micromount
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Hair algae outbreak in my 12 ga. nano. Mostly zoanthoids along with some soft corals and ricordia. Cutting back on liglting. What is minimal lighting. Has two 50/50 compact fluorescents.
hair algae-minimal lighting for zoas?
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for what it's worth (and it may be hard on a 12 gallon tank), i use a toothbrush with soft bristles (or even a q-tip) to lightly scrub my zoos while i do a water change. i keep the siphon near the colony while i scrub and it vacuums up the funk.
i don't know if you've used other options for controlling your hair algae outbreak, but in my experience, my rics get cranky when they don't get enough light
i don't know if you've used other options for controlling your hair algae outbreak, but in my experience, my rics get cranky when they don't get enough light
ChurchBoy
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micromount,
Your lighting is one of the factors your nutrients(feedings, additives, water-is it RO/DI) also plays a big factor. Since your tank is only 12 gallons I would scrub off as much hair algae as possible-into a bowl or something, rinsing with tank water and then do a 10% water change and if you have some kind of filter dirty up the water and filter all 12 gallons of your water getting rid of any additional nutrients, but retaining your bacteria. If you're able to spend a little more purchase some phosphate remover and carbon and put them into filter bags and stick them into your tank until hair algae is gone(Kind of unsightly though). Hope it helps.
Your lighting is one of the factors your nutrients(feedings, additives, water-is it RO/DI) also plays a big factor. Since your tank is only 12 gallons I would scrub off as much hair algae as possible-into a bowl or something, rinsing with tank water and then do a 10% water change and if you have some kind of filter dirty up the water and filter all 12 gallons of your water getting rid of any additional nutrients, but retaining your bacteria. If you're able to spend a little more purchase some phosphate remover and carbon and put them into filter bags and stick them into your tank until hair algae is gone(Kind of unsightly though). Hope it helps.
