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Vibrant period! Go slow and follow the directions and you will be amazed. I have some super delicate SPS and LPS in my tank and they don’t ha e a care in the world after dosing once a week for the last 4 weeks. I am going to start dosing every 2 1/2 weeks now for maintenance. Stuff is a miracle IF you go slow. Like BRS said, the infestation happened over months and if needs to work slowly so it does not hurt anything. My GHA is almost totally goneOk. I can't Id this stuff and it's really taken off after trying to control it manually. I've been dosing peroxide at 1ml per 10 gallons and it has not slowed a bit, almost seems like it's spreading faster.
ALK at 8dkh(Hanna checker), no3 is 0, po4 is .12(red sea). Not sure on mag but last test was 1380 awhile back. Salinity/iorc salt. Spectrapure rodi.
I assume no3 is zero due to algae growing everywhere. Does not seem to bother any corals other than covering them.
Tank is roughly 3 years old but has been moved twice, last was hundreds of miles. The sandbed was removed during last move. No algae issues before last move. Have 4 fish, 2 clowns, tailspot blenny, yellow watchman goby. Tuxedo urchin. Various snails like cerith, trochus, and unfortunately nassarius snails with a small bin of sand. Some red leg and scarlet crabs, 1 Halloween crab. Tank has been up for around 6 months after last move. Gets no sunlight. Coral seem to be doing ok. My blenny does randomly pick at the algae.
I tried removing a piece of rock and scrubbing it, algae came back just as strong after a week or two.
You should look into a Fluconazol/Vibrant combo. Jeff at Under Water Creations(Vibrant) prescribed just that to me and my 1350 gallon system that was infested, overgrown, and absolutly ugly is now 2 weeks later, 80% clean from GHA. I have NEVER had a "method" prescribed so effective ever in my 40 years of reefing.
I love my sea hare Blooberta, she (I have no idea) eats hair algae like a bad mamajama! I have zero hair algae and will often move her to the sump for a few days to keep it in check. I like to try to respond to different issues with critters. Some sea hares can produce toxins, but I did lose Bloobert with no ill effects. With any poisonous animal,, the issue is stress. Death may not always be stressful.Ok. I can't Id this stuff and it's really taken off after trying to control it manually. I've been dosing peroxide at 1ml per 10 gallons and it has not slowed a bit, almost seems like it's spreading faster.
ALK at 8dkh(Hanna checker), no3 is 0, po4 is .12(red sea). Not sure on mag but last test was 1380 awhile back. Salinity/iorc salt. Spectrapure rodi.
I assume no3 is zero due to algae growing everywhere. Does not seem to bother any corals other than covering them.
Tank is roughly 3 years old but has been moved twice, last was hundreds of miles. The sandbed was removed during last move. No algae issues before last move. Have 4 fish, 2 clowns, tailspot blenny, yellow watchman goby. Tuxedo urchin. Various snails like cerith, trochus, and unfortunately nassarius snails with a small bin of sand. Some red leg and scarlet crabs, 1 Halloween crab. Tank has been up for around 6 months after last move. Gets no sunlight. Coral seem to be doing ok. My blenny does randomly pick at the algae.
I tried removing a piece of rock and scrubbing it, algae came back just as strong after a week or two.
I agree on the Vibrant solution!
I have 4 tanks and every one has gone through a several month long period of green and brown algae. Currently running vibrant in my RS 425 after exhausting other methods. I still do some manual removal to speed things along. But it's made a world of difference.
As others have said, give vibrant a try. BRS did a recent video on Vibrant. Check it out.