dealing with a little bit of hair algae

[markandkristen]

running my euro reef hard at wet skimming each day produces around a gallon

i just started up my tank with some live rock as well as base rock

its about a week old.

running phosphate media as well.

pretty good flow as well.

do you think turbo snails will do good or a small tang like a kole tang..

also running cheato in my refugium as well at night on a different light cycle

[specialkb]

Mexican Turbos will do an awesome job.

[markandkristen]

thats what i was thinking as well

[markandkristen]

how many for a 150 im thinking 5 should do i understand that they grow etc..

[drummereef]

Do you use RO/DI or Tap water? And do you know the TDS? :)

[markandkristen]

yes on rodi just checked it befor my di and its 7 after di its 1 so i guess i need to change my di soon

[drummereef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10400939#post10400939 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by markandkristen
yes on rodi just checked it befor my di and its 7 after di its 1 so i guess i need to change my di soon

Most likely that is where the problem is coming from. I personally don't use any water above 1 TDS in my system. Keeps the nuissance algaes at bay. I'd take care of that first. But with that being said, turbo and astrea snails are a good glass cleaner. And for a 150g like yours a Tang might be a nice addition. A kole or yellow would be a great choice depending on your other inhabitants. ;)

[markandkristen]

i was throwing up the idea of a tang as well

i had 4 before and never any hair algae ... go figure..

i think i will do the snails first and then go for the tang .

my birthday is coming up next month so maybe i can ask my wife for a tang ...

[drummereef]

Sounds like a good plan. Get on that DI replacement too. I really believe in getting to the 'source' of the issue to cure it. ;)

[markandkristen]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a224/markandkristen/recirculatingmod056.jpg

took your advice and got a tang

heres a pic of my skimmer after 12 hours of skimming

i emptied it last night around 11

and here a pic of it at noon today

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a224/markandkristen/recirculatingmod055.jpg

and two mexican turbos snails so will see.

[chris31]

tang should help a lot when i bought my yellow tang about a week latter i noticed a huge difference