Solved my hair algae problem!

[Anonymous]

wow....old thread

 

[tenwest]

I blow my rocks off often. (he he that came out kinda funny). Anyway I use power heads that are top mount. The motor is not in the water (less heat). The motor sits on top of a piece of drilled plexi glass so I can twist, turn and tilt them in all directions. I have one in the front right and one in the left rear. Whenever I see any build up I direct them towards it and into the water column out the overflow etc. Works great for me takes literally seconds.

 

[Cichlidius]

wow....old thread

I never noticed that it was 3 years old until I wondered about your post. LOL good call Podman. hahaha


Scottis24
PostPosted: Mon Feb 25, 2002 7:17 pm Post subject: Solved my hair algae problem!
I had a huge issue with it as well. My solution was to wash all of the rocks with toothbrush and change my SS from crushed Oyster shell to Aragonite. This coupled with a extremly hungry Yellow Tang has cured my problems. All I have now is purple coraline alge and bright green alge that the tang munches on.

 

[Anonymous]

Did someone bring this up for me?
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[Logic_Bomb]

I've heard that sea cuckes are good for tackling hair. Any

 

[Anonymous]

I've heard that sea cuckes are good for tackling hair. Any

Nope!

 

[Anonymous]

ahhhhh..

this thread is in the "FAQs thread" by chucker...
makes more sense that someone might respond to it

 

[HClH2OFish]

Rich, I'm an equal oppurtunity reefer. I've got hermits of both denominations.

Mouse...hehe...How do you tell if hermits are witches?
Build a bridge out of them?
(Python rules!)

Mitch

My hermits don't float!!

 

[fishfanatic2]

Duh, everyone knows that you must weigh them against a duck!

 

[scuba_steve]

would it hurt my tank to storm the rocks a couple times a day to unsettled the settled detrious? I am running a mechanical filter for a couple hours to try and remove some of the solids.

 

[Anonymous]

would it hurt my tank to storm the rocks a couple times a day to unsettled the settled detrious? I am running a mechanical filter for a couple hours to try and remove some of the solids.

Only 'storm' it when running a mechanical filter, turn up your skimmer, and put a filter sock on your overflow.

 

[Anonymous]

would it hurt my tank to storm the rocks a couple times a day to unsettled the settled detrious? I am running a mechanical filter for a couple hours to try and remove some of the solids.

Only 'storm' it when running a mechanical filter,

why is that?

i turkey baster without one and have done the powerhead routine many times without a sock or filter.
maybe i am pushing the envelope, but i mix small areas of sand up often too keep things moving as well.

 

[Anonymous]

You need to export the ickies - if you don't you are just unsettling settled junk that is better left alone. In other words, if you don't export it, what is the point of unsettling it?

I did it once without exporting. Lost some corals because of it.

 

[Anonymous]

well, there we go...

thanks.

 

[Anonymous]

 

[wigo]

Don't know if you guys have tried this but I just hooked my water changing tube to the pwerhead and was able to blast away at the rock with very nice precision.

 

[Anonymous]

wow.... old thread :lol:

 

[WRASSER]

Yep :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

wow...olds thread. :lol:



Oh wait, thats your line.

I storm my tank with a baster whenever I think about it and am sitting there gaxing into it with out much thoughts lol. I have a filter sock full of filter floss that I put on the end of my drain pipe. I catch all the goodies in there and then rinse and repeat.

 

[Anonymous]

I also storm beaches, houses and entire cities. If it absolutely, positively ... whole 'nother thread lol.