I dosed this for a few weeks back in the September timeframe. Seemed to thin out the algae after a few doses but I also noticed that my LPS didn't look amazing while dosing. My hair algae has continued to be a huge problem, so I'm back to dosing Algaefix while I run heavy GFO and do many water changes. I need to get rid of this algae! I have a "3D" rock back wall and it is just absolutely covered in GHA (along with other stuff, so its not just something leaching out of the wall). I use RO/DI only, oversized skimmer, biopellets, GFO... still tons of hair algae. I see zero nitrate and don't feed too much for my 180 gallon, as far as I know. Man... I just want to have a nice clean tank.
AlgaeFix Marine to control Hair Algae
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hkgar
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Do you think this might be Derbesia?
Both pics are the same stuff just not as dense in the second.
Aquarist007
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Just plain old green algae. Are you running any Gfo and or carbon dosing ?
You need to pick as much as you can out that way you are removing phosphates that it has up taken
You need to pick as much as you can out that way you are removing phosphates that it has up taken
Aquarist007
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There could be phosphate leaching from the rocks supporting the algae
CoralBeautyII
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**Update to my algaefix experience.
The hair algae is taking over, it covers 75% of my live rock and started to smother corals. Water changes and manual removal was not enough, I had to go back to algaefix.
Its been 5 new doses now and it has subsided a bit. I since replaced the lost snails and this time the snails are fine, no deaths. Could have been my snails were old the first time and that is why they croaked with algaefix, dont know. Micro stars and algaefix do not mix, my whole population is wiped out.
On a good note...and this is a very good note, since adding algaefix i no longer see flatworms
Tomorrow is another day of pulling it out, a water change and another dose of algaefix.
This stuff just doesnt want to die
I wonder if daily doses may work better? Since it only subsides the day after the dosage, by day three its already regenerating itself
The hair algae is taking over, it covers 75% of my live rock and started to smother corals. Water changes and manual removal was not enough, I had to go back to algaefix.
Its been 5 new doses now and it has subsided a bit. I since replaced the lost snails and this time the snails are fine, no deaths. Could have been my snails were old the first time and that is why they croaked with algaefix, dont know. Micro stars and algaefix do not mix, my whole population is wiped out.
On a good note...and this is a very good note, since adding algaefix i no longer see flatworms
Tomorrow is another day of pulling it out, a water change and another dose of algaefix.
This stuff just doesnt want to die
I wonder if daily doses may work better? Since it only subsides the day after the dosage, by day three its already regenerating itself
Aquarist007
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**Update to my algaefix experience.
The hair algae is taking over, it covers 75% of my live rock and started to smother corals. Water changes and manual removal was not enough, I had to go back to algaefix.
Its been 5 new doses now and it has subsided a bit. I since replaced the lost snails and this time the snails are fine, no deaths. Could have been my snails were old the first time and that is why they croaked with algaefix, dont know. Micro stars and algaefix do not mix, my whole population is wiped out.
On a good note...and this is a very good note, since adding algaefix i no longer see flatworms
Tomorrow is another day of pulling it out, a water change and another dose of algaefix.
This stuff just doesnt want to die
I wonder if daily doses may work better? Since it only subsides the day after the dosage, by day three its already regenerating itself
You have to keep pulling it out to remove the phosphates it has absorbed. If you just let the Algaefix kill it and don't remove it the phosphates continue the cycle.
CoralBeautyII
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I am removing it the best I can. It cant be totally removed by hand, its not possible. Some is always left behind.
About a month back I removed most of it then brushed it off with a toothbrush, that was the cleanest the rocks looked.
Until it came back again worse than before
By me brushing the rocks it spread the spores to other parts of the tank that previously had no hair algae....so now im battling a whole tank full of hair algae
So i will never brush the rocks again, it just made it spread.
I'm doing 30% water changes weekly, and im going to start dosing algaefix every 2 days instead of every three
I personally would limit the amount of time spent pulling algae from the tank. There's no point in trying to get all of it. In this situation, I'd run plenty of GFO and keep up the water change schedule you mentioned, and hope for the best. We can come up with more aggressive methods if need be.
I might work on the feeding levels, as well.
I might work on the feeding levels, as well.
CoralBeautyII
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Can I add GFO without a sump? Is it like chemipure elite?
I have a hob filter with carbon only, and i used to run phoszorb in their but it didnt seem to matter so I stopped using it
I have a skimmer and skim wet
I cut down on feedings by half. My bulbs are newly changed, funny when i changed the bulbs thats when things really took off, it was like algae on steroids after the bulb change, forgot all about that.
I did a one day black out and that really helped, til i put the lights back on, so now i cut the light period in half as well
Ugh..this cant go on forever right? it has to die eventually...i hope lol
CoralBeautyII
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The hob filter i have now is low flow, mainly because the algae is blocking the intake lol
So will this work?
http://www.marinedepot.com/AquaMaxx...ilter_Media-AquaMaxx-UJ00133-FIFMCHPR-vi.html
CoralBeautyII
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Anything that you would recommend? (that i can add to the hob filter)
Hello to all,
- First dose: December 24
- Second dose: December 26
- Third dose: December 28
Since the 4th dose, I'll be an interval of three days between 2 treatments.
My tank: few fish, 1 starfish Protoreaster linckii, some shrimps, 1 green bubble Entacmaea Quadricolor, 1 crab Percnon Gibbesi, some Kenya tree and some Sarcophiton...
- skimmer ON,
- no GAC,
- no GFO
No problem!
Before the first dose
After the 3rd dose
- First dose: December 24
- Second dose: December 26
- Third dose: December 28
Since the 4th dose, I'll be an interval of three days between 2 treatments.
My tank: few fish, 1 starfish Protoreaster linckii, some shrimps, 1 green bubble Entacmaea Quadricolor, 1 crab Percnon Gibbesi, some Kenya tree and some Sarcophiton...
- skimmer ON,
- no GAC,
- no GFO
No problem!
Before the first dose
After the 3rd dose
fishresponse
New member
What dose did you use to get your results?
