StlScott
New member
My system: Biocube 29, 30lbs of live rock, 25lbs of live sand, removed bioballs and put in 6lbs of live rock rubble in the middle chamber, RO/DI salt water (always)...my current water test showed 0 amm/0 nitrite/0 nitrate/8.2 PH/11 KH/Phosphate .25/Salinity 1.025...the tank was set up on 8/25/12.
I'm new...what do I know?!?! This is why I have a "bit" of an algae issue. I've been learning as I go with this Biocube. It's a blast, but at the same time, I don't want to make every rookie mistake. Everything was going great, my tank cycled, added a couple Clowns, Diatom Bloom came and went, and POW...I've got 3-4" strands of Green Hair Algae. No one told me not to run my lights for 12hrs a day, they told me to run the actinic lights 2 hours before and 2 hours after the white lights and run them for 8 hours. I did just that.
Why can't I just pull the algae out? I was told to get a Sea Hare and have him eat it...why? My water levels were always good; Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, & PH...no one told me there were more test. I found out my KH was low (7) and they gave me Seachem Reef Builder to raise it up. Do I want to add buffer, or do water changes to get what I'm looking for? So many questions, so many different answers...I'll take whatever feedback you have.
Now in my tank I have 2 Clowns, Candy Cane Pistol Shrimp & Yellow Watchman Goby, 2 Red Leg Hermits, 2 Astrea Snails, 2 Nass Snails, and a Big Sea Hare. They all seem to be doing good, just if I can get the algae gone...will it come back? How can some run their lights for 12 hours and get no algae? I wish I knew.
I'm thinking about a UV Sterilizer...are they helpful? So many people say its a waste. Sounds like a good device to me. I just got a Aquatic Life 115 skimmer that I'm going to set up soon, haven't even done a water change (I did acclimate 2 different times which was 15% of my water, so I guess thats a water change).
I'm new...what do I know?!?! This is why I have a "bit" of an algae issue. I've been learning as I go with this Biocube. It's a blast, but at the same time, I don't want to make every rookie mistake. Everything was going great, my tank cycled, added a couple Clowns, Diatom Bloom came and went, and POW...I've got 3-4" strands of Green Hair Algae. No one told me not to run my lights for 12hrs a day, they told me to run the actinic lights 2 hours before and 2 hours after the white lights and run them for 8 hours. I did just that.
Why can't I just pull the algae out? I was told to get a Sea Hare and have him eat it...why? My water levels were always good; Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, & PH...no one told me there were more test. I found out my KH was low (7) and they gave me Seachem Reef Builder to raise it up. Do I want to add buffer, or do water changes to get what I'm looking for? So many questions, so many different answers...I'll take whatever feedback you have.
Now in my tank I have 2 Clowns, Candy Cane Pistol Shrimp & Yellow Watchman Goby, 2 Red Leg Hermits, 2 Astrea Snails, 2 Nass Snails, and a Big Sea Hare. They all seem to be doing good, just if I can get the algae gone...will it come back? How can some run their lights for 12 hours and get no algae? I wish I knew.
I'm thinking about a UV Sterilizer...are they helpful? So many people say its a waste. Sounds like a good device to me. I just got a Aquatic Life 115 skimmer that I'm going to set up soon, haven't even done a water change (I did acclimate 2 different times which was 15% of my water, so I guess thats a water change).