my tank a 90 gal with a sump is 11 month old now went through a bad diatom bloom still have some diatoms, But now green hair algae is starting to take over. This tank is a pain still not adding any more live stock till this algae is under control. I have the patience to wait this out. I could use the help to learn how to control the algae's
green hair algae
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TimeConsumer
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Yeah, new tanks often go through several blooms. First some diatoms, then some cyano, then some dinos, then some GHA, then some bubble algae except that stays forever.
GHA means too much N and P. The usual suspect is overfeeding, which is very common amongst beginners. How much food are you adding in (and for how many fish?)
Getting it under control isn't that hard. Water changes. Siphon out detritus. Ensure your skimmer is dialed in properly. Pull out some rocks and mow the grass (I liked to use a wire brush for this). Add in a turbo snail or two. Keep changing water, keep siphoning detritus, keep mowing the grass. Let the turbo snails do the rest.
GHA means too much N and P. The usual suspect is overfeeding, which is very common amongst beginners. How much food are you adding in (and for how many fish?)
Getting it under control isn't that hard. Water changes. Siphon out detritus. Ensure your skimmer is dialed in properly. Pull out some rocks and mow the grass (I liked to use a wire brush for this). Add in a turbo snail or two. Keep changing water, keep siphoning detritus, keep mowing the grass. Let the turbo snails do the rest.
Uathedestroyer
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http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/blog.php?b=750
I'm trying this next. Been fighting the gha for awhile.
I'm trying this next. Been fighting the gha for awhile.
Uathedestroyer
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What kind of water are you using?
TimeConsumer
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Yes I would still consider 1 year to be fairly new. Especially if you started with dry rock. Some kinds (pukani comes to mind) are loaded with phosphates that take time to leach out.
Keep up the husbandry and you will slowly starve it out. Running a GFO reactor will help a lot.
Keep up the husbandry and you will slowly starve it out. Running a GFO reactor will help a lot.
DrPheel
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Just went trough the same thing about 8 months in. You can read up my tank build blog in the sig but I was at a point of trying to dose h202 to get it out and risk re-cycling the tank but I basically did what TimeConsumer said above with the addition of finding out I may of had a bad batch of gfo and my issue was solved in a month.
Good luck with your tank :beachbum:
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