AlgaeFix Marine to control Hair Algae
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somewhere in this thread they recommend not using it as a maintenance dose as it is a pesticide which the algae in your tank could build up a resilience to.
Decadence
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I'll have to look more into this. I would think that any algae which survives the initial treatment would already have built up a tolerance to it. :hmm5:
Hello,
I just wanted to give my recent success using API AlgaeFix. I was hesitant to use this product because of some kinda bad reviews on Amazon but after reading a lot of this thread I decided to give it a shot. I have been battling high nitrates and phosphates for a while but now have them under control too. I do not have much in the way of coral so I was not too worried about the affects. I did the recommended dosage that is on the bottle and a total of 5 doses. I have done two water changes in this time. At that point the HA sucked right up. There is still a little bit in there but it is almost gone! :bounce1: I am going to keep up the dosages until it is all gone.
This is my first attempt at posting pictures so we will see how this goes. Posting before and after pics.
First two pics are before and the last two are after pics. Sorry for the bad quality. Taken with my phone.
I just wanted to give my recent success using API AlgaeFix. I was hesitant to use this product because of some kinda bad reviews on Amazon but after reading a lot of this thread I decided to give it a shot. I have been battling high nitrates and phosphates for a while but now have them under control too. I do not have much in the way of coral so I was not too worried about the affects. I did the recommended dosage that is on the bottle and a total of 5 doses. I have done two water changes in this time. At that point the HA sucked right up. There is still a little bit in there but it is almost gone! :bounce1: I am going to keep up the dosages until it is all gone.
This is my first attempt at posting pictures so we will see how this goes. Posting before and after pics.
First two pics are before and the last two are after pics. Sorry for the bad quality. Taken with my phone.
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ampemployee1
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10 months free of HA - but now here comes the red brush algae
10 months free of HA - but now here comes the red brush algae
I posted a while back, but thought it might be of value to share how a weekly maintenance dose has kept my system HA free for close to a year.
From December 2012
From October 2013
I've been doing a weekly maintenance dose of around 5ml for a total water volume of around 70 gallons after the initial dose every 3 days for a month. I've seen a couple of posts about comments on algae building up a tolerance. I haven't seen anything that would support this IME. I also have not seen any cyano, as mentioned by others on this thread.
In conjunction with weekly vacuuming of the sump, and a 5% water change, GFO and good skimming, my parameters are steady and HA seems to be dormant.
My new challenge is red brush algae, which seems to be growing in more and more in areas of strong lighting. Anyone have any recommendations on how to clear this out? Today, I took a piece of rock out and "painted" the algae with some peroxide to see if this will kill it...
10 months free of HA - but now here comes the red brush algae
I posted a while back, but thought it might be of value to share how a weekly maintenance dose has kept my system HA free for close to a year.
From December 2012
From October 2013
I've been doing a weekly maintenance dose of around 5ml for a total water volume of around 70 gallons after the initial dose every 3 days for a month. I've seen a couple of posts about comments on algae building up a tolerance. I haven't seen anything that would support this IME. I also have not seen any cyano, as mentioned by others on this thread.
In conjunction with weekly vacuuming of the sump, and a 5% water change, GFO and good skimming, my parameters are steady and HA seems to be dormant.
My new challenge is red brush algae, which seems to be growing in more and more in areas of strong lighting. Anyone have any recommendations on how to clear this out? Today, I took a piece of rock out and "painted" the algae with some peroxide to see if this will kill it...
Decadence
New member
After a successful full treatment, I have gotten a large bottle of algae fix and hooked it up to a BRS doser. It doses 9.9ml every Sunday night/Monday morning at 3AM, a couple hours after the lights have turned off. So far with my maintenance dosage, no algae has come back. I have even taken my GFO reactor off-line so that I can start hunting for color and I still only wipe my glass once a week due to an extremely slight haze.
Algae free FTS:
Algae free FTS:
Psionicdragon
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have anyone noticed any adverse effects on anemones? I noticed that after I dosed the rec amount, my gigs started to shrink and deflat. Not sure if it is pooping or if it was the algaefix.
Psionicdragon
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nm found my answer..it sickens it.
Decadence
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I have heard of anemones being affected before but tons of people have reported success with anemones as well. In all honesty, I have seen people report problems with just about everything. The instances are rare and possibly due to misuse or other factors.
TipSeaReefer
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Will this stuff kill green bubble algae?
Reeferz412
Coral Hoarder
In response to my previous statement. It turns out some rocks I picked out from the keys had phosphates locked inside. To this day one rock always has a tuft or two that gets gobbled up by my blenny or turbo snails.
TipSeaReefer
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Just started my first dose today. Guess I'll find out whether it works on bubble algae
