xenia growth

[sasscuba]

Originally Posted by fishbait

just some before and after pics of my xenia. this thing has grown amazingly after just one month.

How long has your tank been up? Seems like you have a huge Hair algae problem?

[fishbait]

thanks for the info sasscuba. it seems like i have heard that before. i do a five gallon change about once a month, and top off appx. 1 gallon a week. do you guys think that's frequent enough? i don't have that much livestock right now.

[Bifferwine]

In my 55 gallon I change 10% weekly and top off 1 gallon a day. But my tank is very heavily stocked. Judging from the pictures of your algae, I'd guess you have high nitrates and/or phosphates and larger, more frequent water changes can help to lower those.

[sasscuba]

I change 20-25 gallons every 2 weeks in my 125 gallon.

[CrypticAnimal]

What type of water do use for water changes?

[sasscuba]

RO. I make my own saltwater due to my LFS has very high TDS in the water which will promote hair algae growth.

[Adrastos]

I do 5 gallon changes 1 per week on my tank...

[bobby]

I do anywere from 3 to 5 gal every other week, used to do every week 5 to 10 gal but I've been slacking lately.

[fishbait]

yep, the hair algae has been a major pain in the a$$! i have to clean the intakes on everything about every 2 to 3 days. i cut back on the lighting and it has helped a bunch. as you can tell by the first pic it was way worse a month ago. i have been considering doing a 10 gallon water change instead of 5. it's time to change water this week, but i ran out of salt. been working to many hours to get to my lfs. it's about 40 minutes from where i live. he sells premix for 80 cents a gallon. i think i'm going to go that route. since ro water from wal-mart is 65 cents a gallon and then the cost of salt on top of that.

[yote]

Fish,get yourself a sea hare.Them little water rabbits love hair algae,and cyno,and they eat it like its going outta style.