gha

So here is the background. I have a 40g that I setup and was cycled in January. Brought 3 fish from my old setup 2 clowns and Banggai cardinal (no LR or media fresh start). One of the clowns died due to stress I think (both clown were 12 years old). I let the tank stabilize about 2 months until...

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I'm sure this has been done 1000 times, but just did it and wanted to share my experience. I mentioned in my tank build that the biggest battle in my 6 months of reefing has been GHA. I definitely overfed early on. I sorted that out and am doing much better clearing it out. The problem is some...

Hello all, I’ve been battling with what thought are Dino’s for months. My nutrients, phos and Nitrates, where low so been adding Seachem phosphate and nitrate and have brought those levels up. Added copepods and ocean magik live phyto and bacteria. This just won’t go away even with manual...

I dosed 0.33cc (two small scoops, recommended for 10gal tank size) of FluxRx on 12/5 in my 13.5gal tank. Removed chaeto and chemipure blue before dosing. I removed as much GHA as I could manually and scrubbed the remaining before I dosed. It has since been 16 days and I have yet to see any...

Hello all, Battling a bit of GHA for months now and have tried several things like: emerald crabs, tangs, blue legs, reef flux (twice), to no avail. I keep on manually removing it and some weeks are better than others. Finally considering using vibrant, however, I was around when the **** show...

So, I had this tank for about 2 years now but 7 months ago I redid my scape with some old and new rock and within 2 weeks brown coloured hair-algae-like filaments started sprouting up. I remove them about every 3 weeks manually by hand and brush the rock. The strands feel silky and come off...

Need some advice about a friends 125 gal tank that im helping him with. About a month ago i added abunch of corals and tested his tank. 3/28 No3 28.4 Po4 .14 Dkh 7.6 Not bad numbers. I went by last week and his tank is covered in everything gha, cyano etc. So last week i changed 15 gal of...

Ive been battling a persistent algae problem since November of last year, and nothing I do seems to get rid of it. Heres what Ive tried so far: 1. Weekly water changes 2. Manual removal - scrubbing and brushing rocks 3. Nutrient reduction using NoPox to bring levels super low 4. Sea hare -...

First post here, been in the hobby for 8 years and I’ve done tons of research on this topic. I’m at a loss and don’t know how to get rid of this hair algae. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. Dosing 20mL All for reef daily I am dosing phosphate RX (Lanthanum Chloride) when phosphates read high...

Hello, I need someone's input. Been reef keeping a while now. But this is the first time I encountered this algae. The tank is a 155g shallow including the sump. It'sbeen up for about 2 months now. I know that diatoms are a thing for new tanks but this is the first time I saw this. it looks like...

Hello, all I have had quite the GHA algae that just keeps coming back I am waiting on more test strips to get a better idea of why it keeps growing so bad. In the meantime what does everyone recommend for LONGGGG GHA like 3-4INCH I have big Mexican Turbos, Smaller turbos and the algae on the...

I have a hair algae bloom that creeped up out of no where and since I haven’t been able to beat it. As of now my nitrates and phosphates are reading zero but I know that is because it’s all in the algae. But before I had the algae my nitrates were 1-5 and phos was 0.09ppm-0.17. I do feed a lot...

I've been battling algae back and forth since I set my tank up last December. It'll get really bad and then clear up really well for a few weeks and then come back. I'm curious what it is I'm fighting against and was hoping to get some help with ID'ing it. It gets really bad in the sand, I'll...

Hello, I’ve been batting with my tank for well over a year now. First I had the dreaded dinoflagellates specifically Prorocentrum which I beat using Silicon dosing. Since beating that I have now got GHA and it’s out of control can’t see rocks or sand bed anymore it’s just covered. Checked...

Hey All, Would appreciate some advice. I've got a ~80G tank that i've had up and running for a few months. Couple of clowns, some snails, an urchin, and in terms of coral a hammer, an acan, and a mushroom leather. Chaeto in the sump (about baseball size). Feeding is liquid mysis + pellets. As...

Hello everyone, I have a 75 gallon tank that has been set up for three going on four months now and I am currently battling some pretty nasty green hair algae. I completely understand. There is the ugly stage however it seems like the ugly stage has not given up once on my tank I constantly...

Hey everyone, Please see the attached videos… I need some assistance and guidance. I've been looking all over the internet and forums, but I can't figure out what this green thing is in my tank. At times, it looks like a fern shape, and at other times, it seems stringy. I initially thought it...

Any advice as I feel like I’m fighting a loosing battle…. As you can see from the pictures I have a pretty bad GHA problem. It has been like this for a few months now (maybe longer) I’m picking out clumps weekly but it just keeps growing back, most of it is to small to grab with my fingers and...

I began a Fluconazole treatment three weeks ago with it ending this coming Sunday. It’s done wonders for my GHA yet I’m somewhat confused as to why my phosphates are testing 0 this far into the treatment. I removed all chemical filtration media, no UV, kept skimmer off for 3 full days. Just...

Just gonna start by saying if you only want to comment something rude, I do not need your negativity. Life has been hard recently, and I’ve been having a lot of mental health struggles. As such, my time and ability to maintain my tank has severely declined. I have a huge green hair algae...

Hi! We have been battling bryopsis and are treating our tank with FluxRX/fluconazole. We are on about day 12 of treatment, and have seen most of the bryopsis disappear, hooray! However, I realized I read all about how to introduce fluconazole, but not what to do at the end of treatment. 1)...

Hello guys, I am removing my refugium for now as my Chaeto and sump in general are covered in GHA. My nutrients are ok, but I don’t want GHA being the one to keep it under control. I got reefmat to make sure nutrients stay in check, my question is how can I have most of the pods from the Fuge...

I’m at the 8 month mark, I’ve had dinos and cyano and finally am moving on to the next stage, or so I think. I’m getting this algae and I am torn as to if it is either turf or GHA. My algae CUC died off during my dino outbreak and before buying them again I want to make sure they’d be sustained...