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02-12-2007, 05:27 PM
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squid
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: CT.
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I Need Major Help
Hello All
Newbie here! I Just found this site and I hope you can help me out. For the Past 5 years I have had an exceptional 200 gallon reef maintained by myself as if it were my child. within the last past year my wife and I had our first baby and now the Reef is 2nd in line when it comes to attention and it's killing me to see the tank falling off like this. I've been fighting Hair Algae like Mad and I can't and I mean can't get rid of it!! I've tried crabs, nudibrachs, and Sea Hares. The sea hares have worked the best but when they are finished eating all of the hair they just die off from starvation. I can't see spending the money on them every 4 months just to watch them die 2 weeks later. I have a mimic tang in their and he eats it but not enough of it to keep it under control. if you guys and gals have any other solutions please fill me in. Because I'm just about ready to shut it down and give the hobby a rest for a few years unless I can clear it up soon.
Thanks in advance
Did I mention I hate hair algae 
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02-12-2007, 05:30 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southern Ohio
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Do you have a Deap Sand Bed? If so Im just wondering if maybe its full and needs replacing. Just a thought...
Oh, by the way, Welcome to TRT! A lot of helpful info here and some very nice people! 
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Todd
46 gal bow, 16 gal bow
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02-12-2007, 05:39 PM
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Mommy Mod
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: down the street and around the corner from Dimples
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welcome to TRT
sounds like a beautiful tank - we do love pictures here!
to help you better could you answer a few questions
could you post your tank parameters
ammonia
nitrite
nitrate
and anything else you have
also, how long have you had your LR?
again, WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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02-12-2007, 05:41 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Could be DSB or rocks need cooking. Mine comes and goes. Never really gets out of hand. When I see it I just slow down on food and do an extra WC.
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02-12-2007, 05:44 PM
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squid
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: CT.
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All Right, Go easy on me. What's an LR. and I haven't tested my water in god knows how long. I only test my water when my polyps on my hard corals aren't open and that hasn't been since it went throuh its cycle four years ago.
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02-12-2007, 05:45 PM
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Keep on truckin'
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL
Posts: 313
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I reduced my lighting times and it went away. Maybe I was lucky, but it has not returned.
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02-12-2007, 05:54 PM
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Clowns Galore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Chuck Co, Mo
Posts: 5,496
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LR is live Rock
DSB is Deep sand bed (4 to 6 inches)
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02-12-2007, 05:55 PM
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Clowns Galore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Chuck Co, Mo
Posts: 5,496
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A rabbitfish may do you good once you find the source and take care of it. They are HA eating machines!
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02-12-2007, 07:05 PM
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squid
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: CT.
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I tried the lighting thing for 2 months and did nothing. The live rock has been in the tank since day 1 then added more 2 years into it.
if you say rabbit fish, I'm going to try it!
My sand bed is about 3 in the front and 4 3/4" in the back.
This is what it looked like last year.
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02-12-2007, 07:10 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
Posts: 3,168
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holy moses, a copperband in a reef tank?? has it been a model citizen?
oh by the way that is a beautiful looking tank
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90g RR w/30g custom sump,30# Kaelini,30# Marshall,20# Uaniva,20# Tonga Branch,2 6045s,1 Seio 820,Milwaukee pH monitor,Milwaukee ORP monitor,(2) 150w Ebo Jager heaters,PanWorld 50px return pump, 2x54w T5 w/individual SLR IC reflectors,2x250w XM 10k w/ARO 250w electronic ballast,Reef Octopus NW200 skimmer
still a work in progress, but getting ever so close
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02-12-2007, 07:11 PM
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spaceman spiff
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: south of Dimples
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I see a mimic tang!
I've a foxface rabbit fish and it doesnt touch algae, but I've also heard that they may plow through it. If it doesnt work, however, you may want to start analyzing what could be the source that fuels the algae. Make sure that your nutrient export is capable of handling the nutrient load of the tank (which impacts your flow, skimming, feeding quantities and frequency, among other things). Good luck!
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02-12-2007, 07:12 PM
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Usually Confused
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Southern California
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That is stunning! Too much to go to waste! Try switching out the sand for new. I think that can work wonders. How about your lightbulbs? Have you changed them?
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12 Gallon Aquapod
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02-12-2007, 07:14 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
Posts: 3,168
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what type of water do you use for topping off and water changes?
Ro/di, tap
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90g RR w/30g custom sump,30# Kaelini,30# Marshall,20# Uaniva,20# Tonga Branch,2 6045s,1 Seio 820,Milwaukee pH monitor,Milwaukee ORP monitor,(2) 150w Ebo Jager heaters,PanWorld 50px return pump, 2x54w T5 w/individual SLR IC reflectors,2x250w XM 10k w/ARO 250w electronic ballast,Reef Octopus NW200 skimmer
still a work in progress, but getting ever so close
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02-12-2007, 07:14 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
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have you checked your PO4 at all?
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90g RR w/30g custom sump,30# Kaelini,30# Marshall,20# Uaniva,20# Tonga Branch,2 6045s,1 Seio 820,Milwaukee pH monitor,Milwaukee ORP monitor,(2) 150w Ebo Jager heaters,PanWorld 50px return pump, 2x54w T5 w/individual SLR IC reflectors,2x250w XM 10k w/ARO 250w electronic ballast,Reef Octopus NW200 skimmer
still a work in progress, but getting ever so close
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02-12-2007, 07:30 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Florida
Posts: 30
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Still learning what are sea hares and dose any one have a pic thanks
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bio balls
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calcium reactor
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deep sand bed
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kole tang
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mechanical filtration
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mimic tang
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phosphate sponge
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sea hare
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tonga rock
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yellow eye kole
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yellow eye kole tang
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