I'm having some issues with hair algae... I had no visible hair algae in the tank and then I fed my corals ReefRoids once and everything went to crap (exaggeration).
I have thick hair algae on both walls, and I have some starting to grow on rocks and small patches popping up on the sound bed.
I have done 3, 5 gallon water changes (every 3 days), and pick hair algae when I do the water changes. I bought a lawnmower blenny to help on the rocks, but he doesn't really touch the established algae on the glass.
I am running the following items...
Biocube 29 with Ocean Revive LEDs.
I just lowered the lights from 60% blue and 40% white to the following.
Blue: 50%
10am-7:30pm
White: 27%
12:30pm-5:45pm
4" sand bed
12" water column
Lights are 7" above water
Temp:79-81°
Jebao Sow-4 wave maker, 5-8 intensity, variable
Aquamaxx HOB 1.5 (purchased after hair algae issues, running for last 3 weeks, pulls some, but not a ton. Feel like the O ring doesn't complete seal which allows there to be less bubbles up the chamber).
Chaeto, Chemipure Elite, Carbon, Filter floss
Nitrates are reading 0, don't have a phosphate kit or a PAR meter.
Tanks inhabitants:
2 clowns, yellow head jawfish, small 6 line wrasse, and lawnmower blenny. Various snails, hermits, and 2 peppermint shrimp.
Coral hasn't grown at all, but all look healthy (most purchased black Friday, tank was set up in July 2020).
LARGE Wall hammer, gold hammer, rainbow chalice (bleached, moved down, hoping for better results), trumpet, Slimer, bam bam, frogspawn, dragon soul/grim reaper torch, bubblegum chalice, hairy shroom.
I have thick hair algae on both walls, and I have some starting to grow on rocks and small patches popping up on the sound bed.
I have done 3, 5 gallon water changes (every 3 days), and pick hair algae when I do the water changes. I bought a lawnmower blenny to help on the rocks, but he doesn't really touch the established algae on the glass.
I am running the following items...
Biocube 29 with Ocean Revive LEDs.
I just lowered the lights from 60% blue and 40% white to the following.
Blue: 50%
10am-7:30pm
White: 27%
12:30pm-5:45pm
4" sand bed
12" water column
Lights are 7" above water
Temp:79-81°
Jebao Sow-4 wave maker, 5-8 intensity, variable
Aquamaxx HOB 1.5 (purchased after hair algae issues, running for last 3 weeks, pulls some, but not a ton. Feel like the O ring doesn't complete seal which allows there to be less bubbles up the chamber).
Chaeto, Chemipure Elite, Carbon, Filter floss
Nitrates are reading 0, don't have a phosphate kit or a PAR meter.
Tanks inhabitants:
2 clowns, yellow head jawfish, small 6 line wrasse, and lawnmower blenny. Various snails, hermits, and 2 peppermint shrimp.
Coral hasn't grown at all, but all look healthy (most purchased black Friday, tank was set up in July 2020).
LARGE Wall hammer, gold hammer, rainbow chalice (bleached, moved down, hoping for better results), trumpet, Slimer, bam bam, frogspawn, dragon soul/grim reaper torch, bubblegum chalice, hairy shroom.