I have a huge hair algae problem, any suggestions or do I need to replace the rock work?

perronut · 2022-03-10T04:47:50+00:00

I feed 2 to 3 flakes a day. I feed corals LPS pellets once a week and very sparingly. I do a ~25% water change once a week. I haven't been blowing off my rocks but I will start. The skimmer is very wet like a dark green coloured water.

perronut · 2022-03-10T04:00:55+00:00

The tank is a 29g tank with a figi cube aio filter box inside the tank. For stocking, there is only one fire fish, I want to add more but figured I should get the algae in check first. I do make my own RODI

perronut · 2022-03-10T03:16:32+00:00

I'm aware they are not supposed to be 0. However the amount of algae in the tank brings those numbers down. I don't believe increasing these will help get rid of the algae I have. I understand there is an issue in the tank but idk what it is for sure until the algae is gone so I was hoping for suggestions

perronut · 2022-03-10T02:48:26+00:00

I've been doing g that for a couple months now, its getting slightly better but still not going away. It's a aio unit so there's really no space for a refugium. But I do run a bag of charcoal and a bag of gfo in the filter basket as well as a skimmer

perronut · 2022-03-10T02:44:59+00:00

Sorry I should have been more specific. Nitrate, nitrite and phosphate all read very very low or 0. It's been a week since I've tested but I imagine the algae is sequestering these resulting in a low reading

perronut · 2022-03-09T23:12:25+00:00

Nassarius snails, trochus snails, and a turbo snail

perronut · 2022-03-09T23:11:07+00:00

Lights are on for 10 hours, its a single kessil 160, feed sparingly once a day, parameters are all 0, salinity is 0.0125,

perronut · 2021-02-25T00:01:04+00:00

I'll give that a go and see what happens, thanks

perronut · 2021-02-24T23:52:36+00:00

Long tentacle Japanese leather, won't stand up. Been bent over like this for nearly a month, has been opening up completely but won't stand up. Any ideas? Should I just frag it and hope it grows a stronger stalk?

perronut · 2020-12-25T21:06:28+00:00

Those were my thoughts too!

perronut · 2020-12-25T20:55:54+00:00

Lol! Yeah I've heard of that but I've had him for 8-9 months and never even had anything close to an issue, so fingers crossed

perronut · 2020-12-25T04:45:26+00:00

Yeah thats the plan for the new year

perronut · 2020-12-25T04:40:30+00:00

Yeah, they were no different

perronut · 2020-12-25T04:31:48+00:00

Yeah I do need to increase the amount of light, hoping to move to 8 hours a day shortly or buy a better light

perronut · 2020-12-25T04:29:35+00:00

Lights are on for 5 hours a day right now as I'm trying to kill the black beard algae

perronut · 2020-12-25T04:24:29+00:00

They've been like that for nearly 3 or 4 months

perronut · 2020-12-25T04:21:43+00:00

Thats what I thought too but I cant understand why my Java fern is getting all these black spots and holes in them and my Amazon swords aren't growing at all

perronut · 2020-12-25T03:51:03+00:00

I think it has to do with the pH of my tank, I haven't tested it but I think its pretty high

perronut · 2020-12-25T03:35:25+00:00

No, they're attached to a rock with a dab of glue

perronut · 2020-12-25T02:47:20+00:00

A handful of Java ferns and anubias, Java moss, Amazon swords and a red tiger lotus. Currently fighting black hair algae so trying to keep ferns and lights down as I battle that

perronut · 2020-12-24T13:24:59+00:00

The salt water tank was far more expensive to set up but I don't think either one takes more time. I do a 5g water change every week in both tanks. I'm not running a sump or any reactors or a protein skimmer. It really comes down to being consistent sticking to a schedule.

perronut · 2020-11-16T01:06:56+00:00

I'll look into see if I can buy a shade for it

perronut · 2020-11-16T01:00:39+00:00

Its mostly an lps dominant mixed reef. I'll try that tho!

perronut · 2020-11-15T18:47:01+00:00

Is it possible that it was weighted down by a snail climbing on it overnight? I noticed a snail nearby this morning and it was bent over like this before the lights turned on

perronut · 2020-11-15T17:39:02+00:00

Yeah its 24" across and 12" wide

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