hair algae HELP!!

[Swanwillow]

Gary, with 8 fish your overstocked-find a home for 2 or more fish, or the tang, and your problems will slow down, and you need better nutrient export.

dileggi, it depends on what your using as nutrient export. Maybe, maybe not. If your already having HA issues, you'd be pushing the bioload over the edge possibly.

BUT, if you both can keep up with water changes, watch your nitrates closely, and check your ammonia often-you may beable to do it.

 

[dileggi]

Thanks swan. I was hoping the lawnmower would just help with the HA problem, but I know it technically would just be a quick fix and that's probably not the way to do it!

 

[seapug]

Trust your eyes, not the test kits. If you have hair algae you have a nutrient problem. Yanking the bioballs was a good idea. Don't put them back. The suggestion to take out a couple fish is a good one.

I'm starting feel like I need to be sponsored by Two Little Fishes, but here goes again:

Get a PhosBan Reactor, PhosBan media, MJ400 and 2 feet of 1/2" airline tubing. Run it for one month, then change the media and wait another month. If the hair algae hasn't started to go away after two months PM me and I'll buy the reactor from you.

 

[dileggi]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11569030#post11569030 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by seapug
Trust your eyes, not the test kits. If you have hair algae you have a nutrient problem. Yanking the bioballs was a good idea. Don't put them back. The suggestion to take out a couple fish is a good one.

I'm starting feel like I need to be sponsored by Two Little Fishes, but here goes again:

Get a PhosBan Reactor, PhosBan media, MJ400 and 2 feet of 1/2" airline tubing. Run it for one month, then change the media and wait another month. If the hair algae hasn't started to go away after two months PM me and I'll buy the reactor from you.

I actually bought the reactor. My only problem was getting it hooked up the biocube. So, I returned it to the store. As much as I like the BC, and it's probably good as a starter tank, it seems to be very restrictive in what can be added.

 

[Swanwillow]

yeah, I like the look of biocubes, I'd like a 100+ gallon cube tank. But thats OT

Sometimes it takes others to make you open your eyes to what you already know.

 

[seapug]

gary tara (person who started the thread) has a 58 gallon tank and a 20 gallon sump. He'll have no problem hooking up a reactor.

 

[addicted4life]

When I battled HA it seemed to help to keep pulling the stuff from whatever it is attached to. Then try and brush the area with a toothbrush. It's a quick visual fix, but I personally feel it will help turn the tide of the battle with the algae in your favor.

 

[gary tara]

Going to order a reactor tonight. I have been pulling it but it only goes away for a short time. Thanks again for all your help!!!