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View Poll Results: Have you had a bad algae outbreak? | |
No outbreak
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Outbreak, but not too bad
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Outbreak, moderately bad
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Outbreak from hell!!
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01-31-2007, 10:26 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mesa AZ Age: 29
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|  Algae outbreak
How many of you have had a bad algae outbreak (like brown or red algae).. 1 being no outbreak at all and 4 being a very bad outbreak. Use your own judgement on what you consider to be bad or very bad. Only answer if your aquarium is over a year old. _________  "Commit it to the flames: For it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion" -Hume
45 Gallon Bow, Oddysea 250w Halide w 2x28w actinic, Coralife skimmer... To be continued... | 
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02-01-2007, 02:14 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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yes, i kept getting moderate outbreaks before i learnt about phosphates and old houses. now i use phosphate sponge and prepare the water for top up a little longer then i used too
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02-01-2007, 05:17 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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My old 90 was overrun with bryopsis that came in on live rock. The algae, along with the anthellia and anemone majano, caused me to break that tank down. It was bad.  | |
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02-01-2007, 06:18 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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I had some problems with cyano but the worst was hair algae... I still have 1 or 2 very small spots that no one will eat??? But as soon as summer is comming back i know its going to start to grow again. It does that every sumer...
Marc. _________ 
20Gal, 45 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65W PC 20 000K + 10Gal sump/fuge
Livestock :hermit and snails, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Finger leather, Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Yellow polyps, montipora digitata, acropora, ?mistery polyps?, mistery crab, six line wrasse | |
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02-01-2007, 07:26 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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I remember the red slime algae attack when my tank was about 4 months old. That almost had me beaten down. I would scrub the rocks every other day and then blast everything with power heads. Then I had an outbreak of green hair algae, it wasn't too bad and finally went away. Now I have this short tufty red stuff which has slowly been growing until I had it on about 30 percent of my rocks. Damn, enough is enough. I rearranged my tank last weekend and did some scrubbing and fresh water dips. The other rocks I turned upside down. We'll see how this works
I am going to try and make this a SPS tank and nutrient poor.
I guess time will tell, So what I am really trying to say is don't give up yet.
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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02-01-2007, 08:02 AM
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| | Blue Ringed Angel
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Louis
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I haven't had algae problems with the exception of my first tank. Quite often when setting up a new tank, I nuke any LR I buy. Yeah, I know I'm evil but all I care about is living space for bacteria. Featherdusters, vermetid snails, chitons and the like are cool but not at the expense of algae issues. 
Then I'll seed all of that brand new LR with a couple of pieces of LR from an existing tank. You would be surprised at how long an algal spore can remain dormant just waiting for the right conditions to grow. That's why I'm so extreme.
Dead Live Rock is not the same as Base Rock. Most Base Rock is quite heavy and not porous at all. A lot of it was mined from land quarries where a reef stood millions of years ago and then chunked into the ocean for a year or two to obtain all of the "life". On the other hand, Dead Live Rock has great shapes and is quite porous. It usually has less in the way of adsorbed phosphates as well. _________ Curt  | |
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02-01-2007, 08:39 AM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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Good point on porous rocks.
On algae, my last outbreak was with valonia.
That is seriously weird stuff! | |
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02-01-2007, 11:03 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 441
Karma: 68
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Almost everyone has or will have this pesky stuff at some time or another! | |
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02-05-2007, 10:22 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
Posts: 1,238
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or how about this  | |
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