Algea taking over your tank. post pics

shoddyk · 06/02/2006, 10:19 AM

I would like to sse some tanks that the algea has just taken over the tank. It might be an intresting thread.

ODB_Heck · 06/02/2006, 10:57 AM

Mine will win for sure.

lvmartian · 06/02/2006, 10:58 AM

ouch

JRistau81 · 06/02/2006, 11:00 AM

Someone should get an RODI unit...

shoddyk · 06/02/2006, 11:00 AM

Ouch is right!!! What happened?

shoddyk · 06/02/2006, 11:01 AM

I hope that is rock under the forest in there and not just 3 foot weeds growing.

lvmartian · 06/02/2006, 11:01 AM

have you tested for Phosphates?

shoddyk · 06/02/2006, 11:03 AM

I dont think any Phosphate test will read as high as the reading from that tank.

shoddyk · 06/02/2006, 11:03 AM

I have a felling that is is going to be a fun thread for people to look at.

ODB_Heck · 06/02/2006, 11:06 AM

Thats the reason I started posting here and Im on my way to haveing a real tank.

heres my story
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...91#post7392191

ODB_Heck · 06/02/2006, 11:08 AM

when I did get a phos test it came out like ink. Took me weeks of changing water to get it down.

shoddyk · 06/02/2006, 11:09 AM

ODB_Heck, it looks like the tank has come a long way from the picture you posted above. Good luck man.

ODB_Heck · 06/02/2006, 11:18 AM

Thanks shoddyk, It looks way better now, Ill update the pic when I get home tonight.

shoddyk · 06/05/2006, 09:28 AM

Bump

tedmc2 · 06/05/2006, 09:53 AM

Here's mine shortly after cycling.

shoddyk · 06/05/2006, 09:55 AM

For some weird reason my tank never had any type of algae growth during or after the cycleing phase.

delor · 06/05/2006, 10:04 AM

I had a horrible HA problem, the kind that can drive a person out of this hobby for good. I was doing everying I could to get rid of it and it still wasn't going away. I finally got a HOB refugium and placed a large ball of cheato in there. Then I finally saw the HA starting to reside... My tank looks much better now and I am enjoying it again. I never took pics of it because it would have just made me mad to see it like that...

dous · 06/05/2006, 10:06 AM

Sheesh and I was worried about mine.. I just finished my cycle and was having diatom problems...

I'm glad I saw this post. Sorry guys.

shoddyk · 06/05/2006, 10:07 AM

I started to get a little hair algae a little while ago until I made a 20gallon fuge just for chaeto, since then it has been under control.

ODB_Heck · 06/05/2006, 10:10 AM

Now I see my green hair kinda going away and some red brow growing on top. but the good news is on some spots on the rock are totaly clean. Hopefully its the light at the end of the tunnel.

shoddyk · 06/05/2006, 10:12 AM

Are you getting any direct sunlight from the windows?

lvmartian · 06/05/2006, 10:28 AM

I have minimal amount of hair algae growing close to the intake of my powerhead on the live rock. The greyish brown stuff...any advice?

Ti · 06/05/2006, 10:34 AM

My tank was once 99% HAIR ALGAE.
I used PO4 removers, less feeding and some water changes and employed a few snails.
Worked for me

shoddyk · 06/05/2006, 10:34 AM

it is probaly because your powerhead is not pushing water over that area.

lvmartian · 06/05/2006, 10:36 AM

so add another that gets the water flowing there too?

06/02/2006, 10:19 AM	#1
shoddyk Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Yuma, Az Posts: 568	Algea taking over your tank. post pics I would like to sse some tanks that the algea has just taken over the tank. It might be an intresting thread.

06/02/2006, 10:58 AM	#3
lvmartian Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: houston Posts: 90	ouch __________________ lv 58 gal Oceanic w/ Canopy 4 VHO (in canopy, tight) 85lbs live rock getting ready for lps Current Tank Info: 58 gal

06/02/2006, 11:00 AM	#4
JRistau81 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Springfield, Illinois Posts: 264	Someone should get an RODI unit... __________________ I like pigs. Dogs look up to us; cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals. - Winston Churchill Current Tank Info: 150 gallon, 2 Hamilton 400w 14K Metal halide, Red Sea Berlin Skimmer (Don't scoff, it works well), 150-200 lbs LR, 50 lbs LS, 100 lbs Southdown...anything else?

06/02/2006, 11:01 AM	#7
lvmartian Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: houston Posts: 90	have you tested for Phosphates? __________________ lv 58 gal Oceanic w/ Canopy 4 VHO (in canopy, tight) 85lbs live rock getting ready for lps Current Tank Info: 58 gal

06/05/2006, 09:53 AM	#15
tedmc2 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 384	Here's mine shortly after cycling. __________________ In a world gone mad, only a lunatic’s truly insane - Homer Simpson Current Tank Info: 18" cube, 12" cube, ADA MINI-S

06/02/2006, 10:57 AM	#2
ODB_Heck Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New York city Posts: 78	Mine will win for sure.

06/02/2006, 11:03 AM	#8
shoddyk Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Yuma, Az Posts: 568	I dont think any Phosphate test will read as high as the reading from that tank.

06/02/2006, 11:06 AM	#10
ODB_Heck Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New York city Posts: 78	Thats the reason I started posting here and Im on my way to haveing a real tank. heres my story http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...91#post7392191

06/02/2006, 11:08 AM	#11
ODB_Heck Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New York city Posts: 78	when I did get a phos test it came out like ink. Took me weeks of changing water to get it down.

06/02/2006, 11:09 AM	#12
shoddyk Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Yuma, Az Posts: 568	ODB_Heck, it looks like the tank has come a long way from the picture you posted above. Good luck man.

06/02/2006, 11:18 AM	#13
ODB_Heck Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New York city Posts: 78	Thanks shoddyk, It looks way better now, Ill update the pic when I get home tonight.

06/05/2006, 09:28 AM	#14
shoddyk Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Yuma, Az Posts: 568	Bump

06/05/2006, 09:55 AM	#16
shoddyk Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Yuma, Az Posts: 568	For some weird reason my tank never had any type of algae growth during or after the cycleing phase.

06/05/2006, 10:04 AM	#17
delor Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 1,124	I had a horrible HA problem, the kind that can drive a person out of this hobby for good. I was doing everying I could to get rid of it and it still wasn't going away. I finally got a HOB refugium and placed a large ball of cheato in there. Then I finally saw the HA starting to reside... My tank looks much better now and I am enjoying it again. I never took pics of it because it would have just made me mad to see it like that... __________________ Surviving is different than thriving! Current Tank Info: Current: 90 gal RR reef tank, LED. Old:55gal RR, 440W VHO, 80# LR, LS, 20gal sump, SCWD. 5 gallon nano, 75 gal FOWLR

06/05/2006, 10:06 AM	#18
dous Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Newmarket, Canada Posts: 352	Sheesh and I was worried about mine.. I just finished my cycle and was having diatom problems... I'm glad I saw this post. Sorry guys. __________________ -------------------- dous Current Tank Info: 55g reef, custom 300g in planning stages

06/05/2006, 10:07 AM	#19
shoddyk Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Yuma, Az Posts: 568	I started to get a little hair algae a little while ago until I made a 20gallon fuge just for chaeto, since then it has been under control.

06/05/2006, 10:10 AM	#20
ODB_Heck Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New York city Posts: 78	Now I see my green hair kinda going away and some red brow growing on top. but the good news is on some spots on the rock are totaly clean. Hopefully its the light at the end of the tunnel.

06/05/2006, 10:12 AM	#21
shoddyk Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Yuma, Az Posts: 568	Are you getting any direct sunlight from the windows?

06/05/2006, 10:28 AM	#22
lvmartian Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: houston Posts: 90	I have minimal amount of hair algae growing close to the intake of my powerhead on the live rock. The greyish brown stuff...any advice? __________________ lv 58 gal Oceanic w/ Canopy 4 VHO (in canopy, tight) 85lbs live rock getting ready for lps Current Tank Info: 58 gal

06/05/2006, 10:34 AM	#23
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	My tank was once 99% HAIR ALGAE. I used PO4 removers, less feeding and some water changes and employed a few snails. Worked for me __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

06/05/2006, 10:36 AM	#25
lvmartian Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: houston Posts: 90	so add another that gets the water flowing there too? __________________ lv 58 gal Oceanic w/ Canopy 4 VHO (in canopy, tight) 85lbs live rock getting ready for lps Current Tank Info: 58 gal