Hair algae gone wild

[mousetank]

I went away for the weekend and my rock work looks like a mosh pit at an 80s Metallica concert with everyone whipping their hair around.

What's the best way to help control hair algae, be it types of snails or a type of tang.

 

[harleymike]

yellow tang, foxface, turbo snails.

 

[mousetank]

Thank you very much. I'll give them a try.

 

[Salty Cracker]

GFO.

 

[harleymike]

GFO.

GFO reactor agreed.

 

[TORX]

Mexican turbos to remoce the physical algae, GFO to keep it from coming back.

May help a little more if we knew about your tank set up, age, parameters...

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[pulpfiction1]

i would also be inclined to suggest water changes,nitrates can really fuel HA

 

[chuckm]

GFO and a lawnmower blenny

 

[spyd]

GFO in a reactor to reduce phosphates, Mexican Turbo snails, water changes and using RO/DI water for your tank.

 

[Duke]

I went away for the weekend and my rock work looks like a mosh pit at an 80s Metallica concert with everyone whipping their hair around.
What's the best way to help control hair algae, be it types of snails or a type of tang.

what were you doing before the weekend to control it? if it grew that much that fast surely its been an ongoing issue?

 

[mousetank]

I wasn't doing anything before to control it. Maybe the curtains were left open and the sun added to the problem? My tank is about 3 or 4 weeks old so it is still maturing. Also noticed that my nitrates are higher than when I checked last Thursday.  I will look into a GFO. The tank is a 400 gallon acrylic with a 265 gallon sump. How many GFO units would I need?

 

[TORX]

Going to let the big uys handle mousetank. 665 tv is way outta my league

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[Darryl_V]

I wasn't doing anything before to control it. Maybe the curtains were left open and the sun added to the problem? My tank is about 3 or 4 weeks old so it is still maturing. Also noticed that my nitrates are higher than when I checked last Thursday.  I will look into a GFO. The tank is a 400 gallon acrylic with a 265 gallon sump. How many GFO units would I need?

Sun light wont grow algae if there isnt the nutrients in the water to grow it and it doesnt grow algae any better than the artificial light we use.

400g tank....wowzer.  Is this your first saltwater tank?

 

[Reef Hero]

Are you using rodi water? What are you parameters? For the tank only being 1 month old, that's pretty fast to have a massive amount of GHA growing.
You got a massive tank!! The GHA will look like a rock concert!


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[Salty Cracker]

That tank is huge.  You probably got everyone's attention with that stat

Since you're in London, if you want to come by and I'll show you a GFO setup, although I'm at 150 gallons.... your volume is a -tad- more. 

Agreed though, for such a young tank, I can't imagine why there would be so much Hair, was it used rock I assume?

 

[unibob]

Are you using brand new rock or rock from a previous setup? Might be your rocks leeching out phosphates.

 

[mousetank]

It's a mix of old cured live rock or so I was told plus new rock and dried rock.  There is around 350lbs of rock in there and I tried to cut some corners. That's my bad.  It is my first salt water tank. I jumped in a little too deep too fast I think.

 

[Poseidon]

It's a mix of old cured live rock or so I was told plus new rock and dried rock.  There is around 350lbs of rock in there and I tried to cut some corners. That's my bad.  It is my first salt water tank. I jumped in a little too deep too fast I think.

You aiming for a fowlr tank or a full blown reef?
Tank size is awesome , everyone starts small and then upgrades so you prob save money going big right away lol

 

[Jewel]

WOW 1st tank is a 400, What other corners have you cut. Are you running a Protien Skimmer and RO/DI water, 3 weeks in and HA. OMG.

 

[KBennett]

You'd need a lot of dead stuff to pollute 400 gallons... You must have had a massive die off on your live rock.  Maybe it wasn't as cured as you think.
I hate to ask, but do you have any fish in there that you have been feeding?