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carnophage
12/31/2008, 05:31 PM
I was at my LFS and was explaining to the owner how i was starting to see green hair algae (or something green, and algae looking) in my 120g reef tank. He showed me this product, made by API (aquarium Pharmaceuticals) called Algaefix Marine, Aquaium Algaecide... It says on the bottle to dose 1ml per 10g of water, and that it will not harm corals, inverts or fish... It says it controls Cladophora (green algae), Oscillatoria/ Spirulina major (Red slime), and Cyclotella (Brown algae).

Also found it here.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...cfm?pcatid=4098

Is this too good to be true, has anyone delt with this product before? I want to see, before i go dumping it into my tank. If not, i will start a post about how it works. Thanks!

reefworm
12/31/2008, 05:54 PM
lots of die-off and therefore more nutrients released into the system. the stuff is stubborn, but there is a way, even if labor-intensive:
http://www.melevsreef.com/gha.html

Brent RH
12/31/2008, 06:05 PM
Never tried the stuff your using but did have luck with TLC (Tender Living Care) S.A.T.
Made the greasy green hair turn to light brown and happy to come off the rock with my syphon hose. good luck

Michael
01/01/2009, 02:22 AM
it might help, although only temporarily, the best way is to keep params at NSW and stabilise, keep the tank clean by removing any algae you see with a sponge/scraper, not if you have acrylic though, get a special pad for that and ensure the water you put into your tank is pure top quality water with a 0 tds, heres a link to help http://ezinearticles.com/?Tips-On-Battling-Nuisance-Algae-In-The-Marine-Aquarium&id=1107041

SaltyMember
01/01/2009, 08:06 AM
Hair algae is very tough to get rid of and takes time and patience. A combination of manual removal, frequent water changes, increasing your clean up crew (turbo snails always ate hair algae for me), giving the hair algae competition for nutrients such as a refugium with fast growing macroalgae, and cutting back on feeding to decrease nutrients in the tank. I would also utlize a phosban type reactor to get rid of phosphates. Just assume you have excessive phosphates in the tank if you have hair algae. The test kits usually won't show any due to the hair algae sucking them up fast. Good luck with the battle.
:)