Anyone Try This With Success
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From all the guides ive read on this you have to be super careful, I have however dipped tonnes of frags in 50/50 mix of 3% peroxide and tank water, dipped for ~2-3mins it bubbled just like the video and i washed them and put them back in the tank. Hair algae was gone in 24 hrs. I had a few frags that must have come from phosphate saturated rocks because it would only grow on frags I got from 1 place. Took 2 dips 1 month apart and i havent seen a drop of GHA since.
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HA needs phosphate to live, so while you can kill it off (or even brush it off), it will keep coming back until the supply pf phosphate is exhausted.
http://www.reefsupplies.ca/online-store/Granular-Ferric-Oxyde-Bulk-GFO.html
..or perhaps one of our retailers in the group has a supply, if so they should speak up
http://www.reefsupplies.ca/online-store/Granular-Ferric-Oxyde-Bulk-GFO.html
..or perhaps one of our retailers in the group has a supply, if so they should speak up
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I’ve used just the regular 3% from time to time. Syringe. Right against the base of the algae and give it a shot.
Like @Salty Cracker said though, it is not the answer. Just a quick fix and/or part of the big solution.
Been there. So frustrating. Stay on it.
Like @Salty Cracker said though, it is not the answer. Just a quick fix and/or part of the big solution.
Been there. So frustrating. Stay on it.
I highly recomend nopox with hc gfo.
Fought algae for about a year couldnt figure it out. Many pounds of hc gfo and buckets of salt wasted. Had no luck for about a year. Medium nitrates no phosphates.
Started nopox less then month ago along side hc gfo. Nopox get nitrate and some phosphate and competes with the hair algae. (what cheato should have done but to much hair algae) hc gfo gets the rest of phosphate. Hair algae was getting clear and melting away after the first week.
Cant be any happier with nopox. Recomend 1000x along side hc gfo and a skimmer.
Pics dont lie.
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Fought algae for about a year couldnt figure it out. Many pounds of hc gfo and buckets of salt wasted. Had no luck for about a year. Medium nitrates no phosphates.
Started nopox less then month ago along side hc gfo. Nopox get nitrate and some phosphate and competes with the hair algae. (what cheato should have done but to much hair algae) hc gfo gets the rest of phosphate. Hair algae was getting clear and melting away after the first week.
Cant be any happier with nopox. Recomend 1000x along side hc gfo and a skimmer.
Pics dont lie.
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I had a tank that looked similar at one point, but add in slime algae as well. Luckily GFO alone worked for me, but it did take a long time. I can't speak for or against nopox, but hard to argue results like above
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On RC theres alot of threads that recomend gfo. Nopox is basically carbon dosing and works on nitrates more then phosphates.
Without the gfo it will be a slower process and higher chance of a cyano bloom. The gfo gets the phosphates that the nopox leaves behind.
The redfield ratio has something to do with this but im not a expert on any of this. Just my personal experience and a few weeks of searching on the forums.
I tried 2 water changes a week and lots and lots of hc gfo for about 6 months but wasnt working for me. Phosphates would show 0 nitrates less then 10. But i had a forest. I tried fluconazole for 21 days. I tried 3 day black out. I tried pulling rocks out and dipping in peroxide. It disapears but comes back because the problem is still there.
Since i started nopox it gets better and better every few days.
I highly recomend doing alot of research on it and possible negative side effects like cyano bloom. Also getting nutirents too low to quick can hurt your coral.
Again just my experience but it was recomended to me i did alot of reading on it and decided to try it and i couldnt be happier so far.
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Without the gfo it will be a slower process and higher chance of a cyano bloom. The gfo gets the phosphates that the nopox leaves behind.
The redfield ratio has something to do with this but im not a expert on any of this. Just my personal experience and a few weeks of searching on the forums.
I tried 2 water changes a week and lots and lots of hc gfo for about 6 months but wasnt working for me. Phosphates would show 0 nitrates less then 10. But i had a forest. I tried fluconazole for 21 days. I tried 3 day black out. I tried pulling rocks out and dipping in peroxide. It disapears but comes back because the problem is still there.
Since i started nopox it gets better and better every few days.
I highly recomend doing alot of research on it and possible negative side effects like cyano bloom. Also getting nutirents too low to quick can hurt your coral.
Again just my experience but it was recomended to me i did alot of reading on it and decided to try it and i couldnt be happier so far.
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Thx so much. Where can I find nopox?
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Big Al's Kitchener has it
Thx Steve was trying to get a hold of you the other day but your number was gone. Pm me brotha
Thanks, I appreicate the insight.