help green hair alge - Page 4

ReefBuilderNJ · 11-08-2005, 03:09 PM

make sure the bulb in your uv isnt more than 6 -9 months old.you may want to try a few algae blennies and a rabbit fish, i heard these guys love the algae. good luck

allaboutfish37 · 11-09-2005, 05:13 AM

coraline growth?I have lots of coraline growth so no chance of the green stuff.see what happens when don't clean your tank for 3 weeks..was working at lot:mad:

Jason McKenzie · 11-09-2005, 07:02 AM

ouch. Better buy a large pack if razor blades

I hate when that happens

J

Country · 11-09-2005, 09:06 AM

I find Coraline algae a love/hate relationship.

SAW39 · 11-09-2005, 08:22 PM

Bird lady said it first and Covey expanded: The algae is there because something is feeding it. With all of the creatures in your tank, a lot of ammonia is being produced and the nitrogen cycle is producing fertilizer for the algae. The nitrate test is more tricky than those for pH, ammonia, etc. and I would question the results the test is showing you.
I humbly suggest cutting down on the feedings and cleaning out or otherwise improving the efficiency of your skimmer.

Scuba · 11-13-2005, 08:34 PM

I was haveing a larg problem with algae about year ago, along with the snalls I was changing about 20 % of the water every week for about 2 months and only had the lights on for 5 hours a day, I also tryed to remove a lot of it by hand.

SAW39 · 11-13-2005, 09:15 PM

You could always send the algae to me. My lemonpeel angel loves it!