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Old 01/12/2008, 01:16 AM
ricks ricks is offline
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Old 01/12/2008, 01:22 AM
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How old are your lights? To battle my ha problem, I changed my lights ( 8 months old) and added a bunch of blue legs. I did weekley water changes and got a good skimmer. Neithe my fox face, yellow tang, or valmeinge (sp?) tang will touch Ha.
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Old 01/12/2008, 01:52 AM
Craig Lambert Craig Lambert is offline
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Find the source of your algae problem... And it will take care of itself..

Adding livestock to cure a problem with your water is rarely successful..

Many different variables come together to cause the perfect algae outbreak. You need to find the right combination to cure your problem. this can take time, energy and money. I cure lies with you the reefkeeper aka God.. Not with livestock that will be hit and miss. Remember when you add something to your system you are increasing the bioload which will contribute to your algae problem. Algae needs light, and a food source to grow, sometimes it will take along time to cure the problem.

Myself I would go with good flow, pristine water conditions. Have a large fuge reverse lighting will help stabilize your PH. A heavy duty skimmer, no cheap one here!! and make sure it wet skims. And a reactor to run Rowphos in. and make sure your lights new, cheap lights can give of red spectrums, that promote algae growth..

And lastly no Tangs, or other fish that will be cramped in a 65 gallon....

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Old 01/12/2008, 02:03 AM
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get a lawnmower blenny, ASAP, algae gone

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