Hoping to save it all...need advice

[Harley387]

Hello fellow reefers. Well, I managed to scrape together some dough, and Walter from Air Water and Ice was kind enough to give me a deal on a rebuilt 75GPD Typhoon RO/DI unit. He's a great guy, and the Typhoon seems to be a quality unit. Now on to my problem. As some of you know, I was out of work for a while (Thanks, Governor Romney). I had to use tap water for a couple months. Now I have hair algae covering most of my 150 lbs of live rock. I attempted to remove each piece and scrub it. That's a big waste of time. Does anyone have any ideas about how to kill off this algae? I am thinking about buying a big rubbermaid tub, and just putting the rock in some stagnant water in the dark for a week or so. I know I'm gonna lose stuff, but I'm at wits end.

[Dubge]

I had a bit of an algea problem that I am almost through and Friday afternoon I went to Living Sea and picked up these HUGE turbo snails, a little smaller then a golf ball and they went to town, I couldn't beleive the dent they put in the algea! They were only $2 each and 6 for $10 you might want to give that a shot

HTH
Ray

[Rays]

I agree with Ray, it's best to scrub as much off as possible, then put a few turbos in.

[Harley387]

I already have turbos, a lawnmower blenny, and an urchin. This stuff is like 3 inches long.

[skyedolphan]

as long as you start with the ro/di water now you will notice a dramatic decrease in the hair also add more turbos and it will take a month or 2 but it will be gone trust me been there :)
do water changes with the ro/di try about 10% a week and if you can try to hook up a fuge with macro to fight against the hair for nutrients HTH

[Rick and Sandy]

The BIG Turbos are 'Mexican Turbos'. They'll take it all down for ya.

[skyedolphan]