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Originally Posted by fiveboys  ok, i do not know my parameters because i have a man that services my tank and checks everything for me. he says everything checks out great. i have a clown, 3 green chromis, and one coral beauty fish. i also have several corals, all which are doing great except for my spaghetti leather. i believe my lighting is actinics and metal halides (very expensive and highly recommended by the pet store for corals). i also have one powerhead. |
1st off YOU need to test and learn your self ( if the water parameters were all fine and dandy then you wouldint have a hair algae problem )
You need to purchase the basic things, such as amonia/nitrate/calcuim/phosphate/nitrite/PH/ALK, test kits.
Then you need additional test kits such as >
stronium/mag/iodine.
Here's one of my corals ( green spaghetti leather roughly 12 inches tall now and bout 8 to 10 inches wide after only 4 months )
You need to tel me how often you feed and do you have a "sump" or "refugium" ?
Do you have or run a phosphate reducer ?
Do you have a skimmer ?
tell me how "much lighting" ? MH ? what size ? how many bulbs ? how old are the actinics, and MH bulbs ?