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#131
August 30th, 2008, 08:24 PM
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Re: Altohombre's 46 Gallon Showcase Showdown!
Sorry to hear your having trouble Alto.
Whats the temp dropping down to?And how high is a little high on the PH?
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#132
August 30th, 2008, 11:22 PM
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Re: Altohombre's 46 Gallon Showcase Showdown!
Alto something that I have READ(no experience) on a local board is that if you can keep your MG levels up around 1600 for a couple of weeks if should take care of your hair algae problem, like I said not from experience but it was used by three of the most experienced users on that board.
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#133
August 30th, 2008, 11:50 PM
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Re: Altohombre's 46 Gallon Showcase Showdown!
I have also heard that, RyanG.
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#134
August 31st, 2008, 02:33 AM
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Re: Altohombre's 46 Gallon Showcase Showdown!
Another way is to run the alkalinity up to 14 or 15 dKH.
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#135
August 31st, 2008, 04:04 AM
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Re: Altohombre's 46 Gallon Showcase Showdown!
the temp doesn't fluctuate more than 3 degrees. Prob in a range of 81-84. Our electric bills were so bad we haven't used AC in two weeks. I lowered my light timer down an hour and will try to keep up with water changes on more of a weekly basis rather than every 2 weeks.
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#136
August 31st, 2008, 05:20 AM
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Re: Altohombre's 46 Gallon Showcase Showdown!
Matt are you still running your phos reactor? Are you using granulated or pelletized ferrous oxide? If you are running the granulated you should think of stepping up to the pelletized it can handle more phos without re-leaching it.
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#137
August 31st, 2008, 02:54 PM
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Re: Altohombre's 46 Gallon Showcase Showdown!
Try to manually remove as much of the algae as you can when you do your water changes.The problem with fighting algae is as the algae dies,it releases all those stored up nutrients right back into your water.
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#138
August 31st, 2008, 06:11 PM
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Re: Altohombre's 46 Gallon Showcase Showdown!
When I had hair algae I did a number of things. I began running carbon in addition to phosban, I then made one of the smartest live goods purchase I have ever made, sorry make that 2 purchases. I bought a lawn mower blenny who's main diet is algae, and then for 5 bucks I bought a pink pin cushion urchin. I put the urchin in my 20 gallon QT tank and then I would put any rock with hair algae on it in that tank. The urchin would clean the rocks within a day or two, he is very good at his job. Now you could put this type of urchin in your main display but they are bad about picking up corals that are not glued down and taking them on thier back all around the tank,, which is why he is in my 20 gallon QT. So you could keep him in the sump.
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#139
August 31st, 2008, 06:43 PM
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Re: Altohombre's 46 Gallon Showcase Showdown!
Ive also heard that brown scopas tangs are hair algae machines.
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 180gal Mixed Reef Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: Newbie to Salt, 2 years planted, Freshwater Forever and a Day! Other Intrests: hunting outdoorsy things, cars motorcycles anything that goes fast drag cars
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#140
September 1st, 2008, 04:40 AM
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Re: Altohombre's 46 Gallon Showcase Showdown!
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