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The live rock Im taking out of my 52g to put in my new 120 is covered with HA. What would be the best way to rid it all away? My plan was to put it in a rubbermaid with no light and a powerhead for a week with a water change. But I want it to be 100% gone before it goes into my new setup. What is everyone's opinions?
 
Best medicine for that is lowered feeding and a good cleanup crew. You can do the rubberdmaid idea, but it will just come back!
 
It will kill off all the beneficial stuff and wont be live rock anymore
 
blu_devl_06;363688 wrote: I have some trochus snails that will eat it, and some really huge mexican turbos. They will eat anything that grows on the rocks. (algae that is)

I dont know how they can eat it. Some of it is 2-3" long.
 
LegalReefer;363690 wrote: I dont know how they can eat it. Some of it is 2-3" long.
I had the same situation once, they will along with blue leg crabs. They will eat it fast too!
 
I really am not sure which route I want to take. I do not want it getting into my new setup. I might just do with out and get new rock.
 
I have a scribbed rabbitfish and he eats it like crazy..I got a rock with zoas all over it given to me the other day and it was covered in ha..I was scared to put it in my tank but I decided I would drop it in for a minuite and see.. he was eating it off the rock while it was in my hand..in 10 minutes it was clean and HA free..
 
blu_devl_06;363697 wrote: Just let me know if I can help, and good luck with your new setup, I'll be watching!!
I would def like to come by your new store, but you are over 1.5hrs away. Thats too far for me :sad:
 
bclark7169;363698 wrote: I have a scribbed rabbitfish and he eats it like crazy..I got a rock with zoas all over it given to me the other day and it was covered in ha..I was scared to put it in my tank but I decided I would drop it in for a minuite and see.. he was eating it off the rock while it was in my hand..in 10 minutes it was clean and HA free..

Can I barrow him!?
 
I have a foxface and lawnmower blenny in there, but they dont seem to mess with it too much. I bought the foxface for the HA, but he wouldnt touch it. He after a month or two became skin and bones so I started feeding him sea algea. He likes it so much he will eat it straight out of my hand b4 I can get it into the veggie clip.
 
When my frags and the racks in the frag tank get any algae, including ha I put them in the display. Sailfin picks them clean. I even have some weird algae that looks like Easter basket grass and it eats that. Will eat hair algae out of my hand.
 
LegalReefer;363711 wrote: I have a foxface and lawnmower blenny in there, but they dont seem to mess with it too much. I bought the foxface for the HA, but he wouldnt touch it. He after a month or two became skin and bones so I started feeding him sea algea. He likes it so much he will eat it straight out of my hand b4 I can get it into the veggie clip.

Is the hair algae high up in the tank? I know my lawnmower won't go very high. Move some of the worst rock down to the sand bed and see if the lawnmower cleans it up.
 
My turbos eat it also. The only place I've gotten HA is on my locline return, and once the turbos got up there it looked like the path of a lawnmower.... one fat clean stripe behind the snail.
 
Address the cause, not the effect.....

Your problem is your water parameters, overfeeding and lack of water changes are the main reasons HA takes hold. Address these issues and the algae will begin to recede on it's on. To step that process up, any of the above mentioned methods could work, but the true issue isn't addressed until you delve into what caused it in the first place.
 
Dakota9;363835 wrote: but the true issue isn't addressed until you delve into what caused it in the first place.

The AC went out 2 days in one week and the temp got up to 88-89 degrees. All the parameters I check for are good. My calcium is at 350 but I dont see that helping the HA. I dont check for phosphates bc everyone says that the test kits are not reliable.
 
SG 1.025
PH 8.2-8.4
Amm 0
Nitrates 0
Nitrites 0
kH 9
Cal 350
I have never checked Mag or Phos

The days the temp went to upper 80s, the HA exploded out of no-where. The second time it doubled. I had no sign of it anywhere until the temp jumped. I will definitly look into the thread about the mag supplement. Thanks for the adivce!
 
hair algae loves phosphates & nitrates

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