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Old 01-10-2008, 03:52 PM   #12 (permalink)
G-Boy
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well, i have been fighting that stuff for about a year now, have done everything to try and stop it. NO light for about 2 weeks, new bulbs, sea hair x 2 (both died), scrubbing and rinsing rock, no feeding AT ALL for about 3 weeks, yellow tang, kole tang (died), foxface rabbit fish x2 (died), new filter (wet dry), changed out a remora aqua c to a remora pro. have been doing weekly water changes for about 7 months. Is getting better now, but only running white lights about 2 hours a day. I have found that it is very important to get your alk to the upper limits to help battle it and keep it from comming back. Another thing that I have never heard before is that pods are very important to keeping the hair algae in check, which just so happens to be what i have been missing in my tank for over a year now. As soon as I find a source I will let you know if that helps me in my battle. The best of luck to you and your fight. It will soon become a quest.


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