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Old 10-17-2011, 03:37 AM
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Um you might need to take more extreme measure to get your algea under control, I would suggest removing your rocks one at a time and manually removing algea, rinsing it and putting it back. For long term removal you can start running GFO, Zeo, or NP pellets aswell as a CUC.

How old are you lights? How often do you do water changes? Do you rinse your food? What size of skimmer? This is going to help determine what is causing the algea.
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Old 10-17-2011, 04:35 AM
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I pulled a lot of it off the rocks and scrubbed them down and I am gonna grab some turbo snails and an emerald pretty quick here for a more hair algae oriented CUC. I am running Eco Phos phosphate and silicate remover in a TLF phosban reactor right now and have been replacing it every month.

My t5s aren't that old but as for my MH I cant say cause I got it used. I do a 10% WC every week, I rinse the food. and i just have a bio cube skimmer right now but am looking into upgrading that soon.
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