Mandarin7777
05/04/2008, 01:18 PM
Hi everybody, i have been in the hobby for about 4 years now. 8 months ago, i have started a new system. Everything was fine but 2 months ago, i started to have have big problems with hair algae.
Here is my complete description of my tank.
150 gallons main tank
75 gallons sump
10 gallons refugium
Filtration system and others
200 pounds of live rock
Close loop with Barracuda pump 4000 gph with 5 exit on the top of the tank. (Each loc-line exit are oriented on the top of the tank so there is many circulation on the top less on the bottom)
Skimmer rs 250 euro reef
Super Skimmer 3004 with venturi and genx2400 pump
Kent reactor with Rowasphos
Cheatomorphea in the sump and in the refugium(Don't grow ???)
Lighting system
3 x 250 watts gieseman bulb 20000k (9 hours a day)
2 T-5 super artinic blue (10 hours a day)
Livestock
2 True percula
6 Chromis
1 Blue hippo Tang
1 Bicolor blennie
1 Cardinal bengai
1 Cleaner wrasse
1 Green mandarin
1 Royal gramma
1 Cleaner shrimp
1 Bubble anemone
1 Blue linkia
Many corals sps lps and soft ones
Here is my parameters
Test kit use: SAlifert
Temperature 79-82
Salinity 1.024
Calcium: 480
Magnésium: 1130
Alkanity: (2.5 Low a little bit)
Ph 8.06-8.25 Night-Day
Phosphate 0 ???? ALgae
Nitrite 0
Nitrate:0 ?????Algae
Ammoniac:0
One important point is that i have completely remove my sand bed in my tank 2 months ago . Of course, i know that this move may have screwed my sytem. (Note: I did it on 5 water changes)
I have try 3 seahare many type of snails but nobody seems to eat it
Could somebody tell me what's going on????
If any of you have any tricks to fight those f..... hair algae
Please help
Here is my complete description of my tank.
150 gallons main tank
75 gallons sump
10 gallons refugium
Filtration system and others
200 pounds of live rock
Close loop with Barracuda pump 4000 gph with 5 exit on the top of the tank. (Each loc-line exit are oriented on the top of the tank so there is many circulation on the top less on the bottom)
Skimmer rs 250 euro reef
Super Skimmer 3004 with venturi and genx2400 pump
Kent reactor with Rowasphos
Cheatomorphea in the sump and in the refugium(Don't grow ???)
Lighting system
3 x 250 watts gieseman bulb 20000k (9 hours a day)
2 T-5 super artinic blue (10 hours a day)
Livestock
2 True percula
6 Chromis
1 Blue hippo Tang
1 Bicolor blennie
1 Cardinal bengai
1 Cleaner wrasse
1 Green mandarin
1 Royal gramma
1 Cleaner shrimp
1 Bubble anemone
1 Blue linkia
Many corals sps lps and soft ones
Here is my parameters
Test kit use: SAlifert
Temperature 79-82
Salinity 1.024
Calcium: 480
Magnésium: 1130
Alkanity: (2.5 Low a little bit)
Ph 8.06-8.25 Night-Day
Phosphate 0 ???? ALgae
Nitrite 0
Nitrate:0 ?????Algae
Ammoniac:0
One important point is that i have completely remove my sand bed in my tank 2 months ago . Of course, i know that this move may have screwed my sytem. (Note: I did it on 5 water changes)
I have try 3 seahare many type of snails but nobody seems to eat it
Could somebody tell me what's going on????
If any of you have any tricks to fight those f..... hair algae
Please help