the sea weed is taking over

by **pope_madness** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:09 pm

the green is taking over in my tank bubble colurpa and one more i dont know what it is but the stuff will not stop growing i have a sail fin tang turbo snails and lots of other things working on it but it will not go a way please tll me what to do

by **Snowboss4492** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:08 am

cut your whie lights down considerably for while , run R/O water if your not, lighten up the feeding, do 10% water changes every 3 days or so useing R/O water, blow the crap off everything daily with a turkey baster and let the filter clean it up and double up on your regular monthly fiter maint,

how old is the tank?

Lol, Humboldt? i used to live in Humboldt Kansas

Boss

by **pope_madness** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:58 pm

seven months no no its humboldt co . california

by **gumbii** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:33 am

emeral crap will get the bubble and other green algae in check... there are some other invertibrae that munch on that stuff...

by **schigara** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:48 pm

Like Boss said,

A good cleanup crew, shorter photo period, less food, RO/DI water and water changes will help but if the stuff is everywhere and taking over, it will take a long time to get rid of it without using a phosphate binding media.

Phosphates are what fuels hair algae. They are like gas for a fire. You need to remove or seriously reduce the source of the phosphates for sure but to get rid of the hair algae quickly, buy a phosphate reactor and run grannular ferric oxide media in it as well as doing all the things Boss mentioned. The hair will be gone in 3-5 days.

Good media to use in reactor. Rowaphos or Pura Phosloc. Bad media=Phosban!

the sea weed is taking over

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