Hair algae frustration

[ladynavyvet]

Just giving an example from the most reputable cuc site around. Just making my point that having a few shrimp and crabs is not really a cuc.

Again though, the fact that you can't keep snails alive would be a red flag for me...

It is for me as well. All my water for my 40 gallon tank comes from the lfs, they have a commercial system on site, and test daily for purity. I will increase the numbers of the CUC in my tank asap. I'm keeping an eye on the nutrients in the water on a daily basis.

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[sus]

I have personally never bought into adding more livestock (snails etc) to get rid of the algae issues which in turn, are caused by the dead organic matter.

What happens when snails die under the rocks adding phosohates to the water column?

I guess it's one thing if you closely inspect your tank every day but most of us work, come home late. I travel often. Adding CUC is not a good strategy, at least for me.

Well, that's why you have a crew. When a snail dies, the other critters clean up the dead one before it decays. Also, a few dead snails in 150 gallon isn't going to do anything to affect water quality and if it does, you've got bigger issues

 

[ladynavyvet]

Well, that's why you have a crew. When a snail dies, the other critters clean up the dead one before it decays. Also, a few dead snails in 150 gallon isn't going to do anything to affect water quality and if it does, you've got bigger issues

But, in a smaller tank, I'd think we'd have to be far more careful in our number of crew members.

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[Nugooch]

a couple things

a couple things

1) I would use a different test kit and check you levels. Maybe the a sample to your a LFS. I agree with above, if the snails are dying, there is something wrong.

2) I had a huge hair algae issue a few months ago because I was an idiot and set up my tank next a window with no blinds, curtains or anything. My yellow tang would eat the algae, and I bought a set of blinds, but to reduce it I had to go the old fashion route of pulling it out. (plus started running Phosguard) I actually used synthetic bristle gun bore cleaners.... the bristles do a great job of grabbing the algae and tangling it up so it can be pulled out. When I was done I would make sure to empty my filter sock of the loose pieces. I would work a little at a time each day and took my about 2 weeks to get rid of it. (about 1/4 of my 120 was covered). Now I actually have to clip algae strips for my tang to eat because none of it has grown back.

 

[ladynavyvet]

1) I would use a different test kit and check you levels. Maybe the a sample to your a LFS. I agree with above, if the snails are dying, there is something wrong.

2) I had a huge hair algae issue a few months ago because I was an idiot and set up my tank next a window with no blinds, curtains or anything. My yellow tang would eat the algae, and I bought a set of blinds, but to reduce it I had to go the old fashion route of pulling it out. (plus started running Phosguard) I actually used synthetic bristle gun bore cleaners.... the bristles do a great job of grabbing the algae and tangling it up so it can be pulled out. When I was done I would make sure to empty my filter sock of the loose pieces. I would work a little at a time each day and took my about 2 weeks to get rid of it. (about 1/4 of my 120 was covered). Now I actually have to clip algae strips for my tang to eat because none of it has grown back.

Synthetic bore brushes, I'll be stopping by my favorite sporting goods store this weekend, before mine gets any thicker.

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[ladynavyvet]

And i will take a sample of my water to my lfs, but I'm using the same brand of testing solutions they use. It'll be curious to see what they say.

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[karimwassef]

I actually feed my turf back into my display tank ... no algae can grow there because of my turf scrubber

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The pods that shake out of it create a cloud of food that my corals open up for

 

[moondoggy4]

I used Flunco 200 for my tank, all is gone

 

[karimwassef]

I used chemicals once and they eradicated my hair which created a plague of dinos instead. I prefer to let nature fix it.

 

[FLSharkvic]

If you want to get rid of this Algae this is what you need to do

If you want to get rid of this Algae this is what you need to do

I had the same problem but ten times worse and this is what I did! I only neglected my tank for just 3 months and you could not see the 100 pounds of rock b/c it was cover really really bad. It took me over 6 months but there is absolutely ZERO algae in my tank currently.

1. Cut back on your lights from 10 hrs to 8 hrs on my AI HYDRA 26 HD LED
2. Cut back on your feeding in half / I use Elso pellets now
3. Make sure your RODI Filters are changed regularly and your TDS is O Super Critical.
4. Buy some at least a half dozen Green Emerald Crabs, they work amazingly
5. I did a Ten-gallon water change every single week for 6 months.
6. I ran BRS High Capacity GFO in my dual reactor
7. Pick out as much as you can with your hand.
8. After week 4 you should notice a difference.

Good LUCK!!!

 

[Cbear88]

I had a similar issue...
I increased my snails, reduced the light and feeding plus checked there was no phosphate in the water I was doing the water changes with


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