greenspottedlover
Banned
So my Green Spotted Puffer tank is infested with a long hairlike algae(I'm assuming to be hair algae). Any remedies?
Hair Algae Problem
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ThisIsFishy
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Long hairlike usually means bryopsis. Manual removal, turbo snails (tough with puffers), and magnesium levels of 1800-2000 using ONLY Kent Tech M usually do the trick. Get some pictures first before you try anything.
greenspottedlover
Banned
Salt
12hrs light per day
his feeding habits are messy
no clean up crew/me(kind of scared to add anything with my puffer, plus I don't get much around here as far as options. closest salt water aquarium supplying store being about an hour away.)
Nitrite 0
Ammonia 0
Nitrate ~10-20(not sure, the test tube leaked a little)
Ph ~78-80
PufferMan
Member
Your nitrates are really high. I would do a 10-20% water change, and definitely cut back on the lights for a while. If you don't have any live plants or corals, I would actually go 3 or 4 days or so completely dark to kill off the algae in there. After that, another 10-20% water change and gradually start with the lights again. What kind of filter do you have on there? And what size tank is it? Puffers are super messy eaters and you want to go with as much filtration as possible, and keep up with water changes, otherwise this will keep happening.
ThisIsFishy
Banned
Those nitrates are nothing for a FO/FOWLR tank. Many FO/FOWLR tanks have 100+ and some even into the 1000 range with no ill effects to the fish. Grab a water sample from the fish system at your LFS and test it. You will be surprised They may be the cause of the algae though.
EricTheRed
No, I'm not a communist..
High trates won't bother fish, but hair algae can certainly go nuts in as little as 15-20ppm....
fast eddie
New member
cut back on feedings! nitrates should be close to.....0 !
jcarlilesiu
Active member
Have you tested for phosphates. They are a huge contributor to algae of various sorts, specifically hair algae.
Being that its a fish only tank, I would significantly cut back on lights for awhile. Most algae needs two things. Nutrients and light. I would kill the lights except when you are home and looking at the tank and then work on some water changes and such to bring down your macro nutrient levels. Feed less, and try to export as much nutrients as you can.
Are you running a refugium?
Being that its a fish only tank, I would significantly cut back on lights for awhile. Most algae needs two things. Nutrients and light. I would kill the lights except when you are home and looking at the tank and then work on some water changes and such to bring down your macro nutrient levels. Feed less, and try to export as much nutrients as you can.
Are you running a refugium?
jcarlilesiu
Active member
Stop bumping old threads simply to increase post count!