hair algea

[empire]

i think brs only sells dry rock. i thought i read they said their rock has no phosphate.

This can be tricky. My friend and I have identical setups(same tank, skimmer, light, sump, we both ordered rock from BRS) and the only difference is that my tank has more flow (4xmp10wes). He flushed his rock before placing into his tank. Now I did a tank transfer and did not flush my rock. When he was flushing his rock he stated that his TDS meter was giving readings through the roof. My rocks are leeching. My guess is that the rock soaked up the added phosphates from my previous tank and began to leech. OP, my system has a total volume of 110g. I switched out 100% in 3 weeks. After the water change my po4 was .25. I scrubbed all my rock, siphoned any algae, reduced the amount of sand I had in my tank by 50%, and actively switched out phosphate remover, and now I don't have traceable po4. My tank looks much better than it did before however it's still leeching. I did not dose peroxide bc I heard it might piss off acros.

 

[empire]

I forgot to add that his tank looks 100x better than mine.

 

[rcharliesam]

google dosing peroxide to reef tank, it will kill off all hair algea

+1

I have been dosing for a month now, and mine is almost completely gone. Nothing else that I have done or used has been this dramatic. I have used Tech M, daily manual pulling, siphoning during my water changes, shortened photo period, my feedings were every three days and very light.

Bah, results....

11/13 - pre dosing / spot treating

11/27 two rocks spot treated, plus daily dosing.

As of today, the tank is still being dosed daily and it's looking better and better. There have been no adverse effects so far, and hopefully there will be none. Time will tell.

Now I can finally put some corals in my tank.

 

[66rick]

thanks I have been dosing with 8cc of peroxide 10 days now from what I now know from you guys I guess I will continue and just be patient. im also going to get a phosphan reactor . my thanks to all I will keep posting and let you know

 

[pkane11384]

I had problems with hair algae for quite a while. Just changed my lights and bam, its back again. Will be replacing my PhosBan my next day off and start my manual pulling. It sucks when you think you finally beat it and it comes back. Just be patient.

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