tazzmanian123
Premium Member
Well, after 10 months of trying just about everything to get rid of my Hair algae problem, I might have stumbled upon a solution for my particular problem.
I have bought 3 different kinds of snails, emerald crab, peppermint shrimp, Chaeto, Phosphate reactor, new lights, more flow consisting of just under tornado strength system pump, 4 koralia ph's, lowered lighting cycle, boosted Mg to 1600ppm, 4 different test kits, ro/di, etc. etc. etc.
I'm not giving up, but I was, & maybe still are at an end as to what to do to get this under control.
Here's an idea that a friend came up with today concerning my particular situation.
I asked what I should do to get rid of the detrius collecting on top of sand. I stated that I could not add anymore ph's without creating a dust storm in my 46g tank.
Click.....That's where the phosphates might be coming from.
With me not adding any nutrients to the tank, the phosphates can only be coming from 2 sources. Lr, or sand bed.
I thought when I started tank, I needed a lot of Lr/Ls. So my 46g bowfront has 80-90lbs Lr., & a 3 1/2" deep sand bed. According to my fellow reefer, I have too much sand, & detrius is collecting around where it can, & because the sand bed cannot break it down fast enough, the detrius is feeding the hair algae.
So, I thought I would ask you all what you think about this?
Also, how to go about lowering sand bed down, & not causing my tank to crash & killing what life I have in it atm, besides the algae?
I have bought 3 different kinds of snails, emerald crab, peppermint shrimp, Chaeto, Phosphate reactor, new lights, more flow consisting of just under tornado strength system pump, 4 koralia ph's, lowered lighting cycle, boosted Mg to 1600ppm, 4 different test kits, ro/di, etc. etc. etc.
I'm not giving up, but I was, & maybe still are at an end as to what to do to get this under control.
Here's an idea that a friend came up with today concerning my particular situation.
I asked what I should do to get rid of the detrius collecting on top of sand. I stated that I could not add anymore ph's without creating a dust storm in my 46g tank.
Click.....That's where the phosphates might be coming from.
With me not adding any nutrients to the tank, the phosphates can only be coming from 2 sources. Lr, or sand bed.
I thought when I started tank, I needed a lot of Lr/Ls. So my 46g bowfront has 80-90lbs Lr., & a 3 1/2" deep sand bed. According to my fellow reefer, I have too much sand, & detrius is collecting around where it can, & because the sand bed cannot break it down fast enough, the detrius is feeding the hair algae.
So, I thought I would ask you all what you think about this?
Also, how to go about lowering sand bed down, & not causing my tank to crash & killing what life I have in it atm, besides the algae?