo snails will help, but the orgin of the problem needs to be found as well.
Make sure to do a complete set of tests and post the results here. Also maybe ask the water store what thier TDS is in the water, or buy or borrow a TDS meter.
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