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04-22-2008, 10:48 AM
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#11 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 38
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Listen to Tangster, I had a HUGE hair algae problem, and thanks to his advice and from others on here regarding my water parameters, mine is now all gone.
Two more things I would suggest that seemed to work for me, adjust your skimmer to wet skim. I was emptying mine twice a day (AquaC Remora) while I had the hair algae. I'd also suggest running a phosphate removing product and consider cutting back on your feeding some.
These things combined with getting my water parameters correct did the trick.
As for critters to help, the one's that really made a huge difference were Zebra snails...the big ones. I have a total of about 10-15, but 3-4 that are 2" plus and they eat more than all of my others combined. They literally leave 1" wide clean streaks through the hair algae. Can't recommend them enough. _________ Tank: 75g glass, AquaC Remora, Eheim Ecco Canister filter, Odyssea (2x250W MH, 4x65W actinics, 6 LEDs), 80lbs of live rock
Critters: 2 false percula clowns, blue damsel, lawnmower blenny, squirrel fish, 2 anthias, flame hawkfish, copper banded butterfly, coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, fighting conch, condy anemone, and lots of misc snails
Corals: Green stripe mushrooms, blue mushrooms, candy cane, frogspawn, Green Zoanthids, star polyps, acropora, monipora
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04-22-2008, 04:39 PM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 21
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Thanks so much. What do you mean by "wet skim"? I run my skimmer constantly and have to clean the collection cup out about once sometimes twice a week.
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75 gallon: 1 yellow tang,1 cherub pygmy angel, 1 Kole Tang, 1 lawnmower blenny,1 orangespotted goby, 1 small watchman goby, 1 pearly jawfish, 2 cleaner shrimp, 4 peppermint shrimp, 1 pistol shrimp, 1 sally light foot, 1 emrald crab, 20 hermits, 5 turbos, 12 mexican turbos and 1 brittle star. And a ton of sandsifting snails. Leather toadstool, frogspawn, 2 pulsing xenia, bubble coral, brain coral, elkhorn, flavia, anthelia, a colt, a goniopora and a rock full of zoas. | |
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04-22-2008, 04:53 PM
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#13 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Old bulbs sometimes are at fault, how old are they? _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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04-22-2008, 08:04 PM
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#14 (permalink)
| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Louisville, KY ( derby town ) Age: 39
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"wet skimming" is by where you turn your water valve down to where the "water level"
start to come up in the cylinder , adjusting it will make the skimmer push the 'lighter"
stuff' up to the bowl.
But watch your jug/bucket it will fill quickly some times.
also it will take water level down in the sump ' so watch that as well , you have to add back more often. | |
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04-23-2008, 03:07 AM
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#15 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 38
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Originally Posted by wildreef  "wet skimming" is by where you turn your water valve down to where the "water level"
start to come up in the cylinder , adjusting it will make the skimmer push the 'lighter"
stuff' up to the bowl.
But watch your jug/bucket it will fill quickly some times.
also it will take water level down in the sump ' so watch that as well , you have to add back more often. | Exactly. Basically removes more organic material from the water and catches any algae floating around too. | |
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