Corrie, the tank looks awesome. Makes me miss my old 20 reef.
What do you think finally cured the hair algae problem?
What do you think finally cured the hair algae problem?
Updated ten gallon pics.
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mogurnda said:
Well, I quit using tap water and starting doing water changes every week. I also utilized phosguard. I kept putting snails and ect in there but they would eat it so I realized I had to pull most by hand and then they would eat it. It was eight months of hell but I beat it.
I've been dealing with the same problem in my 90. Always used RO, but have started using PhosBan as well. The hand scrubbing, snails, tang and lawnmower blenny are working, but I haven't quite won yet.
The funny thing is that my nitrate and phosphate levels were always higher in the 20, but I never had a hair algae problem in 3 years.
The funny thing is that my nitrate and phosphate levels were always higher in the 20, but I never had a hair algae problem in 3 years.
mogurnda said:
Wonder if your dsb is starting to break down or something else is breaking down.Any new substrate?
I just set the tank up last August. I think my mistake was using a lot of sand from the old tank to seed the fuge. Probably carried a lot of nutrients with it.
mogurnda said:
Yeah, sounds like it.Where are you getting your water and have they run a tds lately? I tell yeah another trick to have a sandbed/dsb is having one or two cucumbers as they eat all the waste and recycle the sand.Great critters.
My cucumber kept migrating to the sump, so I finally left it there. Seems quite happy.
The RO water is from my home system, and I keep forgetting to bring a sample to work to test the TDS.
The RO water is from my home system, and I keep forgetting to bring a sample to work to test the TDS.
