API algaefix?

[grouper therapy]

How old is your tank?

 

[heathlindner25]

5 months old ,I do a 3 gallon water change everyday too every other day, depending on how dirty my sand is . I change my carbon purigen and phosguard weekly, I do use publix r o water though. and I feed my 5 little fish a tiny bit of flake twice a day.

 

[hhughes]

Can you test your source water? Some LFS will test for phosphates etc.

 

[jef4y]

IMHO testing for phosphates is all but useless. If you see algae, you have an excess amount of phosphates. Your test kits can easily read 0 as the phosphates are being consumed by the algae that is growing. To me, it's just not worth wasting the 5 min to get a number that doesn't really do you any good to begin with.

 

[heathlindner25]

is there 2 different types of turbo snails? because I have 2 and they won't touch the stuff

 

[schwaggs]

Snails have never worked for me on HA. The best way i have found to remove it is with a sea hare. Of course, if you don't find a way to export nutrients, it will grow back.

 

[shanepike]

Wow. My astreas couldn't get enough of the stuff. They wouldn't just graze. They'd find a spot of GHA and completely annihilate it. It was awesome to watch.

 

[hhughes]

Yes, testing for phosphates in the aquarium is next to useless. But testing the water before it goes in, not so much. No point in just feeding algae.

 

[grouper therapy]

heathlindner25;770171 wrote: is there 2 different types of turbo snails? because I have 2 and they won't touch the stuff

Are you sure it is hair algae?

 

[heathlindner25]

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Edit: I don't how to download pictures onto a arc, I'm pretty sure its hair agae ,grouper I'd like to text you pic if you could confirm 678 200 5906 I'll shoot anybody the pictures....

 

[grouper therapy]

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[heathlindner25]

I feel like the big noob in town but I never had any astrea snails! Bought 6 yesterday and there allready tearing that HA a new one !!! thanks everyone for the advise