hair alge 1 me 0 Starting over

yama63 · 08/04/2006, 11:22 AM

So the hair alge has won the battle but the war is not over.Tryed everything under the sun? sea hare, turbos, lettuce nudis massive water changes. scrubbing, Phospan reactor you name it nothing has worked. My phosphate were at .5 they could be lower that was before the Phosphate reactor was in. and done with the grocery store water new RO/DI unit.

Have a low biolaod
2 clowns
1 social fairy
1 gramma
1 chromis

The first thing i did was remove my old sump/refugium and skimmer ES5-2. The refugium had merical mud in it ever sence i put that stuff in i have had the problem. Not saying that is it but thats what i have tracked it back to?
Know that the sump is removed i started with a new one no sand only macro, bigger skimmer CS82+ and i'm cooking 3/4 of my rock. Cleaned the other quarter that was not so bad by hand.
Have a massive cleaner crew still in there turbos cerths astrea cuccumber conches Nassuries.

Anyone have any other ideas??

RichConley · 08/04/2006, 11:26 AM

how much flow in the tank?

yama63 · 08/04/2006, 01:37 PM

two maxi jets on a wave timer with the tips cut off
and a mag 9.5 with duel out lets

yama63 · 08/04/2006, 01:38 PM

Sorry maxi jets are 1200s

emoore · 08/04/2006, 01:52 PM

How long has your tank been set up? I had a major hair algae problem when I started my tank and it took about 2 months to finally die. I got my phosphates to 0. I also don't have any fish in the tank yet just corals (tank is 4 months old). I am waiting until my tank is 6 months to put fish in so the tank can handle the extra nutrient input.

RichConley · 08/04/2006, 02:11 PM

If you've got no fish and you have hair algae, your nutrient export system is woefully inadaquete.

outy · 08/04/2006, 04:08 PM

this works for me, depending on how old your sand bed is. I vacume out the top inch of sand and wash it very well in my water i take out of the display when doing water changes.

yama63 · 08/04/2006, 04:59 PM

my tank is well over a year old

outy · 08/04/2006, 05:14 PM

it would not hurt, mine was 2 years old lightly fed and you would not believe the amount of stuff that came out. i used my old sand with 75% more new sand

yama63 · 08/05/2006, 08:59 AM

Isint that a PITA to do everytime you do a water change. i just blow everything in to the water coulmn be for i siphen out the water>

outy · 08/05/2006, 11:11 AM

i waited two years before i did it lol sorry should have explained better, i just moved my tank for new carpet and saved water when i changed it

08/04/2006, 11:22 AM	#1
yama63 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 446	hair alge 1 me 0 Starting over So the hair alge has won the battle but the war is not over.Tryed everything under the sun? sea hare, turbos, lettuce nudis massive water changes. scrubbing, Phospan reactor you name it nothing has worked. My phosphate were at .5 they could be lower that was before the Phosphate reactor was in. and done with the grocery store water new RO/DI unit. Have a low biolaod 2 clowns 1 social fairy 1 gramma 1 chromis The first thing i did was remove my old sump/refugium and skimmer ES5-2. The refugium had merical mud in it ever sence i put that stuff in i have had the problem. Not saying that is it but thats what i have tracked it back to? Know that the sump is removed i started with a new one no sand only macro, bigger skimmer CS82+ and i'm cooking 3/4 of my rock. Cleaned the other quarter that was not so bad by hand. Have a massive cleaner crew still in there turbos cerths astrea cuccumber conches Nassuries. Anyone have any other ideas??

08/04/2006, 11:26 AM	#2
RichConley Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bostonian in Chicago going to DC Posts: 9,908	how much flow in the tank? __________________ NO TANKS!!!

08/04/2006, 02:11 PM	#6
RichConley Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bostonian in Chicago going to DC Posts: 9,908	If you've got no fish and you have hair algae, your nutrient export system is woefully inadaquete. __________________ NO TANKS!!!

08/04/2006, 01:37 PM	#3
yama63 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 446	two maxi jets on a wave timer with the tips cut off and a mag 9.5 with duel out lets

08/04/2006, 01:38 PM	#4
yama63 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 446	Sorry maxi jets are 1200s

08/04/2006, 01:52 PM	#5
emoore Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 570	How long has your tank been set up? I had a major hair algae problem when I started my tank and it took about 2 months to finally die. I got my phosphates to 0. I also don't have any fish in the tank yet just corals (tank is 4 months old). I am waiting until my tank is 6 months to put fish in so the tank can handle the extra nutrient input.

08/04/2006, 04:08 PM	#7
outy Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: auburn CA Posts: 4,021	this works for me, depending on how old your sand bed is. I vacume out the top inch of sand and wash it very well in my water i take out of the display when doing water changes.

08/04/2006, 04:59 PM	#8
yama63 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 446	my tank is well over a year old

08/04/2006, 05:14 PM	#9
outy Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: auburn CA Posts: 4,021	it would not hurt, mine was 2 years old lightly fed and you would not believe the amount of stuff that came out. i used my old sand with 75% more new sand

08/05/2006, 08:59 AM	#10
yama63 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 446	Isint that a PITA to do everytime you do a water change. i just blow everything in to the water coulmn be for i siphen out the water>

08/05/2006, 11:11 AM	#11
outy Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: auburn CA Posts: 4,021	i waited two years before i did it lol sorry should have explained better, i just moved my tank for new carpet and saved water when i changed it