im sick of hair algea. i have a 55 gallon reef with mostly softies and a few sps, my water is very very clean no nitrate ammonia. no phosphates, nothing. but there is something fueling the hair algea in my tank. Everything is where its supposed to be. im thinking its the deep sand bed thats fueling it. pictures will follow.
Updated 01-14-2010 at 01:25 AM by melev
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Hey everyone.... just thought I would post this as I don't have too many reefing friends I can share information with. I bought my new lights about a month ago (6x T5's).. basically went from about 40 to 234 watts.. Anyways, my putton polyps were looking pretty nice before, and the first day I had the actinics on, but then started going downhill from there.. (have a pic on my profile) I have tried moving them down and too the side, and now i am using something to shade some of the light ...
Updated 01-12-2010 at 12:23 PM by melev
Updated 01-12-2010 at 12:31 PM by melev
First I didn't get the water testing done, will get those results tonight. Reason didn't get the testing done... I didn't realize how much I had neglected the small things. I went shopping early Saturday, what I picked up: 1. Replacement filters and resin for RO/DI 2. Reef Putty (don't care for the stuff, but sometimes superglue doesn't cut it) 3. Carbon 4. Nylon bag 4x12 5. Didn't get salt, Jen at FAOIS said it would be onsale in two weeks ...
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