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10-26-2003, 02:51 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Ballston Spa , NEW YORK
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algea algea everywere
Hi gang!
It's been a long time since I've been here. But now I have a BIG problem with algea. I moved back in june 03 and had to breack down and set back up my 110G. tank the move went good ,but now I have a algea problem. I've tryed turning the lights of for a week twice, but it just seems to get worse. Also the bubble algea is going crazy to. I've tryed red slime remover and that helped with the red slime but that was it. The red slime remover had made my zoanthid polyps shrink and with water changes still have not come back. can someone plese help THANK YOU
Ken.
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10-26-2003, 03:54 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Ballston Spa , NEW YORK
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can anyone guide me through posting a pic to show algea
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10-26-2003, 04:07 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Martinez, CA
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10-26-2003, 04:27 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2001
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R1Bill thanks for the thread but the tank has been set up now for 5 months now and still the samething
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10-26-2003, 04:34 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Loganville Ga.
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Stop feeding, Get a tooth brush and start scrubing!
Starve it out!!
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10-26-2003, 05:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: south of the north pole
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get a sea slug, like a dolabella. they will have your tank looking top-notch and algea free in as little as two to three weeks. i had a hair algea problem once, and this sea slug was amazing (as amazing as a sea slug can be!), it didn't damage a single coral, and removed all the problematic algea from the tank.
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10-26-2003, 05:36 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Martinez, CA
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are you using RO/DI water and do you have enough snails or hermit crabs? are you doing enough water changes?
bill
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10-27-2003, 01:08 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: san francisco, CA
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I just won a long fight against against green hair algae. My problems were multifold. I had Crushed coral, i did not clean my canister filter (I thought I wasnt supposed to), I used tap water, and I didnt have a good clean up crew. Since then and two months later, I have almost no algae. I began using only ro/di water, added a good deal of snails and hermits, and changed my substrate to sand. I also scrubbed the algae off the rocks with a small brush. I did this twice. The first time helped and some algea grew back, but none has returned since the second scrubbing. Perhaps one of my problems may be the cause of yours. Identifying the source is the best first step.
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10-31-2003, 03:29 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Ballston Spa , NEW YORK
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Thanks for all your input, I will try more snails , alot have past away in the past few years. maybe thats the problem. Yes I do use ro water I have a system in my home. Thanks again everyone
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