capsfan December 9, 2008 December 9, 2008 (edited) I'm setting out on operation impossible.... To clean the 55 gallon until it looks like the cleanest of the clean. No more hair algae!!! Wish me luck! From this... To something really clean and awesome. Edited December 9, 2008 by capsfan
capsfan December 9, 2008 Author December 9, 2008 Wow... thats worse than my refugium... Yeah, It's worse than everything.
steveoutlaw December 10, 2008 December 10, 2008 My advice would be to clean the extra stuff out and then put in a orange spotted rabbitfish.......the hair algea will be gone inside of 2 weeks.
gmubeach December 10, 2008 December 10, 2008 First thing I would do is remove the rock and soak in di/ro freshwater in the mean time put in a piece of polyfill to capture paritculets. Then scrub it with a vegitable scrubber until its clean... readd and then add a fish that will pick at it ... best wishes Troy oh and running phosband is cool too....
ctenophore December 10, 2008 December 10, 2008 Try a sea hare or two, or maybe a lettuce nudibrach. That, and get rid of the nutrient input.
lanman December 10, 2008 December 10, 2008 How did you do in the 'finals' of the ugly tank contest?? bob
capsfan December 10, 2008 Author December 10, 2008 Not sure. Ironically, I think that the cleanest tank in the finals won, but I have not checked and have not heard anything.
Coral Hind December 10, 2008 December 10, 2008 I would recommend getting a Conch. My Queen Conch eats all kinds of algae, even hair algae. If you make it up this way you are welcome to have it. He has grown from 1" to 4" in the last year.
SeanCallan December 11, 2008 December 11, 2008 I'd find a temporary home for your fish and corals and take the tank down. Scrub the tank clean, clean all the equipment, scrub the rock and bake it if you have the room to do it. You're going to continue to have problems unless you can clean out all the spores and determine what your nutrient source is. Are you using RO/DI? What kind of feeding are you doing?
lanman December 11, 2008 December 11, 2008 Not really sure how this tank won Contest Doesn't make a lick of sense... bob
capsfan December 11, 2008 Author December 11, 2008 I'd find a temporary home for your fish and corals and take the tank down. Scrub the tank clean, clean all the equipment, scrub the rock and bake it if you have the room to do it. You're going to continue to have problems unless you can clean out all the spores and determine what your nutrient source is. Are you using RO/DI? What kind of feeding are you doing? Well water Doesn't make a lick of sense... bob I know!
gmubeach December 12, 2008 December 12, 2008 Well that may be your answer if your well water has minerals in it its the source of your algee. I love my fighting conchs and I got a lettuce nudibranch short lived in the aquria, but it might be able to help:)
gmubeach December 12, 2008 December 12, 2008 I think your tank was the ugliest base on how invasive your stuff is
lanman December 12, 2008 December 12, 2008 Well water I know! Be sure to test your well water, not only for TDS, but ammonia, nitrates, etc. Mine is very clean - with a TDS of only about 2 - and nothing else registers at all. But I still run it through an RO/DI filter. bob
capsfan December 12, 2008 Author December 12, 2008 Be sure to test your well water, not only for TDS, but ammonia, nitrates, etc. Mine is very clean - with a TDS of only about 2 - and nothing else registers at all. But I still run it through an RO/DI filter. bob Never tested it, but I don't think it is very good. I live out in the country surrounded by cows and apple orchards.
jason the filter freak December 12, 2008 December 12, 2008 I'm so not understanding how that worked out, I understand how the cyano one was their pick and how you and the other person were runner ups. No idea how the other one won... good luck with yours. Do you have a UV sterilizer?
capsfan December 12, 2008 Author December 12, 2008 No UV. No RO/DI. No sump. Year and a half old bulbs.
lanman December 13, 2008 December 13, 2008 Never tested it, but I don't think it is very good. I live out in the country surrounded by cows and apple orchards. How deep the well? It would take a lot of cow poop to make a difference in a 100-foot-deep aquifer. So - where are you starting?? Light bulbs? Water filtering? Let's get this DONE, man! Shoot for the WAMAS 'most-improved tank' award. bob
capsfan December 13, 2008 Author December 13, 2008 How deep the well? It would take a lot of cow poop to make a difference in a 100-foot-deep aquifer. So - where are you starting?? Light bulbs? Water filtering? Let's get this DONE, man! Shoot for the WAMAS 'most-improved tank' award. bob I guess I'm gonna go for the nutrients first. The tank has no Liverock anymore and it's cooking in a cooler. Going for more salt for water changes tomorrow.
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