Cleaning hair algae off live rock help

[sponger0]

Originally Posted by BAGGERZ13

Even the videos from bulkreefsupply and more profession style videos?

You have to know how to determine good from bad info. And if you are new in the hobby, how do you determine that if you are trying to learn??

[Amatuer21]

Ok so i need to get a few test kits to test these parameters. i have about 11 different types of beginner corals already in my tank. Does coral make that big of a difference in my bioload? Im sure depending on some they do. I have two mocha clowns and two cromis. About 6 nar snails and maybe 4 hermits. i run a 30g sump on a 75 display. Nwb 150 reef octopus, deep sandbed with live rock and chaeto. All together about 120lbs of live in case anybody wanted to know my specifics. How do you control your nutrients better? Ive just been siphoning and doing a 20% change every 2 weeks: is that enough?

[gbru316]

Originally Posted by Amatuer21

Ive just been siphoning and doing a 20% change every 2 weeks: is that enough?

That's fine for now. You might also want to use a turkey baster to blow detritus off of your live rock.

As I mentioned previously, hair algae (and algae in general) is normal in newer tanks. I've never had a tank that didn't go through an algae phase.

Let things play out. Nothing good in this hobby happens fast. Unless the algae starts crowding out other livestock, I'd just remove by hand that which is easily accessible.

Hobbyists that tend to have "knee-jerk" reactions the second they notice something out of line don't usually last that long. Slow and steady wins the race.

[Amatuer21]

I currently do not have test kits for other parameters besides amonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph. I know i need to get reef kits but im waiting on some extra cash. I do changes 20% every two weeks. Should i be doing them once a week?

[dabandit]

Originally Posted by Amatuer21

I currently do not have test kits for other parameters besides amonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph. I know i need to get reef kits but im waiting on some extra cash. I do changes 20% every two weeks. Should i be doing them once a week?

Theres your problem;you bought a light, a tank,liverock,coral,fish,equipment but you dont have the ability to check your parameters....the most important part!! Change your water 7 times a week if you want it wont do you any good if you dont know whats in it. Sell some of your coral buy a proper test kit so you can start at the beggining.
Goodluck

[whatnot45]

Originally Posted by gbru316

Yeah, this forum would probably run much quicker if they were more strict about using the search button before posting new threads.

If all "help, algae," "help, everything is dead" and "what LED should I pick" posters would use the search button before posting, RC would probably only have a quarter of the posts it has.

Yeah but reef central is a business that sells ads based on users and their level of engagement, and the best way to show clients that users are engaged in the site is having them post the same thing over and over again.

[John Rambo]

Made my own tool out of the siphon for vacuuming the bottom. I installed a battery operated rotating toothbrush inside the vacume tube. While doing a water change it turn on the tooth brush to clean green algae off live rock while the water sucks it out so it dont go all over my tank.