DerrickH Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Ok so I've been dosing purple up to boost coraline growth n my CA has gone ballistic...520-550ppm. My ph is riding around 8.0-8.2 swings between light cycles. I don't have a mag test kit. My dkh is really low, 7-7.2. I've got gha coming with a vengance! I'm hoping some of yall seasoned reefers can educate me a bit. I've read about tech M n all the other doses but short of water changes what else do u recommend. I have to b carefully with my lights no TDOD can be had....SPS in my tank.. Other params are: SG 1.026 Temp 76-77 Nitra/nitri 0 Amo 0 Pho .08(running GFO NONSTOP) Seems it was receeding when I was running GAC but not sure if that was the cause. New bulbs as in a week old. All ATI. SPS/LPS n fish doing fine except for ick on my BHT. Hoping Hydro can chime in, haven't seen him on the forums lately. Or any other experienced aquaria chemists. I need to ditch this before I move my rock over to my bigger tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Tech M will kill snails and things of that nature. I've debated Tech M for my own GHA issue but I'd rather not re-buy a CUC. I think my sea hare is getting tired as he's missing large patches of growing algae in my tank even though I'm feeding very very sparsely now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballistic.reefer Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 actually tech m does not kill all your inverts, and as far as the green hair algae, i would just grab a couple of turbos or an urchin and let them get to work. just me 2 cents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 derrick if you want a good honest opinion! go to reef 2 reef! people here on arc seem to think they are too good for us newbies! its simply just a bigger community! Ok so I've been dosing purple up to boost coraline growth n my CA has gone ballistic...520-550ppm. My ph is riding around 8.0-8.2 swings between light cycles. I don't have a mag test kit. My dkh is really low, 7-7.2. I've got gha coming with a vengance! I'm hoping some of yall seasoned reefers can educate me a bit. I've read about tech M n all the other doses but short of water changes what else do u recommend. I have to b carefully with my lights no TDOD can be had....SPS in my tank.. Other params are: SG 1.026 Temp 76-77 Nitra/nitri 0 Amo 0 Pho .08(running GFO NONSTOP) Seems it was receeding when I was running GAC but not sure if that was the cause. New bulbs as in a week old. All ATI. SPS/LPS n fish doing fine except for ick on my BHT. Hoping Hydro can chime in, haven't seen him on the forums lately. Or any other experienced aquaria chemists. I need to ditch this before I move my rock over to my bigger tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 As one who has been battling this for several months I have finally started to see the tank make a turn for the better. As you mentioned, it appears your phosphates are a little high. I would ask, how often do you change out your GAC, what are you using for top off, and how long is your photo period? Also can you test your pH? You might switch the GAC to GFO. . . This should help bring to the Phosphates I have tried all kinds of "chemical" fixes from Tech M to Everclear. While these had some effect it wasn't really killing it. I found this article and have put it to good use. Green Hair Algae: Why me? Understand that what might work in my tank may not work in yours. There are too many variables. I hope this gives you a little help. Good luck and keep us post. Dave- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 We also have a resources area that has good info as well. These have been written by "seasoned" reefers. Here is the link: Resources> ARC wikipedia Also I suggest, if you haven't already, send a PM to Hydro. Again good luck in your battle, Dave- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa1tx Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 You can probably find or get two hundred different solutions. I have figured out in this hobby there is mo one size fits all solution. I had a serious outbreak of GHA and Cyano at the same time. This is what I did and it worked for me. 1. Replaced bulbs 2. Cut my light cycle by 25% 3. added phosgard per a suggestion from Jake 4. Replaced carbon and chemipure 5. 50% water changes every other day Before each water change I scrubbed the rocks off with a new toothbrush. Inside of 2 weeks it was gone and has not returned yet. Just my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerrickH Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 Thanks for all the replies. I am running GFO in a 2 lil fishies reactor and have been for about 3 weeks. I change the media out every 4-5 days. Also, I have 11 huge turbo snails, and 2 tangs. I tried a couple tuxedo urchins but they both died. I thought it was my fault, but apparently, all of them from the LFS died on everyone else as well, including the ones at the store. I cannot scrub my rock with a tooth brush since I have a canopy on the tank that is a total pita to get off. Im going to cut my photo period down by 25% and start running GAC again but will probably see some shrinking on my LPS. As for water changes, I use RO/DI water and oceanic salt and do 15g water changes every 2 weeks(60g total DT/SUMP volume). Im using API test kits(I know not the best) to test everything except mag. I will pick up a mag test tomorrow as I think its very low along with my alk. The last time I did a water change, it seemed that the GHA had stopped spreading and for a few days it was dissapearing. But after some purple up dosing, it has come back but my alk has also dropped heavily when I start dosing and buffer cannot keep up. Im willing to bet after a water change tonight my dkh will be around 10 and will be fine till I start dosing purple up again. Im just wondering with me tampering with the trace elements, if its just a balance issue between CA/MG/ALK and the skew has made ideal conditions for the GHA to thrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 derrick if you want a good honest opinion! go to reef 2 reef! people here on arc seem to think they are too good for us newbies! its simply just a bigger community
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