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08/29/2010, 05:24 PM
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red hair algae & slime algae
I've started to get a lot of red hair algae on my pluming after I started dosing with vodka so I stopped & now I'm getting a red slime algae to
nitrates are .2 , alk , cal, mag are all right on I also do weekly 10% water changes how can I get this to stop |
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08/29/2010, 05:28 PM
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In my experience the red hair algae is a curse from hell. I found that Mexican Turbos (the big ones) really like it though.
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08/29/2010, 05:30 PM
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this stuff is tough to pull off, it's in my water return lines & some rock, I've used tweasers to pull it off, but it's getting thick
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08/29/2010, 08:17 PM
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What are your phosphates?
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08/29/2010, 08:24 PM
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Pics?
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08/29/2010, 08:25 PM
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phosphates are .02
I just read this http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=745530 I think I found my answer thanks all |
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08/29/2010, 08:34 PM
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It's Dr. Goodluck Himself
 
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I found that red stuff, if it's the turf stuff, to be hell. Was toxic to critters that ate it. Sea hares died. Lots of snails died. I blame the turf. It eventually disappeared for me with lights out, anti PO4, etc. And -- you might try an urchin. A longspine will eat the stuff til it's gone and survive. That was the trick Ron Shimek gave me when all else failed.
Too bad the striped zebra turbos are a thing of the past. Those were so much better than Mex turbos....
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08/29/2010, 11:02 PM
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Moved On
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Mexican turbos got rid of mine.
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08/30/2010, 08:21 AM
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+1 Mexican Turbos, they are non stop eating machines
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08/30/2010, 08:31 AM
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Mex Turbs as well in mine! +2
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