With the magnesium method you want to bring your tanks magnesium levels up to the 1600-1700 range(raising it no more then 100ppm a day), and keep it there till your hair algae goes away. You want to use a liquid magnesium because the dry stuff is full of sulfates, and you have to use a fair amount to get your mag up high enough. My only concern would be your mangroves. I am not sure if they respond as negatively to the mag as the hair algae does. When I did the mag treatment in my tank, my cheato made it through just fine, so it doesn't harm all algae/SW plants necessarily, but I couldn't say one way or the other for the mangroves.
Volcano reef Round 2/revive tank
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NC2WA
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the only product that worked for me was Kent Tech M...and you will have to use alot of it...
thanks guys, but im gonna just bomb them. Take all the infested rock out and dip in a big container
pics
before
now yikes
pics
before
now yikes
fall0n
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Can we train some crabs to use one of these?
Only if...... A man can dream though hahaha
Ok,so just got done with nuking the hair algae. What I did was in a 30 gallon bucket filled it with fresh water and dumped 2 16 oz bottles
of peroxide in then,then I took all the rock infested with it,put them in,let sit for 1hr,then scrubbed one by one. I'm going to be leaving my main lights
off for a week,then do a water change.
Also had to chane the rock work a little
heres some pics
of peroxide in then,then I took all the rock infested with it,put them in,let sit for 1hr,then scrubbed one by one. I'm going to be leaving my main lights
off for a week,then do a water change.
Also had to chane the rock work a little
heres some pics
fall0n
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looking good, like the lil cave entrance. Looks like it came off pretty good!
Ohh,yeah Jason see one of the mp10s I got?
NC2WA
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if you need a power washer I have one..we can scrap the algae off the rocks..
fall0n
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Ohhhh, power washed would probably do wonders. My dad had one of those small steamer power washers, would nuke em good. Ahhh I do now that I took a second look. How you liking it.
Thank you kind sir =), I think I should be fine now,hoping with the nuking of all that hair algae,my refugium finally can start getting to work.
Finally got a pair of O.clownfishes
Derbird
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Its good to see life in the tank again
mercenary-grunt
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Those are beautiful clowns. Glad to see you at work. TOTM for June.
lol, that would be sweet,but its not TOTM worthy as of yet. Those 2 clowns will hold the key to this reef =) thanks again
mercenary-grunt
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i was told TOTM was about improvement.
Ahhh well here goes to crossing my fingers
NC2WA
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rothany,
do you have any pics of the tank after you cleaned up the algae?
IME, it might take anywhere from 3-6 months before things settle down, so be patience with HA and keep up with the WCs.
do you have any pics of the tank after you cleaned up the algae?
IME, it might take anywhere from 3-6 months before things settle down, so be patience with HA and keep up with the WCs.
Ncw2a
Well its the second day today, and it looks like all the algae is gone off the rocks, even the algae in the tank that I didnt get
is starting to disappear, with no ill effects to the live stock
levels are as followed
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
phosphate 0
ammonia 0
alk 9dkh
cal 440
mag 1350
Im so ready for corals lol
heres some pics
theres was algae around the base of the volcano also
Well its the second day today, and it looks like all the algae is gone off the rocks, even the algae in the tank that I didnt get
is starting to disappear, with no ill effects to the live stock
levels are as followed
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
phosphate 0
ammonia 0
alk 9dkh
cal 440
mag 1350
Im so ready for corals lol
heres some pics
theres was algae around the base of the volcano also
Leds are dimmed all the way down sorry for dark pics
