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Advice needed asap.

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dryreef12
, 01-13-2010 at 10:29 PM (1958 Views)
im sick of hair algea. i have a 55 gallon reef with mostly softies and a few sps, my water is very very clean no nitrate ammonia. no phosphates, nothing. but there is something fueling the hair algea in my tank. Everything is where its supposed to be. im thinking its the deep sand bed thats fueling it. pictures will follow.

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Updated 01-14-2010 at 02:25 AM by melev

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  1. melev's Avatar
    How many snails are in your tank? How often do you reach in and prune away all you can?
  2. doomicon's Avatar
    Something has to be fueling. Post some pics.
  3. Mits's Avatar
    I had the same thing in my 55. I went from frozen food to pellet and only fed as much as the fish would eat, and that seemed to take care of it over time. I also started doing a lot more water changes.
  4. Blennymower's Avatar
    The reason your nitrates and phosphates read undetectable is because the algae uses it as a food source. A sandbed can only help as it transforms nitrate to nitrogen gas. Unless you periodically disturb it, which you shouldn't.
  5. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    I had the same problem with my 50 long (short 55). I finally pulled out all the rocks, scrubbed them off completely, added a DSB, and about 50 snails. A little bit of the hair algae has come back, but the snails and hermits can keep it in check now. I've also found that keeping my Alk, Ca and Mg all up where they need to be seems to help. If the Alk drops, so does the pH and that seems to favor the aglae.