AlgaeFix Marine to control Hair Algae

[HighlandReefer]

Sana,

I love pictures.

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ctenophors rule,

Clear ooze might be bacteria. Chlorophyll has a color (algae).

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static69static,

Thanks for sharing your experiences with AlgaeFix Marine.

Randy has some concerns about anything negatively charged in a system, as the AlgaeFix active ingredient will be attracted (Carbon, GFO, Rock & Sand, possibly carbon dosing bacteria).

That said, most of the hobbyists have not discontinued their use and are still achieving good results.

 

[jrw]

I still skim,
I'm in the early stages of vodka dosing and have not discontinued.

I don't run carbon routinely.

My nitrates and phosphates remain undetected.
Cyanobacteria is building as GHA is being eliminated.

 

[HighlandReefer]

Jrw,

Have you been siphoning and physically removing as much of the cyano as possible?

 

[jrw]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14891206#post14891206 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HighlandReefer
Jrw,

Have you been siphoning and physically removing as much of the cyano as possible?

It is just now getting to be enough to siphon. Plan is to do that tomorrow with a water change. It is no where near bad enough for me to even think of Chemi-clean or any of the other "Red slime removers".

I first noticed the cyano forming on the tips of the wasting green hair algae and it is just now starting to show signs on a few rocks and some on the sand bed.

 

[sanababit]

I really dont want to toot my horn, but this thing really is working, hair algae IS dying off and clumping togheter, i know i am on my 3rd dose and everything but it really is working, i am spraying the chemical directly on the hair algae, and like i said this is my 5th day without having to clean my front glass from algae...man if its working this soon, i cant wait till my 6th or 7th dose, lol...

sana

 

[edandsandy]

Glad it is working for you sanababit

 

[mtb888]

HighlandReefer did you get any red slime algae? Sounds like a few hobbyists stated above that they developed red slime after dosing. Just wondered if you noticed any?

 

[HDFATB]

HighlandReefer

since you started dosing Algaefix have you gone back to carbon dosing.

The reason I'm asking Is I've been dosing carbon to keep my hair algae problem in check for about a year now and the results have been ok.

I started to dose Algaefix about a month ago and my tank is spotless. I would love to start up my fuge again and get back to a normal system just do some maintenance dosing of Algaefix once a week.

I glanced through the thread but didn't notice if you have restarted your carbon dosing.

 

[HighlandReefer]

mtb888,

I had some of the red slime algae (cyanobacteria) before I started AlgaeFix and I still do have some. Does not seem that AlgaeFix works very well on it. I believe that in most cases the cyano was already there in the hobbyists aquarium before starting the AlgaeFix and once the algae disappears their is no competition for the cyano.

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HDFATB,

After seeing the good results that many hobbyists are achieving with AlgaeFix while dosing carbon sources and running GFO + GAC, I don't believe it is a big issue in controlling the algae.

 

[THE ROOK]

That's good news. I've been dosing vodka for a few weeks & my tank looks better. I have a bottle of the Algaefix but was unsure if I could do both. I'm going to try dosing both this week.

 

[HighlandReefer]

Rook,

Keep us posted on your results with Vodka.

 

[rtecanoe]

I've been using vodka for quite some time now. Never thought of wasting it on my tank though

 

[HighlandReefer]

:lol:

 

[sanababit]

Hi, today was my 4th dose and here are some pics as promised, this is the first photo i took when hair algae started, it got really bad in that particular spot, i wish i had a pic of when the strands where about 4-5 inches long

this is when i tried blocking the light off of it using some aquamend putty

so i started dosing algaefix and it is receding and clumping,

I know you almost cant tell from the photos, but hey i can tell, lol, i will keep posting photos on the progress....i was suppose to change my rowaphos today (every 3 months) but i havent seen any algae on the glass and i believe this thing is probably getting biding phosphates somehow, anyways, i am really happy

sana

 

[HighlandReefer]

sana,

Thanks for the pics.

 

[ctenophors rule]

i still see no results.

wierd?

my nutrients were undetectable before treatment(unsure now)

i stopped skimming, i am still carbon, and de-phosphate dosing though.

is that i prob?

 

[ctenophors rule]

also, this stuff says not to use with any crustaceans of any kind....

 

[THE ROOK]

Why stop skimming?

 

[ctenophors rule]

also i am using algaefix, fresh, its the same thing, so it shouldn't be the reason i have yet to see results, right?

 

[sanababit]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14900523#post14900523 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ctenophors rule
also i am using algaefix, fresh, its the same thing, so it shouldn't be the reason i have yet to see results, right?

I would stop dosing algaefix for freshwater and get algaefix marine, i looked at the ingredients and they are different, i believe this chemical only treats marine algae, and that is why it hasn't worked for you...

sana