ok i have a question i have a hair algae issue which i let get out of control as i my 13 year girl old fell apart, all part of being on the spectrum, ADHD, anxiety, depression and her mask that looked like she was doing ok, until she couldnt anymore, anyway dealing with hair algae issues now, water changes, reducing nitrates, phosphates etc, surprisingly all fish and coral seem to be coping with my lack of attention, but have hair algae.
my question is, if i scrub the rockwork to remove the hair algae in tank water am i going to lose a large part of my coppods, amphipods, i have a mandarin who has been fed well, dont want that to change, and another fact was i had a 4 foot tank and due to lack of time for water mixing etc with my girls issues i decided to shift into the 27 gallon tank, picked my best rocks for pods used the sand and water, large tank was 18 months in, so filter media, rocks, sand bed etc prob had a nice colony that transfered over, mandarin does take frozen copepods, lobster eggs and brine shrimp and blood worms, which helps, but i see him constantly picking his way over the rocks etc too.
so will scrubbing the rockworks hair algae in tank water kill too many copepods do you think, thought about doing half and then wait a week or two and doing the rest, all while i get nitrates etc where they should be again.
thanks
kim
my question is, if i scrub the rockwork to remove the hair algae in tank water am i going to lose a large part of my coppods, amphipods, i have a mandarin who has been fed well, dont want that to change, and another fact was i had a 4 foot tank and due to lack of time for water mixing etc with my girls issues i decided to shift into the 27 gallon tank, picked my best rocks for pods used the sand and water, large tank was 18 months in, so filter media, rocks, sand bed etc prob had a nice colony that transfered over, mandarin does take frozen copepods, lobster eggs and brine shrimp and blood worms, which helps, but i see him constantly picking his way over the rocks etc too.
so will scrubbing the rockworks hair algae in tank water kill too many copepods do you think, thought about doing half and then wait a week or two and doing the rest, all while i get nitrates etc where they should be again.
thanks
kim