hair algae

[Joe Cool]

I am having a issue with hair algae, so I went to LFS to have my water
tested and to ask for some advice. He said that my water looked good
except nitrate (not to bad, he suggested raising my alk to above normal.
I am afraid that it could hurt my red craps I have in the tank. Is
raising the Alk a common way to fight hair algae? Note: I have a 44 gal
tall tank, 52 lbs of live rock and a prizm skimmer.

[perkinskr]

PO?




"Joe Cool" > wrote in message
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>I am having a issue with hair algae, so I went to LFS to have my water
>tested and to ask for some advice. He said that my water looked good except
>nitrate (not to bad, he suggested raising my alk to above normal. I am
>afraid that it could hurt my red craps I have in the tank. Is raising the
>Alk a common way to fight hair algae? Note: I have a 44 gal tall tank, 52
>lbs of live rock and a prizm skimmer.

[Joe Cool]

perkinskr wrote:
> PO?
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> "Joe Cool" > wrote in message
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>>I am having a issue with hair algae, so I went to LFS to have my water
>>tested and to ask for some advice. He said that my water looked good except
>>nitrate (not to bad, he suggested raising my alk to above normal. I am
>>afraid that it could hurt my red craps I have in the tank. Is raising the
>>Alk a common way to fight hair algae? Note: I have a 44 gal tall tank, 52
>>lbs of live rock and a prizm skimmer.
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I do have a RO unit, the corallife 24GPD unit.

[Todd Nicholson]

No, PO, not RO. what is your Phosphate measure - and what did your nitrates
actually measure?

-Todd

"Joe Cool" > wrote in message
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> perkinskr wrote:
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>> "Joe Cool" > wrote in message
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>>>I am having a issue with hair algae, so I went to LFS to have my water
>>>tested and to ask for some advice. He said that my water looked good
>>>except nitrate (not to bad, he suggested raising my alk to above normal.
>>>I am afraid that it could hurt my red craps I have in the tank. Is
>>>raising the Alk a common way to fight hair algae? Note: I have a 44 gal
>>>tall tank, 52 lbs of live rock and a prizm skimmer.
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> I do have a RO unit, the corallife 24GPD unit.

[Joe Cool]

Todd Nicholson wrote:
> No, PO, not RO. what is your Phosphate measure - and what did your nitrates
> actually measure?
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> -Todd
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>>perkinskr wrote:
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>>>PO?
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>>>"Joe Cool" > wrote in message
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>>>>I am having a issue with hair algae, so I went to LFS to have my water
>>>>tested and to ask for some advice. He said that my water looked good
>>>>except nitrate (not to bad, he suggested raising my alk to above normal.
>>>>I am afraid that it could hurt my red craps I have in the tank. Is
>>>>raising the Alk a common way to fight hair algae? Note: I have a 44 gal
>>>>tall tank, 52 lbs of live rock and a prizm skimmer.
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>>I do have a RO unit, the corallife 24GPD unit.
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MY PO is below .25 (according to my Hagen test kit) My nitrates are
between 20 and 40. My skimmer hardly collects any foam now.

[Todd Nicholson]

Yeah, 20-40 nitrates is not good. They should ideally be zero.

-Todd

"Joe Cool" > wrote in message
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> Todd Nicholson wrote:
>> No, PO, not RO. what is your Phosphate measure - and what did your
>> nitrates actually measure?
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>> -Todd
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>> "Joe Cool" > wrote in message
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>>>perkinskr wrote:
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>>>>PO?
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>>>>"Joe Cool" > wrote in message
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>>>>>I am having a issue with hair algae, so I went to LFS to have my water
>>>>>tested and to ask for some advice. He said that my water looked good
>>>>>except nitrate (not to bad, he suggested raising my alk to above
>>>>>normal. I am afraid that it could hurt my red craps I have in the tank.
>>>>>Is raising the Alk a common way to fight hair algae? Note: I have a 44
>>>>>gal tall tank, 52 lbs of live rock and a prizm skimmer.
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>>>I do have a RO unit, the corallife 24GPD unit.
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> MY PO is below .25 (according to my Hagen test kit) My nitrates are
> between 20 and 40. My skimmer hardly collects any foam now.

[Joe Cool]

Todd Nicholson wrote:
> Yeah, 20-40 nitrates is not good. They should ideally be zero.
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> -Todd
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> "Joe Cool" > wrote in message
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>>Todd Nicholson wrote:
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>>>No, PO, not RO. what is your Phosphate measure - and what did your
>>>nitrates actually measure?
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>>>-Todd
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>>>"Joe Cool" > wrote in message
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>>>>perkinskr wrote:
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>>>>>>I am having a issue with hair algae, so I went to LFS to have my water
>>>>>>tested and to ask for some advice. He said that my water looked good
>>>>>>except nitrate (not to bad, he suggested raising my alk to above
>>>>>>normal. I am afraid that it could hurt my red craps I have in the tank.
>>>>>>Is raising the Alk a common way to fight hair algae? Note: I have a 44
>>>>>>gal tall tank, 52 lbs of live rock and a prizm skimmer.
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>>>>I do have a RO unit, the corallife 24GPD unit.
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>>MY PO is below .25 (according to my Hagen test kit) My nitrates are
>>between 20 and 40. My skimmer hardly collects any foam now.
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Going to take out my bio ball on sunday see if that helps.

[Chippy]

I think this is where you will find your answer. Just don't rip them all
out at once small steps are recommended, large changes can be fatal.
> Going to take out my bio ball on sunday see if that helps.

[selgado]

Do you have a refugium?

Chippy wrote:
> I think this is where you will find your answer. Just don't rip them all
> out at once small steps are recommended, large changes can be fatal.
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>>Going to take out my bio ball on sunday see if that helps.
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[Joe Cool]

selgado wrote:
> Do you have a refugium?
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> Chippy wrote:
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>> I think this is where you will find your answer. Just don't rip them
>> all out at once small steps are recommended, large changes can be fatal.
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>>> Going to take out my bio ball on sunday see if that helps.
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I have a 7 gal wet / dry. Proclear 75.