green hair algie help

jbupland · 04/20/2009, 04:29 PM

i need suggestions on how to get rid of the hair algie and i would liketo do it without chemicals and scraping it off is out of the question as i have tride that time and time again and it just comes back within a day or so i am droping my nitrate right now as they are about 40 ppm i know this is most likely a contributing factor

kraze3 · 04/20/2009, 04:56 PM

you need to find the source for the nitrates. Unfortunately scrubbing it is the only way to get it out. When you eliminate the nitrates the GHA will not grow.

Clean all filter sponges, pads and socks. Keep this up on a weekly basis, bi-weekly if you can. Do a large water change to drop the nitrates as much as possible. Keep up water changes weekly also. Clean all of your powerheads and pumps. Cut down on feedings, feed less slowly so the fish consume it all. If you dont have any corals you can remove your rock fromt he tank and cook them in a rubbermaid container or another tank.

Here is another link to help
http://www.melevsreef.com/gha.html

1602reefer · 04/20/2009, 05:59 PM

+1 to kraze3. You can also get some hermits. Use some scissors and cut it back as close as you can get it. If your talking about this happening in your 110 gallon, some fish you can get are, a Scopas tang, a Yellow Tang, A Fox Face. All three of those will devour the hair algae. But I agree with kraze, find the source of the nitrate build up and do water changes weekly. I had a bunch and now its all gone after keeping to weekly water changes and adding hermits and a Scopas Tang.

jbupland · 04/22/2009, 06:35 AM

thats the thing i have at this point changed the entire tank around i have a horseshoe crab in there and 2 conchess that are continualy going in and out of the sand my gobies move sand all the time my nitrates havent changed since i have been moving stuff and im finaly starting to get some nice coraline algie on my rocks would changing all my sand be too drastic of a change in there

padgett152 · 04/22/2009, 06:51 AM

Do you use RO/DI water for top off and water changes?

04/20/2009, 04:29 PM	#1
jbupland Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: philadelphia pa Posts: 85	green hair algie help i need suggestions on how to get rid of the hair algie and i would liketo do it without chemicals and scraping it off is out of the question as i have tride that time and time again and it just comes back within a day or so i am droping my nitrate right now as they are about 40 ppm i know this is most likely a contributing factor __________________ can you stand in his house, i know i can Current Tank Info: 110 gallon reef in the making

04/20/2009, 05:59 PM	#3
1602reefer Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 93	+1 to kraze3. You can also get some hermits. Use some scissors and cut it back as close as you can get it. If your talking about this happening in your 110 gallon, some fish you can get are, a Scopas tang, a Yellow Tang, A Fox Face. All three of those will devour the hair algae. But I agree with kraze, find the source of the nitrate build up and do water changes weekly. I had a bunch and now its all gone after keeping to weekly water changes and adding hermits and a Scopas Tang. __________________ want to learn. Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef tank, 4 x 54 watt t5 light, 60+ lbs of figi live rock, backpack2 skimmer, 2 korallia 3's.

04/22/2009, 06:35 AM	#4
jbupland Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: philadelphia pa Posts: 85	thats the thing i have at this point changed the entire tank around i have a horseshoe crab in there and 2 conchess that are continualy going in and out of the sand my gobies move sand all the time my nitrates havent changed since i have been moving stuff and im finaly starting to get some nice coraline algie on my rocks would changing all my sand be too drastic of a change in there __________________ can you stand in his house, i know i can Current Tank Info: 110 gallon reef in the making

04/22/2009, 06:51 AM	#5
padgett152 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 335	Do you use RO/DI water for top off and water changes? __________________ For me to live is Christ and to die is gain. Current Tank Info: Biocube 14 gallon: 20 lbs live sand, 17 lbs live rock, DIY media rack filter modifications, 21LED 10" reefbars x 2

04/20/2009, 04:56 PM	#2
kraze3 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: RI Posts: 2,373	you need to find the source for the nitrates. Unfortunately scrubbing it is the only way to get it out. When you eliminate the nitrates the GHA will not grow. Clean all filter sponges, pads and socks. Keep this up on a weekly basis, bi-weekly if you can. Do a large water change to drop the nitrates as much as possible. Keep up water changes weekly also. Clean all of your powerheads and pumps. Cut down on feedings, feed less slowly so the fish consume it all. If you dont have any corals you can remove your rock fromt he tank and cook them in a rubbermaid container or another tank. Here is another link to help http://www.melevsreef.com/gha.html