Here's my challenge with my tank. Just did a water change. I've been fighting this green hair algae since I had my 40 gallon tank. It continues in this 125 gallon. The half platform with the little zoa's and the tube on the back wall. I take it out and peroxide clean it. But the other Rock work is just to much to take out and clean the same way. My parameters are: SG: 1.025 TEMP: 78 ALK: 8.9 CA: 430 MG: 1290 PH: 8.2 NO3: 4 PO4: 0.00... now my toldstool hasn't been open for 2 weeks. And my GSP won't open because I cleaned the tube. So, I'm going drastic and I'm putting the GFO back in the sump. I hate to say how much I spent. But I ordered some New fish to help with this algae. Yellow Tang, tomini tang, one spot foxface rabbitfish, and more.
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@Xm8si
1y
Also. Have you tried shrimp? I don't know If you can because of the foxface or tang though
@IsaiahPark363
1y
consider looking into beneficial bacteria. this would convert dilute your ammonia. if u have an ammonia test kit i would test your levels. i believe the problem you’re facing is called new tank syndrome. i have never faced the problem myself but remember reading an article about your situation months back.
@javier813
1y
I have an ammonia detector already sitting in the tank. But it reads zero ammonia.
@IsaiahPark363
1y
i would also completely get rid of ur white light cycle. this is the light cycle i run and have never had a problem with algae. i have 0 white light in my tank
@javier813
1y
O.k. I'm going to try taking out the whites. But do you think my corals will suffer with out the white light?
@IsaiahPark363
1y
Corals are not reliant on white light. deeper blues is what causes them to grow. idk what light you use but if it has a “cool blue” or just a light blue setting that is where it will get it whites from. i’ll attach a picture that shows the matching color to the abbreviations. do not follow this percentage i’m going to look but rather copy and paste the one i attached earlier. you will begin to see your corals open back up within the next day or 2.
@javier813
1y
Cool...thank you. I'm New to all this. But I do want to try this. I do have 3 AI prime lights. You know the 16" or 18" .. they do have Royal blue and Blue settings.
@IsaiahPark363
1y
oh that’s spectacular. there is they really terrific facebook group that provides the exact lighting spectrum i use. there are a couple different options that just change the time of day. i’ll attach a screenshot of the group. i suggest the penny wise deadlights. better than any light setup i have ever used. click what i have circled and go from there. if u have any questions about how to load this preset into your AI app glad to help
@javier813
1y
Thank you.
@PurpleTrench26
1y
I would suggest cutting your light time back until you have the algae under control. Also, your phosphates should be low but not 0, that can cause dinoflagellates…nothing short of a nightmare. I’m not a pro but that’s the best I can tell you 😂
@javier813
1y
Thank you.. I really don't want it to get that bad.
@BigCreamy
1y
Hey, I’ve had(having) the same issue from before my 90 when I had a 40 gallon. And it’s back in my 90 now. I tried everything. I even took all my rocks out at one point and hit it all with a toothbrush to get it off. Put it back in and in a week or 2 it’s all back. I can’t say it’s fully worked yet but I’ve had chemipure in my system for like 2-3 days now and I’ve seen a significant reduction in the GHA I have. Like half is gone in a matter of days. Again it hasn’t wiped it out yet but it seems to be doing the trick for me. My nitrates were always like >1 ppm and my phosphates were like .05 or so. Which isn’t a lot but the gha was just taking it all in. Worth a shot imo Another thing is, gha and most algae in general grow better under white lights. I keep my blues at 80-90 percent and the whites at about 15-20 percent and it seemed to help it from growing more. Again not sure if it’ll help but maybe cutting back on the whites and more blues could help, and I’m sure your corals will thank you too because most only need blue lights anyways.
@javier813
1y
I was thinking of using chemicals.. but been really afraid to. I'm trying to see if it can be done naturally first. But if it continues. I might give chemipure a try. Thanks for the tip.
@BigCreamy
1y
Well all chemipure elite is, is pelletized carbon, organic scavenger resin, and granular ferric oxide (GFO). So it’s not really chemicals. Just shit to fight your GHA for nutrients and kills it naturally. But it’s all in one baggy you throw in for 2-4 months and it works like a charm so I’ve heard
@javier813
1y
Now that you stated GFO.. this will be my plan. I'm going to put 10 tbsp of GFO in a netted bag I have. And put it in my sump after washing it. Then I'm going to change my light settings to Blue light only. And try that for a couple of weeks. I want to test out a theory..if I'm feeding the GHA with the white lights. Let's test that out. 🤔🙂
@ZebraFarm.inc
1y
A tank and a tuxedo urchin will grase on it all day! My rock is clean my glass i have issues with lol
@Xm8si
1y
Hey I saw your comment earlier but its not there. I'm really interested to see your solution! Let's go Javier
@Aqua_reefer450
1y
What does your clean up crew consist of? I don’t see much of it.
@javier813
1y
Hi aqua_reefer450... I have a mixer of about 6 Blue legged and red legged crabs. About 20 cerith snails about 15 nerit snails. I had a whole bunch of nuasarous snails. I have more of them in my sump. 2 peppermint shrimp. The 3rd peppermint shrimp is in my sump. 1 emerald crab. 1 blue tuxedo urchin... I think that's all of it.. in this video there's to much light. But they do come out in the dark.
@Aqua_reefer450
1y
Add more hermits, rule is 1 for every gallon. I did this and my issues are gone.
@javier813
1y
Really....🙂 O.k... I'll get more.
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Hi, I just wanted to say I have 0 experience. Algae grows from nitrates, phosphates, and light. Once you've figured out what the issue is the clean up crew you've chosen could do well. You have lowish nitrates but high phosphates. That can contribute to a lot of algae growth. In addition to too much light you can have a take over of it. Do you have your lights on for more than 8 hours a day or does it see sunlight?
Hi.. xm8si. Yes I run my lights just blue color starting at 9am til 12noon then at around noon the whites come on very lightly until about 8pm then it starts to dim down and shuts down at 9pm. When I had my 40 gallon tank I use to run the lights just 5 hours. But my corals didn't look so good. I lost a lot of corals. It gets some sunlight. But not strong enough to see the tank. I do have 3 peppermint shrimp and a robust clean up crew. And I only feed 2 times a day. I have a tuxedo urchin to. But this algae just keeps coming.
I'm glad you got more experienced comments. Honestly with how much " I've done" and researched. I'd say you're doing what I believe the solution would be. I'm rooting for you! And patiently waiting the solution. (Again no experience) keep steady and change one thing at a time. You've done something to keep the corals alive as long as you have The only thing I can think of is the imbalance between bacteria and...fish and coral discard...? Detritus? Which Isaiah was talking about