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  1. packagerat

    packagerat Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Just wanted to say Hi to everyone. :cheesy: I have been doing saltwater now for about a year and a half. Just started to have some problems I could not figure out for myself, so did some searching and found this site with lots of very useful info that I did not see on others. By the way have a bad case of green hair algae, has me wanting to pull my own hair out. Correcting the problem hopefuly by raising Ph, Calcium, up too aceptable levels.
     
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  2. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    To 3Reef!!!     ​


    Salutations! Glad to see you found way here!

    Sounds like you are on right track.

    Share some info and pics of your system with us!


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  3. stylaster

    stylaster Gigas Clam

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    Welcome to 3reef!
    You should also run an RO/DI that will help too, any way to lower the amount of nutrients into the tank. I had the same problem in my 24 gallon, until i switched over to RO/DI, did 25% water changes every other week for 2 months and the problem is gone
     
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  4. packagerat

    packagerat Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Thanks for the info. Iam now using RO/DI and have been doing weekly 10% water changes. Untill I read on this site did not know that low calcium and Ph would cause such an outbreak.If I have time this weekend I will pull out my rocks and scrub them along with the water change.
     
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  5. baugherb

    baugherb Giant Squid

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    Welcome to 3Reef>>>>>>
     
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  6. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    hello and welcome to 3reef!
    Best of luck with your tank...
    try adjusting your alaklinity and lower your nitrates and phosphates to rid your algae!
     
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  7. packagerat

    packagerat Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Alk is at 9 dkh Have a phos testing kit coming on Saturday to see where Iam at. Nitrates show 0.
     
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  8. Otty

    Otty Giant Squid

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    Welcome to 3reef. Are you doing anything to control your PO[SUB]4[/SUB]'s? Like running a reactor. You also need to check your RO/DI filters as when they are full will start leaking minerals out in your water your adding.
     
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  9. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Welcome to the best site in da world;D You need to check your parameters so you know where your at and make the necessary adjustments. Clean out your filter pads(if any) and/or any filter media that you are using, on a weekly basis. Dont over feed, no more than 8-9 hrs of light, no direct or indirect sun light at the tank and never, never use any type of glass cleaner(like windex) to clean the outside glass of the tank. Hope this helps, Luna.
     
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  10. fishyfinder

    fishyfinder Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    welcome good luck with your tanks
     
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