I'm going crazy

[redseamax130d]

I've had my tank up for more the 2 years and I've almost always have a lil green hair algae on some of my rocks.

Sps tank
Red Sea max 130d 34gallon
10 gallon sump
2 x mp10w + stock pumps
1/13 chiller running at 80-82
Stock lights + 7 x 12in stunner stripps
5 gallon water change every Friday
Red Sea pro salt
Phosphate 0.08
Nitrate 0.01-0.02 middle of color
Testing with new Red Sea test kits
5 stage ro di water with 2 weeks old filters
Lights are less the 3 mouths old

HELP!!!!!!!! I've scribed the rock were the green hair algae is and it comes back in the same place

 

[duke62]

Whats your mag

 

[JimmyR1rider]

If your using a regular test kit and your phosphates are registering g you need to drop them. Try running a gfo reactor on your sump. Good luck and I hope you get it squared away.

 

[redseamax130d]

Last week it was 1480 this week it's 1460

 

[redseamax130d]

Have a brs gfo and carbon in the sump with esv in both

 

[redseamax130d]

Could it be to light s are on to long? Stunners come on at 9am and go off at 8pm and t5 come on at 11 am and turn off 8pm.

 

[redseamax130d]

I've been dosing the new Red Sea biological nitrate and phosphate reducer of 2 weeks now and it's not dropped as much

 

[JonnyJ]

Please post a photo of the algae in question so we can ID it.

Keep doing what your doing and it will go away, things dont change overnight and if it doesn't go away who cares. Bottom line is you have phosphate issues, correct them and the algae will disappear with it.

 

[redseamax130d]

MR says it can not upload pictures. Some time it does that's

 

[skene]

Well are you sure that you have GHA and not Bryopsis?

 

[redseamax130d]

I just googled it at that's it . Wow I didn't now what that was I was thinking it was green hair algae

 

[redseamax130d]

So how do I kill it

 

[al0ha]

a pic would still be helpful

 

[nanoreefer22]

Kent Tech-M..google it and follow the instructions for treatment, worked for me in a matter of days.

 

[redseamax130d]

I was reading about tech m ad it seams to be the only thing that works

 

[redseamax130d]

Bump

 

[anselmo145]

A slightly elevated magnesium level is supposed to starve out green hair. I had a green hair take over a couple of years ago. I got a black molly (Yucatan) and acclimated to saltwater. The little trooper mowed down every bit of it in two months. My clowns bullied the lil guy to death, soon thereafter. A moment in silence for the fallen....

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Post a picture of it....

 

[redseamax130d]

Every time I try to upload pictures it says failure to upload

 

[scapone]

Use photo bucket to upload your pics it works the best