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Reefing newb
Hello, i am kinda in the middle of a crisis with my tank. a few months ago my brother had to move and i inherited his 75 gal reef tank along with its inhabitants. (2 clowns, a good bit of live rock, some Halimeda, a few Anemones and a nice size Porites Coral). so i fed the fish every morning before heading on about my day. i also make my own RODI water and do regular water changes (bout once every 2 weeks).
Ever since i received this tank it has had a brown hair algae growing on and around my rock. i tried doing it the nice way with some snails (they died), then i got 2 emerald crabs (had some bubble algae too (they got rid of a lot of the bubbles)) then i tried manual removal and the stuff just does not go away. accepting my defeat i kinda just sat around staring at the ugly stuff hoping it would just go away.
so after a month the stuff just got worce 3 of my jets are clogged (clean em, bout 2 days in jammed up again) the porites coral is covered :( most of the Halimeda has died, and almost none of the rock is visible. outraged i once again grabbed my toothbrush and spent all afternoon yesterday removing that crud and still a lot left. but upon looking at it more closely there are 3 different types, a poo brown, a dark red, and a light to dark green (all hair algae) with that said my sand also looks to be in bad shape.
also. the 2 clowns seem to be happy as can be. i haven't seen any real decay in their health.
ps: will have pics up later today. also if you could request some test i can run to help figure out what the issue is that would be great.
pss: my brother had a decent tank going before i got it.
Ever since i received this tank it has had a brown hair algae growing on and around my rock. i tried doing it the nice way with some snails (they died), then i got 2 emerald crabs (had some bubble algae too (they got rid of a lot of the bubbles)) then i tried manual removal and the stuff just does not go away. accepting my defeat i kinda just sat around staring at the ugly stuff hoping it would just go away.
so after a month the stuff just got worce 3 of my jets are clogged (clean em, bout 2 days in jammed up again) the porites coral is covered :( most of the Halimeda has died, and almost none of the rock is visible. outraged i once again grabbed my toothbrush and spent all afternoon yesterday removing that crud and still a lot left. but upon looking at it more closely there are 3 different types, a poo brown, a dark red, and a light to dark green (all hair algae) with that said my sand also looks to be in bad shape.
also. the 2 clowns seem to be happy as can be. i haven't seen any real decay in their health.
ps: will have pics up later today. also if you could request some test i can run to help figure out what the issue is that would be great.
pss: my brother had a decent tank going before i got it.
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