Need help with possible algae issue

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ajreefer721

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I started noticing some brown stringy hair looking algae on my rocks and clinging to some coral. Snails or crabs don't really do anything to it. I have to blow it off with a baster and eventually it will come back.
Any idea as to what it is and how to get rid of it?


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Mrgouts

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I had a horrible green hair algae problem. I started by hand removal, and vodka dosing.


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mikenh77

mikenh77

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Gotta hand remove if it's a lot. And clean up your water!!!! High nitrates and phosphates lead to algae growth :(.
 
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ajreefer721

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It's definitely not green hair algae. I can't find anything online about it unless I'm not searching for the right thing
It's not a lot (can't even get a good pic of it with my phone) and hasn't gotten out of hand or anything I'm just trying to be proactive


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Mrgouts

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Sorry... When that didn't seem to do much I bought a brs dual reactor running GFO and carbon. It was probably the best thing I could have done for my tank. The hair algae was noticeably receding within a few days. And gone by two weeks.


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jrpark22000

jrpark22000

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Try a google image search for "dinoflagellates reef" and see if that looks similar in any of the images.
 
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Mrgouts

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I was just about down and out before I got that dual reactor. Don't know if gfo helps against Dino's but again I wouldn't still be reefing if it wasn't for that.


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ajreefer721

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Mrgouts said:
Dino's = no fun for reefer. Good luck man don't get discouraged


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Thanks. I'm going to do some manual removal and do some more water testing. I've been reading to stop water changes at the moment. But like i said before, its not much and I wouldn't call it a "bloom". I started noticing it just a couple of days ago so hopefully my test results can point me to the right direction of preventing an real issue
 
sk8elenex92

sk8elenex92

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I don't know for sure but you raise your mag to1600 I think but you have to use tech m mag. There's a discussion on it posted on a different forum.
 
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Mrgouts

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Actually I did this method too I totally forgot! I was dosing Kent tech m a few caps a day or every other day. With no effect cuz I was doing it wrong..... You literally have to dump a quarter to half the bottle if you have more then a 50g. Do the research on how much you would use in your tank. And also checking your mag would help before buying more stuff.


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