Jarett
08/16/2006, 05:54 PM
im having a small problem with hair algae.
first off the tank is actually two seperate tanks plumbed together. One is above the other. The top tank is 65 gallons, and the bottom tank is 30 gallons with another 10-15 gallons in the sump built into the back of the bottom tank. Both tanks are bare bottom. The top tank drains down into the bottom tank and sump. Then its pumped through a chiller(kept at 79) back up to the top tank with a gen-x mak 4. The top tank also has a closed loop with a dart through an oceans motion 4way. Top tank has 2- 250 watt mh and 2 vhos. bottom tank has 1-250 mh and 2 vhos. Both tanks are full of live rock(not sure on how much), it starts at the bottom front and goes to the top back. I use coralife 125 super skimmer, and a phosban reactor. Fish include 4 small damsels, a scooter blenny and a six line wrasse. split between the tanks is 100-150 blue legs hermits, and about 100 snails. I test weekly before i change water(5-10 galons with ro/di) and suck up the bare bottom spots. I use i/o salt. The only thing i add is seachem reef builder dripped in every week, due to low alk.
tank paremeters tested weekly
salinity 1025
ph 8.0
nitrite 0
nitrate 0
amonia 0
kh 8
calcium 400
phosphate 0
magnesium 1410
temp 79
hair algae is not bad but it is on several of the rocks. It doesnt seem to be getting any worse or better. Some of the smaller rocks i have taken out and scrubbed with a tooth brush, and it usually wont come back.
sorry for the long list on the tank.
is there any thing else i should, or could do?
oh, top tank is full of sps frags(about 15) a few zoas, and two kenya trees.
bottom tank has a large branching hammer, gsp, and two kenya trees.
first off the tank is actually two seperate tanks plumbed together. One is above the other. The top tank is 65 gallons, and the bottom tank is 30 gallons with another 10-15 gallons in the sump built into the back of the bottom tank. Both tanks are bare bottom. The top tank drains down into the bottom tank and sump. Then its pumped through a chiller(kept at 79) back up to the top tank with a gen-x mak 4. The top tank also has a closed loop with a dart through an oceans motion 4way. Top tank has 2- 250 watt mh and 2 vhos. bottom tank has 1-250 mh and 2 vhos. Both tanks are full of live rock(not sure on how much), it starts at the bottom front and goes to the top back. I use coralife 125 super skimmer, and a phosban reactor. Fish include 4 small damsels, a scooter blenny and a six line wrasse. split between the tanks is 100-150 blue legs hermits, and about 100 snails. I test weekly before i change water(5-10 galons with ro/di) and suck up the bare bottom spots. I use i/o salt. The only thing i add is seachem reef builder dripped in every week, due to low alk.
tank paremeters tested weekly
salinity 1025
ph 8.0
nitrite 0
nitrate 0
amonia 0
kh 8
calcium 400
phosphate 0
magnesium 1410
temp 79
hair algae is not bad but it is on several of the rocks. It doesnt seem to be getting any worse or better. Some of the smaller rocks i have taken out and scrubbed with a tooth brush, and it usually wont come back.
sorry for the long list on the tank.
is there any thing else i should, or could do?
oh, top tank is full of sps frags(about 15) a few zoas, and two kenya trees.
bottom tank has a large branching hammer, gsp, and two kenya trees.