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09-09-2007, 06:28 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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   |  Brown Hair Algae
Ok, the 72 has been up for 2 months now and I am having a brown hair algae problem. Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0,Nirates 0, Phosphate 0, Calcium 420, Alk 11, ph 8.4, salinity 1.026.
I have just begun to use Seachem SeaGel and a UV sterilizer. What type of luck have you had with either of these products. _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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09-10-2007, 05:15 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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get rid of the uv sterilizer as they kill the baddies ,they also kill some goodies  ive never used seachem seagel . Maybe also make sure you aint over feeding as algae grows well with excess nutrients in the water and light!!
thats a well stocked tank for 2months old any pics mate!! _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock Mandarin Goby, Zoanthids(orange and yellow) Hammer coral , red and blue coralmorphs.  Got Questions? Need Answers?
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09-10-2007, 08:58 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sacramento, California
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I just had a small bout with hair algea in my button polyps. Removed as much as I could with a toothbrush - poor polyps hated it! Tangster suggested that I provide more water flow, which I did. It's been about 2 weeks and it seems to be gone! Good luck! _________ Linda 29g Nano 2 FSL 8000k 36w & 2 AquaLux 36w Blue Pump: 1200 LPH; Maxi-Jet 600 Powerhead 100w Visi Stealth submersible heater 15 lbs. live rock 20 lbs. live sand LIVESTOCK: 1 cleaner shrimp; Asst. snails, 1 emerald crab, Pierre the Cleaner Shrimp and acrobat extraordinnaire, 1 button polyp, 1 green star polyp, 1 red mushroom, 1 Xenia, 1 octopus coral, 1 torch, 1 frogspawn, 1 tree coral, 1 stag coral. Established: 6/20/07 | |
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09-10-2007, 10:14 AM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Linda I did pick up an extra powerhead as I thought that might help. I already have two running but a third I think will help.
Just running the UV sterilizer for a bit will not run it indefinitely.
I am also thinking it might be a function of the time the tank has been up.
I also think the skimmer(Coralife 125) that I was running, which never pulled much skimmate, might have contributed to the problem. Installed a Euro Reef last week.
Just tested all parameters and they still sit at zero for Ammonia, Nitrates, Nitrites, and Phosphates...420 Calcium 12 Alk | |
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09-10-2007, 10:39 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sacramento, California
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I was lucky - just a little bit to contend with. I don't think the BP like it much, though.  | |
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09-10-2007, 12:12 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Linda,
Thank you for the photo. Fortunately the algae is not growing near any of the corals... | |
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09-10-2007, 01:38 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: May 2007
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I run a uv all the time without ill effects. most of the good bacteria is in your substrate and filter, I've had the same problem and once I started to use a uv and it cleared up.I would do a search on uv because there is a huge thread dedicated to this topic.Some people swear by them some people hate em.
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55 gal reef tank/30 gal sump/ref current 4x65 pc
brain coral,star polyps,various button polyps,mushrooms.
six line wrasse,yellow tang,3 damsel. set up for 2 yrs.
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09-10-2007, 04:17 PM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Thank you for your comments. I talked to many people about a sterilizer before installing one. Most have told me the same thing, that it cleared up their algae problems. It also is beneficial for the introduction of new fish to the tank. | |
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