AlgaeFix Marine to control Hair Algae

HighlandReefer said:
FWIW, sneeyatch was able to control his pest algae which AF did not control at the recommend dosage with minor negative reactions from his coral. If you are willing to take a chance you may want to follow his procedure to see if this will control your pest algae. Sneeyatch simply dosed AF at the recommend amount but every other day instead of every three days. This could be risky, but as a last resort may be worth a try. :)
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Yep - it's gone and it doesn't look like it's coming back either. It took a little while before seeing results but it seemed like once you noticed a die-off, it happened very quickly. I've maintained a maintenance dose once weekly to be on the safe side, but I think I'm good to go.

Although I noticed some withdrawn corals, I actually think it was more flow related than AFX related. I started playing around with flow direction and my LPS corals opened back to where they were within a couple of days.
 
Well, I'm on my fifth dose of this stuff, and it's done absolute wonders for my algae problem. It's successfuly nuked my Dinoflagellates, green furry algae, and brown furry algae. Stuff just slowly turned whiter and crustier after each successive treatment, eventually being blown off the rock and substrate by my vortech to be filtered away. I will say that it does NOT effect bubble algae (which I had a tiny bit of), nor the more wiry stiff hair algae (which is easier to yank out).

Any reason why not to just continually dose this stuff as a prophylactic?
 
sneeyatch said:
Yep - it's gone and it doesn't look like it's coming back either. It took a little while before seeing results but it seemed like once you noticed a die-off, it happened very quickly. I've maintained a maintenance dose once weekly to be on the safe side, but I think I'm good to go.

Although I noticed some withdrawn corals, I actually think it was more flow related than AFX related. I started playing around with flow direction and my LPS corals opened back to where they were within a couple of days.
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I appreciate that you have kept us up to date regarding your procedure. ;)
 
Ycore said:
Well, I'm on my fifth dose of this stuff, and it's done absolute wonders for my algae problem. It's successfuly nuked my Dinoflagellates, green furry algae, and brown furry algae. Stuff just slowly turned whiter and crustier after each successive treatment, eventually being blown off the rock and substrate by my vortech to be filtered away. I will say that it does NOT effect bubble algae (which I had a tiny bit of), nor the more wiry stiff hair algae (which is easier to yank out).

Any reason why not to just continually dose this stuff as a prophylactic?
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I had dosed AF for a very long period of time at the three day interval. It did kill my chaeto somewhere after 12 or so doses. I say no other effects. Other hobbbyists have reported the prolonged use killed their chaeto and some other macroalgae that were not identifiable. If you still have algae left that is living and being affected, I would continue dosing. ;)
 
Here is an update to my Derbesia/Bryopsis problem. As I stated earlier I tried in two different occasions using AF to eradicate my algae problem without any success.

1. 5 doses of AF at recommended doses and intervals in Aug - no improvement
2. 10 doses of AF at recommended doses and intervals in Sep PLUS raising Mg level to 1800 with mixture of MgSO4 and MgCl2 - no improvement.

This was the picture taken 10/15/10
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I ordered a gal of Kent Tech M about two weeks ago and started using it on Friday 10/16/10. Using a Aqua Lifter pump, I sprayed the algae every 1-2 days while keeping my Mg level below 1900. In addition, I resumed dosing the AF with the recommended dose but every other day instead of every 3 days. With daily pruning and brushing of the live rocks, this is what the same spot looks like today.
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I still have quite a way to go before all the algae are gone but I am pleased with the result so far. I hope in another two weeks, my algae problem is gone. Even with the every other day use of AF, I have not noticed any obvious negative effect on my livestocks.
 
I am pretty excited to try this stuff.

I was bummed out when I found it was not available in canada, but I easily found an ebay seller willing to ship it.

My 16oz bottle arrived today. So tonight, I am going to prune and start dosing! Will post a before pic when I get home
 
Well, I have the first casualty this morning. My clam is dying or already dead. You can read my post this morning about my clam. I don't know if the high level of Mg and AF is the cause but since my other clam is doing okay so I assume it is not. Just to give everyone an update of my struggle with Derbesia / Bryopsis. I am so disappointed.

Here is the link to my post re clam:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=17873471&posted=1#post17873471
 
Can't be certain exactly what caused your clam's demise. Sorry to hear about your loss. :(

The only thing I can add is I had 3 different clams in my tank and dosed AF per the directions for quite a long period of time and the clams showed no negative effects. We have had others that had the same experience with their clams as I when dosing AF.

One thing about mag supplements is that they do contain contaminates like copper and other heavy metals. If you raise your mag level more than 100 ppm in one dose this could possibly cause problems. Perhaps the effects of increasing mag levels and dosing AF at the same time might somehow have a negative effect we don't know about? I really have no idea. It is something that other hobbyists may want to take into consideration.
 
One thing that I forgot to mention is my Derbesia/Bryopsis are still receding and very easy to remove. I am going to let my Mg drop to 1500 and continue to use AF every other day. I will be keeping an eye on the other clam which seems to be doing okay.
 
Had a bit of an algae issue and I've been dosing for about 2 weeks now according to the recommended dose and my tank has exploded with cyano.

Strangely my fish have had an outbreak of ich too. I havent had ich issues for a long time.

Doing a blackout for 3 days so it doesnt choke my corals out.
 
Unfortunately, AF does not kill most cyano. After the algae dies, you are left with the cyano that was present before the treatment and now has no competition. :(
 
I did both Algaefix and magnesium treatments a few months ago for hair algae and bryopsis respectively, and both my clams were fine, as were the hermit crabs, snails and other inverts.
 
wwu123 said:
I did both Algaefix and magnesium treatments a few months ago for hair algae and bryopsis respectively, and both my clams were fine, as were the hermit crabs, snails and other inverts.
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How high did you keep your Mg level and how long did you do both treatments? Were you able to get rid of the HA and bryopsis?
 
This product seams to have aided in the removal of my algae for the most part. I used it as directed (10 ml every 3 days) for about 6 doses. My mushrooms didn't look their best, so I went to 10 ml once a week. The algae did start to die off after a few doses. There were apparently different types of algae, because some died immediately and some is still dying.

I've also been using WM EcoBAK pellets and GFO to lower my NO3 & PO4 along with the Algaefix Marine. I also started skimming more wet and added 100 micron filter bags. But, the algae is really disapearing and my glass is staying cleaner way longer (about once a week between cleaning and it's not anywhere near what it was). Plus, no losses to report.

I'll keep using this at the once a week rate until it's all gone.
 
I can see my rocks again!!!!

I love this stuff, GHA had taken over my tank, I wish I had taken a picture to show the changes but I was embarrassed with how bad my tank had gotten. I have yet to see a picture in this thread that was as bad as mine.

I saw this thread and started dosing AF every 2 days for a week and then every 3 day once the die off started and am now at once per week. There is still a little left but I can see all my corals again and its been about 6 months since I could see my LR whcih is now back and the GHA is nearly all gone.

I love this stuff and now that the algae is gone I have been able to properly get my water parameters in check.
 
I'm going to start dosing this stuff tomorrow. I read through most of this thread, but have a couple questions:

1. I'm currently dosing Prodibio and running GFO and GAC. Should I stop these three until I'm done with the AlgaeFix? It appears it really doesn't matter?

2. Once I'm done dosing the AlgaeFix (when the algae hopefully subsides) should I keep dosing the AlgaeFix once a week as the instructions indicate?

If I do take the Prodibio, GFO and GAC off line while I dose, I was intending on starting the three back up once the algae is gone (and continue to dose Algaefix once a week?)

Thanks guys...
 
I would leave everything running as you have it now.

As for the maintenance - I would just go once a week for maybe a few weeks to a month to wean yourself off it.
 
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