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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / July 2003Hair Algae
Does anyone know how to kill Hair Algae without killing all the fauna ? I had a terrible out break of this stuff and I can not seem to get rid of it. I have moved the animals to an OT and rebuilt the old system. The new tank is as follows: 30gal Priszm skimmer 2 - 55w PC new ballast two power heads 4" of Southdown 30# Live Rock The tank has been up for about three weeks with no lights. I added the original rock back after it sat in a dark tub for about a week with no light. I also scrubbed the rock. I turned on the lights for two days and the hair algae has started to regrow. The water parameters are ( using Salifert ): Water Temp - 80F NH3 - 0 PH - 8.1-8.2 NO3 - 0 NO4 - 0 K - 0 Silicates - ? I have a brand new RO/DI unit and all the tests on the water from the unit are perfect. There is nothing in the tank but rock and sand. Anyone got any ideas ? My next step may be to toss the existing rock and buy new. Thanks Jim Reynolds As far as I know, the only way to "kill it" is to starve it of nutrients and manually remove it - keep doing that until it's gone. It may take awhile and it may never be completely gone - ever. You're better off just keeping it under control by manually removing it during routine maintenance and keeping the nutrient content as low as possible. I also understand the using Kalkwasser can also help because it precipitates phosphates. I wonder what the phospate and nitrate levels are in your tank? You should test those and post the results. -Todd > Does anyone know how to kill Hair Algae without killing all the fauna ? I > had a terrible out break of this stuff and I can [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Thanks > Jim Reynolds Hi Jim, try the steps in this article. http://www.melevsreef.com/gha.html Marc > Does anyone know how to kill Hair Algae without killing all the fauna ? I > had a terrible out break of this stuff and I can [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Thanks > Jim Reynolds -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com |
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