Help my tank

buster65 · 03-01-2006, 10:14 PM

See pictures. Pretty sad. Lost all my fish to ick recently. My diamond goby was the last to go. His name was sifty. I miss him. Now I am only left with a tank of hair alge.

How do I get rid of the alge. I have been doing weekly water changes. The corals are doing well but are covered in the hair. Before water changes I scrape the glass and pick as much hair off the rocks. What are the next steps before buying new fish.

Should I remove rock and scrub it? Should I thow the rock out and get new?

30 gal
6 30 watt T5's
Home made skimmer from PVC with limewood airstone
Whisper filter
Use Rowa Phos
Add Seachem Reef complete, Reef Plus and Reef Builder
SG 1.0205
PH 8.2
Temp 74 F
Nitrates, Nitrites, Ammonia all zero
Phosphaste 0.2
Alkalinity 4.0 meq
Calcium 450 ppm

DebsSisterFlo · 03-01-2006, 10:17 PM

so sorry to hear that. What kind of fish/how many did you have in the tank? Also how long had the tank been set up? This is a great place to get your tank back up and running!

buster65 · 03-01-2006, 10:21 PM

Besides the goby I had a six line wras, an ocillaris clown and a small flame angel.

buster65 · 03-01-2006, 10:39 PM

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Here are the pics

buster65 · 03-01-2006, 10:40 PM

Tank was up for a little over one year.

Tim224DT · 03-01-2006, 10:43 PM

I would scrub the rocks then get a Phosphate Sorb to get your phosphates to 0.
Keep up on the water changes weekly.

Tim

buster65 · 03-01-2006, 10:45 PM

What is a good phosphate sorb?

gwen_o_lyn · 03-01-2006, 10:47 PM

That whisper filter could be causing problems- best to filter with a GOOD skimmer and live rock.
Are you using RODI? How often are you doing water changes?
Having hair algae simply means you are importing more nutrients than you are exporting. How often are you feeding?

Also, I'd bump up your temp and your salinity

Tim224DT · 03-01-2006, 10:48 PM

Well my phosphates were above 1.0 so i bought this stuff and i am at 0 now.

Tim

Loverotties · 03-01-2006, 11:19 PM

Takes a little time,but really work at it.

KG · 03-02-2006, 04:59 PM

Also, if your tank just recently had ich, you need to leave it fishless for six weeks to break the cycle. During that time, you can do some research, set up a QT tank, and try it again. Here's an article you might find interesting.

KG

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/tr...marineich.html