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    Red Cotton Candy Algae

    in General Discussion

    ​Hey Everyone, 

     

    ​Hope everyone is doing well. Ive been having an issue with this algae and have done a lot of research.  Everything I do .. and it keeps coming back. 

     

    ​Anyone out there dealing with this? 

     

    ​Hit me up.. 

     

    ​Richie

     

    Having you tried using Vibrant?

    Building a Fish Room & Materials

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    You are welcome to take a trip down to Leesburg and take a tour of my basement fish room.  Some things I did that I like and dislike about mine.

     

    Things I would do again:

     

    1. Ceiling fans hooked into my apex, they come on if my water temp goes above 79. 

    2. Exhaust fan to outside.

    3. Vinyl plank flooring, glued down looks great and is indestructible. 

    4. Water room separate 50 gals of RODI water stored at all times.

    5. 20 gal ATO tank autofilled from that tank using solenoid hooked into  APEX

    6. Tapped house drain and ran pipe though the room so I can drain tanks from several locations within my room.

    7. Auto water changes using DOS dosing pump.

    8. Bare bottomed frag tanks, easy to see detritus build up and remove with hose or turkey baster.

    9. Plan for things you don't know you need yet! ex.  manifolds should have extra space so you can use existing plumbing when adding new features.

     

    Thing I need to change.

     

    1. Black tank stands. They look great for a display tank in a living room, but in a basement go with white to hide salt drips and spills.

    2. Put a sink in the room. I have a bathroom about 20 feet away and a bar sink right outside the doors. Not convenient.  

     

     

    Look at square ponds for stock tanks. I am going to convert my current sump to one of these in the near future... 

     

    Forgot about the sink.  A sink is crucial for a fish room!  

    Building a Fish Room & Materials

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    Hi Scott & Alan,

     

    Thanks for the responses! So FRP is a good thing going forward, and I probably should have had a dehumidifier with an extractor fan and humidistat a long time ago.

     

    Not sure what to do regarding a dehumidifier, humidistat, and fan short term. Do I just get a dehumidifier and plug it in? How about the fan? Do I need a window unit? Plus, it's the middle of winter; how does that work?

     

    Appreciate the advice!

     

    Hi Velas, not sure what plywood vats have to do with damaging my basement, but okay. I guess I like glass and Rubbermaid stock tanks better!

     

    Damaging your basement?  

     

    I used 300 gallon stock tanks but there is a lot of wasted space between each tank since they are round.  You can get large fiberglass tanks but the freight charge makes them at least 3x's the cost of rubbermaid stock tanks.  Maybe there is someone local in the NOVA area?  I know there is a great supplier for all that kind of stuff in Florida.  

    GSP dying

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    Try taking a turkey baster and blowing them off... sometimes there is algae or other stuff that covers them up

     

    Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

     

    +1 or wipe it off with your fingers and put in a place with more flow and light.  

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