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04-27-2008, 07:54 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cambridge, Ontario Canada Age: 43
Posts: 75
Karma: 55
 |  losing the algea battle
ok my tank is a year old this month!
just did testing and is as follows
PH- 8.4
Amon- 0
nitrite- 0
nitrate- 0
phos- 0
calc- 400
kh- 4dkh or 71.6
salinity- 1.024
lightin is a coralife 150w x 2 MH HQI / with 2 acintic 96w blue compacts
timed for acintics one hour before MH and one hour after, MH are on for 2 hours only due to hair algea growth. lights are only 4 months old purchased new in box from LFS.
cleaner crew consists of 20 blue leg hermits
10 dwarf scarlet crabs
10 nasarius snails
12 - 15 asst. snails
5 mexican turbos
1 royal tuxedo urchin
LM Bleeny
see signature for rest of tank in habitants
only problem i have had is HAIR ALGEA IS EVERYWERE NOW!!!!
even in fuge/sump growing all over my cheeto _________ 
75 Gallon Rectangle
40 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 2x150W HQI MH
2x96W True Actinic 03 Blue, 4 Blue Moon-Glow LED
Coralife Skimmer, 950 Mag drive Return
4 Maxi-Jet 600's, 100 lb. L/R
Last edited by truck24000 : 04-28-2008 at 04:21 AM.
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04-27-2008, 08:08 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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You forgot Mag and your dkh is way low, should be at least 8-12, I think thats your problem. Are you over feeding, tank next to a window? _________ 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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04-27-2008, 08:12 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Grand Blanc,MI Age: 39
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Well you test readings may sow 0 for Nitrates and P04 due to the Algae consuming them. Seems to be a lot of fish for a 75 reef tank. Couple questions.
1) Are you ising a RO\DI Filter?
2) How much do you feed?
3)What do you feed?
4) DKH are on the low side also.
Last edited by ardo_ski : 04-27-2008 at 08:16 PM.
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04-27-2008, 08:58 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator |
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Originally Posted by ardo_ski  Well you test readings may sow 0 for Nitrates and P04 due to the Algae consuming them. Seems to be a lot of fish for a 75 reef tank. Couple questions.
1) Are you ising a RO\DI Filter?
2) How much do you feed?
3)What do you feed?
4) DKH are on the low side also. | Great points. need answers on RO/DI and feeding
I would also say too many fish in a 75G
Also what skimmer are you using?
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04-28-2008, 04:20 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cambridge, Ontario Canada Age: 43
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yes i use ro water as for feeding i use mysis shrimp every other day but i change to flake food sometimes as well as krill and also a frozen cube i buy from the LFS i never feed more then once aday and all fish seem very happy as well as corals doing great also
as for mag testing i am waiting to go to lfs to get one as the last one is all gone (got from a friend)
as for the skimmer it is a coralife skimmer rated for my tank, cant remember for sure though
the dkh i know is low and i am raising that as we speak, just doing it slowely thats all.
thanks for all the help everyone
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04-28-2008, 08:09 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Age: 28
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Keep raising the alk slowly to about 10 dkh, and put some PhosGuard in a nylon mesh bag in your sump where the water will flow through it. Good luck. _________ 55gal, 65+ lbs LR, 60Lbs LS, Coralife 125 ss, Fluval 305, HydorKoralia 2 + 3, 2 YT Damsels, 2 Misbarred Clownfish, Blue Tang, Yellow Tang, Leopard Wrasse, Asstd snails and hermit crabs, skunk cleaner shrimp, 3 peppermint shrimp, emerald crab, goniopora stokesi, frogspawn, and some other corals.  | |
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04-28-2008, 03:37 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cambridge, Ontario Canada Age: 43
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tank is near a window but blinds always closed as it looks right into the neighbors bathroom  LOL | |
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04-29-2008, 04:54 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cambridge, Ontario Canada Age: 43
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after reading more posts on here i think i might have part of the problem
my temp stays right around 80-81f
dont know really how to get it lowere then that
my lights sit on legs attached to the tank
roughly about 6 inches of the surface
should i try a fan to blow across between lights and surface? | |
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04-29-2008, 05:01 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Columbus Indiana
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I'd get a fan and get those levels up. Also you mentioned you never feed more than once per day. It's not an issue to only feed your tank every 2 - 3 days. You might try that to reduce the amount of uneaten food in the system as well as reduce the amount of fishy do do. 
I agree with your readings saying zero becasue of how fast the algae can consume the excess nutrients. I've just been through this same battle and finally nuked the tank.  _________ Kris
180 gallon AGA display, 2 250 MH, 1 400 MH, 2 65 PC, AAT moonlight, DIY wet dry, sump, and fuge, G2 skimmer, KNOP C calcium reactor, auto top off, dual pump closed loop, Oceans Motions valve, phosphate reactor, fuidized sand filter, Lighthouse controller keeping it all in check.  My 180 Tank Thread | |
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04-29-2008, 05:35 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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can you post a good tight picture of this algae ? It may be a horse of a totally different color ? It very well could be Bryopsis pennata that you are doing battle with .. And if you used L/Rock or sand its just raises the odds against you not having this pest. Or just use the name and do a search you'll find a ton of info and pictures .
I have been fighting with this for how ever long I have been in Ct.. and I can't make a dent in it. Amcarrig had a 90 to be over ran with it from some live rock 8 yrs ago or so. I had some to get into our new 180 on a coral and now Its been a up hill battle with it. I sent a sample off to be sure what I had ): I took some to work and matched it perfectly to some slides the Boss had and then as I said to be sure I sent some to a buddy in Va. Who works for the State at the Chesapeake Bay foundation Program .. He confirmed it and its a killer and a Beautch to kill off ..Know your enemy (:
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