Uv sterilizer
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it has been running for more then a year now and was running good suddenly went wild with hair algae. I do a water change every week about 10% of the volume. I use tap water and add dechloronator to remove the chlorine and red sea salt. Nitrate and phosphate is slight but its the same as before, when the tank was without algae. In summer temp went up to 32- 34 and lost a 2 fish and 2 corals, since then this problem started. Can it be the living rock died too. This summer i get a chiller.
phenom5
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Well, here's what I see...
1. Tap water. Every get a reading from a TDS meter on your tap water? That may be the problem right there. It may not be that bad, but that combined with your temp. spike may have been enough to let the HA take hold.
2. Temp. spike. Was it just a spike, or is it holding at that temp? Algae loves higher temps.
3. NO3 & PO4. Algae can take up those nutrients very quickly, so you could have high levels of NO3 & PO4, but they test lower because the algae is pulling them out of the water.
In the States we have vending machines that dispense RO water outside of grocery stores. Maybe something to look into. Or a home RO/DI unit would be even better.
I wouldn't worry too much about the live rock, it should be okay.
1. Tap water. Every get a reading from a TDS meter on your tap water? That may be the problem right there. It may not be that bad, but that combined with your temp. spike may have been enough to let the HA take hold.
2. Temp. spike. Was it just a spike, or is it holding at that temp? Algae loves higher temps.
3. NO3 & PO4. Algae can take up those nutrients very quickly, so you could have high levels of NO3 & PO4, but they test lower because the algae is pulling them out of the water.
In the States we have vending machines that dispense RO water outside of grocery stores. Maybe something to look into. Or a home RO/DI unit would be even better.
I wouldn't worry too much about the live rock, it should be okay.
