GHA Help

Vgyoung · 09/01/2015, 11:44 AM

So for about 6 months my 29 gallon biocube has been doing great and thriving. I added some mexican turbo snails to help combat anything that were to arise in my tank and they seemed to be doing their job. Over a week all 3 of them suddenly died which from my research seems to be common with this species due to them coming from a colder climate. Anyway I think the spike in nitrates was from their decaying tissues. So now I have a GHA problem and it is quite annoying and frusterating because it just makes me feel like im failing my tank.
I do 5 gallon water changes weekly
I run GFO and and Carbon together in my BRS Reactor
I add a pinch of food to feed my 1 clownfish daily as well as mysis(without the dirty water from when it thaws) every 1-2 weeks for my LPS and anemone
I have intank's media basket that has chemi pure elite and purigen
I also have AquaticLife Internal Mini Protein Skimmer 115 running 24/7
Nitrates and Phosphates are reading low but Im sure that's from the GHA sucking up all the nutriets
Is there anything else I can be doing to help get rid of this outbreak

homer1475 · 09/01/2015, 11:54 AM

You say your param's are low, but whats low?

I have a small GHA issue as well in my biocube, I pull out the rock and scrub it off with a toothbrush and aggressively run GFO(I change it out weekly). It has cleared up quite a bit now, and its only been 2 weeks.

Vgyoung · 09/01/2015, 12:14 PM

by low I mean my test kit is saying it is undetectable but i know that cannot be true and as well I change out my carbon/gfo weekly

homer1475 · 09/01/2015, 12:27 PM

Scrub off what you can get to, and let it run its course, unless its becoming a nuisance to your corals. I'm by no means an expert, but just scrubbing it off the rocks, mine has significantly cleared itself up. Unfortunately it's part of having a new tank.

Vgyoung · 09/02/2015, 01:26 PM

It has become a nuisance to my corals does anyone else have any advise?

09/01/2015, 11:44 AM	#1
Vgyoung Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 333	GHA Help So for about 6 months my 29 gallon biocube has been doing great and thriving. I added some mexican turbo snails to help combat anything that were to arise in my tank and they seemed to be doing their job. Over a week all 3 of them suddenly died which from my research seems to be common with this species due to them coming from a colder climate. Anyway I think the spike in nitrates was from their decaying tissues. So now I have a GHA problem and it is quite annoying and frusterating because it just makes me feel like im failing my tank. I do 5 gallon water changes weekly I run GFO and and Carbon together in my BRS Reactor I add a pinch of food to feed my 1 clownfish daily as well as mysis(without the dirty water from when it thaws) every 1-2 weeks for my LPS and anemone I have intank's media basket that has chemi pure elite and purigen I also have AquaticLife Internal Mini Protein Skimmer 115 running 24/7 Nitrates and Phosphates are reading low but Im sure that's from the GHA sucking up all the nutriets Is there anything else I can be doing to help get rid of this outbreak

09/01/2015, 11:54 AM	#2
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	You say your param's are low, but whats low? I have a small GHA issue as well in my biocube, I pull out the rock and scrub it off with a toothbrush and aggressively run GFO(I change it out weekly). It has cleared up quite a bit now, and its only been 2 weeks. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

09/01/2015, 12:27 PM	#4
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Scrub off what you can get to, and let it run its course, unless its becoming a nuisance to your corals. I'm by no means an expert, but just scrubbing it off the rocks, mine has significantly cleared itself up. Unfortunately it's part of having a new tank. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

09/01/2015, 12:14 PM	#3
Vgyoung Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 333	by low I mean my test kit is saying it is undetectable but i know that cannot be true and as well I change out my carbon/gfo weekly

09/02/2015, 01:26 PM	#5
Vgyoung Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 333	It has become a nuisance to my corals does anyone else have any advise?