Randy's Tank and Learn Thread

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Clogging with bacteria slime? I lose flow rate to it overtime in a reactor.

I think it was particulate detritus.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Hair Algae

I may need to rethink my husbandry if these new snails do not make some headway on the GHA. It’s getting worse, not better. I may consider vinegar dosing the way I did on my last tank. I never had such issues with it.

I also never dosed trace elements that way I do now with the AFR. I might be just driving it too much. Last tank I mostly just dosed kalk and fish food and vinegar, and while it was by no means perfect, neither cyano nor gha was ever this bad.

 

[jonelder68]

Are your foxface and YT picking at it? Mine would for sure gobble that up. Looks like it might have cyano on areas? Maybe that’s why if not.

Kalk does miracles in many ways my tank sure turned around once I turned on the Kalk dosing for what it’s worth.

Any tuxedo urchins? They are good and fast workers. Love my pair.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

No cyano is visible since the Chemi clean.

Those fish may eat some. They are not getting any algae from me at the moment to encourage it, but they also eat the flakes and pellets the other fish get.

 

[bureau13]

I don't know if they're all like this, but I had a pretty bad hair algae thing developing on my overflow, back glass, some of the rocks, etc. My rabbitfish and Mimic Tang didn't do much with it, the snails munched on it but weren't really making that big of an impact. I added a bristletooth tang and I swear that stuff was gone in a week. I am not sure if you have room or desire for one, but it did the trick for me. I added him to a tank where the Mimic was the undisputed king, and was worried about that, but they squared off for about an hour and have been thick as thieves since then.

Hair Algae

I may need to rethink my husbandry if these new snails do not make some headway on the GHA. It’s getting worse, not better. I may consider vinegar dosing the way I did on my last tank. I never had such issues with it.

I also never dosed trace elements that way I do now with the AFR. I might be just driving it too much. Last tank I mostly just dosed kalk and fish food and vinegar, and while it was by no means perfect, neither cyano nor gha was ever this bad.