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Post by firemonster20 on Dec 16, 2013 12:57:18 GMT -5
Over the past few weeks I have had an increasingly worse hair algae problem and is has over taken my zoas and causes some corals to stay shut. Levels are all good in my tank and i run chemipure elite and do water changes every 2 weeks. is there any way to fight this or some invert that will help me pick off all the little hairs?
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Post by jasonandsarah on Dec 16, 2013 13:09:22 GMT -5
Emerald crabs, hermit crabs, tangs and or Fox face? combination?
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Post by Matt in Lewiston on Dec 16, 2013 13:16:09 GMT -5
Emerald crabs, hermit crabs, tangs and or Fox face? combination? Also lawnmower blenny |
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Post by firemonster20 on Dec 16, 2013 13:22:41 GMT -5
I forgot to say its an evolve 4 but i do agree with an emerald crab and maybe another hermit crab or two! Has anybody had a blue tuxedo urchin before can those help?
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Post by jmerr86 on Dec 16, 2013 13:56:48 GMT -5
+1 on the lawnmower
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Post by firemonster20 on Dec 16, 2013 13:59:49 GMT -5
Would i be able to keep that in the tank to take care of the problem then move him to my other larger tank?
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Dec 16, 2013 14:39:39 GMT -5
Tuxedo urchins are great for some algae. Not sure if they'd eat hair algae but it's worth a shot. I keep two in my tank.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Dec 17, 2013 6:13:48 GMT -5
Smaller tank makes a big difference I've read when you have hair algae in smaller areas or smaller tanks sometimes people just take there rocks out one by one and spot treat with diluted peroxide. If you look it up I'm sure you'll find all the info you need to know about it? Either way I hope everything works out I definitely feel your pain on this one it's frustrating beyond words.
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Post by firemonster20 on Dec 17, 2013 13:20:53 GMT -5
I want to start a new zoa garden but feel i should get this well under control first
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Post by jasonandsarah on Dec 18, 2013 5:50:04 GMT -5
Urchins are algae destroyers! Literally just do nothing all day and most of the night but scrape and rip algae off rocks. I had a long spine urchin when I first started my tank and it used to keep things so clean but he was a pain in the a$$ with corals he would just plow them over and poke them with his spines. Unintentional but still a pain. Very cool to watch though. I'd like to start a Pico just for a long spine urchin.
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Post by gotareef on Dec 18, 2013 9:28:50 GMT -5
I havnt had a long spine urchin for 4 years and I am still pulling pieces of broken spines out of the sand....
imo -they need a really big tank! tuxedo's are cool and anything blue in color looks good in a reef tank
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Post by firemonster20 on Dec 18, 2013 10:22:16 GMT -5
ya there color is great and im hoping he might make a dent in my problem.
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Post by Tucker on Dec 18, 2013 10:34:28 GMT -5
My tuxedo is awesome.
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Post by fragfreaks on Dec 31, 2013 12:44:33 GMT -5
If all that fails you can look into the method of increasing your Magnesium. There are many articles on the internet on how to do so. You just need to be careful as if the levels get to high you can damage your corals. I had a hair algea outbreak in my 120g reef awhile back. I did this method and it worked awesome. It basically starves out the algea and it just dies off. My Kole tang took care of all the dead algea in the tank afterwards.
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Post by oceangirl2009 on Dec 31, 2013 13:51:19 GMT -5
Hermits & emerald crabs helped me. The rocks that were the worst I pulled them out and soaked them in H2O2, then placed them in a bucket w/cycled water for several weeks without light.
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