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12/28/2007, 04:06 PM
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Need a little advice
Hi everyone
The 12 gal. has been up and running for a few weeks and the water parameters are fine but for some reason I now have hair algea all over the place. I did add a bag of Phosban the other day and after a few days is when I noticed the algea any help or solutions? I have not done a water change yet should I go that route? Thanks Arlo
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12/28/2007, 04:17 PM
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New tank syndrome...you can manually remove it, do water changes, get an herbivore, let it grow, grow, grow or whatever
 I chose to remove as much manually as I could on my 550lbs of rock and added some Turbo Snails and a Sea Hare.
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12/28/2007, 04:45 PM
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Sorry, I refuse to help anyone associated with the Air Force or Air National Guard J/K
 Everything Dave said was spot on. Seahares will devour hair algae although I don't think you could support one in a 12 gallon long term, maybe one of the smaller species but definitely not one of the big pacific types. I would get a few snails and remove manually until you finish your algae cycles, usually a couple months but sometimes a lot longer.
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12/28/2007, 05:02 PM
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Thanks guys I have 4 Nas. snails in there along with a Emeral Crab but they are not doing much.
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12/28/2007, 05:02 PM
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Thanks guys I have 4 Nas. snails in there along with a Emeral Crab but they are not doing much.
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12/28/2007, 05:16 PM
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Nassarius snails just eat detritus they won't touch algae get a couple turbo snails, maybe just one if its big
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12/28/2007, 06:42 PM
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get a turbo snail. He will have a field day in there. Few turbos and some astrea and you should be fine.
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