Going to have to shut down unless I get help! URGENT

[fish king]

also get some xxxxl turbo snails

get a YELLOW TONGA BLENNY EXCELLENT ALGAE EATER

[manny77]

This is a good thread, I'm learning a lot from this. Something to look forward on doing because I have some green hair popping on some areas. They are not out of control, looks like a couple of hairballs about size of a quarter. It's great to learn from other people with their opinion.

[spacewelder]

System is as folows:
120
Euro reef 8 skimmer sedra 5000
30 gallon sump
phosban reactor
dual 250 MH
Many softies
cardinal
hippo
six line
2 chromis
3 shrimp
pink lobster
hawk fish
manderin
lawn mower blenny

[Redeye]

according to that, you dont have ANY flow, what are your powerheads??
Techknowledgy's advice is the route I would go
I would also cut back feeding to everyother day, unless your doing some anthias or sketchy butterfly, that right there will be 50% less nutrients going into the tank

baby tangs consume more algae faster than larger tangs, get yourself a baby scopas, yellow, or even a baby rabbit fish (assuming it really is hair algae, not byropsis)

[davocean]

I scrubbed my rocks and then went lights out for 3 days.
Then I worked on excess nutrient issues, skimmer, DI...
Worked for me.

[spacewelder]

Sorry, I have 3 Hydors and my main pump is 1400GPH. I will cut back on the feeding to every other day. Also I have no snails which I will get. My lawnmower blenny is eating alot, just not enough. I will position the power heads different to see what happens. I have tried sea hares to no end and they don't work very well. I blow the rock off everyday with a baster also. I just don't get it! I am going to do a very large water change to see what happens and see if that will remove some of the stuff.

[Redeye]

what size hydors? I have 3 hydors in my 60g softy tank
for your sized tank, I'd look at a couple of the 5's or 6's

5-8's are controllable now too

[467echo]

do you have a refugium setup? A refugium is a good way to export nutrients through the growth of macro algae.

[spacewelder]

I have a 30 Gal Fuge doing its work. Maybe better heads! I don't know.

[xM3TH0Dx]

Try this product: Algae Fix Marine
There's a good thread on RC about it regarding usage and before and after pics

Good Luck!

[Sat Cong]

you have a RODI system? are you using the stuff in front of the grocery store to top off?

Didn't mean to hijack thread, but, is there something wrong with using water in front of grocery store? Assuming it was serviced every quarter or so? And it was not located in the "ghetto" where nobody would care to keep it up? Sorry if that is offending any one here...

[jrod11]

Didn't mean to hijack thread, but, is there something wrong with using water in front of grocery store? Assuming it was serviced every quarter or so? And it was not located in the "ghetto" where nobody would care to keep it up? Sorry if that is offending any one here...

I've heard that they are really not that pure if you measure the TDS. Maybe someone here has tested it.

If you don't have an algae issue, then you are probably fine.

[BigAir]

If it is hair algea, gotta also ask how old are the bulbs you are running?
Chemicals like algea killers are just temp fixes, and will not cure the root problem.

[BigAir]

Didn't mean to hijack thread, but, is there something wrong with using water in front of grocery store? Assuming it was serviced every quarter or so? And it was not located in the "ghetto" where nobody would care to keep it up? Sorry if that is offending any one here...

That is just it, ASSUMING the machine is serviced in a timely manner. Most are not, and even the ones that are still have a pretty high TDS as they are only RO filters at best.

[jrjuiliano]

Aside from what everyone else was saying, this really helped me identifying and treating issues:

http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52262