Green Hair Algae

[rtk]

I've followed CapFusion's suggestions, mostly feeding more. I can see
green and red in the sand bed and a few strands in -of all places- the
lip of the powerhead's outlet. There are also some green spots on the
magnet, but that's it. Early on, I was assured by I don't remember who
that by 8 months my tank would be overrun with algae. It's not quite 5
months, so maybe it's too soon, but I would like to see a little green.
A pristine tank doesn't interest me. My freshwater tanks don't have
much, but at least I do have to clean the glass weekly on them, probably
because the tap water has 40% nitrates. I haven't tried tap water yet
in the sal****er tank. Maybe the person who obviously knew much more
than I do about sal****er would like to chime in and tell me what I am
doing so wrong.

I think you can see some spots of green in the sand on this not very
optimized photo. Don't open unless you have a reasonably fast connection.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/exk7/Sal****erStuff/SW6.html

By the way, the location of the anemone, dead center, in not my choice.
I would prefer he stay out of the limelight and I've tried shoving his
butt over, but he works his back where he wants by morning. This also
gives the clown way too much dominance over the whole tank. The
yellow-tailed damsel is supposed to be very aggressive. Not this one.
He lives in fear of the clown.

Ruth Kazez


rtk
http://www.kazez.com

[Marc Levenson]

Ruth,

Nice webpage, I like the way you ID'd each item.

Enjoy your pristine tank, because corals really don't fare well when they have
to compete with various micro-algae on a daily basis. Looks good so far.

Marc


rtk wrote:

> I've followed CapFusion's suggestions, mostly feeding more. I can see
> green and red in the sand bed and a few strands in -of all places- the
> lip of the powerhead's outlet. There are also some green spots on the
> magnet, but that's it. Early on, I was assured by I don't remember who
> that by 8 months my tank would be overrun with algae. It's not quite 5
> months, so maybe it's too soon, but I would like to see a little green.
> A pristine tank doesn't interest me. My freshwater tanks don't have
> much, but at least I do have to clean the glass weekly on them, probably
> because the tap water has 40% nitrates. I haven't tried tap water yet
> in the sal****er tank. Maybe the person who obviously knew much more
> than I do about sal****er would like to chime in and tell me what I am
> doing so wrong.
>
> I think you can see some spots of green in the sand on this not very
> optimized photo. Don't open unless you have a reasonably fast connection.
> http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/exk7/Sal****erStuff/SW6.html
>
> By the way, the location of the anemone, dead center, in not my choice.
> I would prefer he stay out of the limelight and I've tried shoving his
> butt over, but he works his back where he wants by morning. This also
> gives the clown way too much dominance over the whole tank. The
> yellow-tailed damsel is supposed to be very aggressive. Not this one.
> He lives in fear of the clown.
>
> Ruth Kazez
>
> rtk
> http://www.kazez.com

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[wolfhedd]

hows it doin? mine is overrun with GHA, sill combating it like a stealth
ninja fighter, alot work inother words. wolfhedd.

"rtk" > wrote in message
t...
> I've followed CapFusion's suggestions, mostly feeding more. I can see
> green and red in the sand bed and a few strands in -of all places- the
> lip of the powerhead's outlet. There are also some green spots on the
> magnet, but that's it. Early on, I was assured by I don't remember who
> that by 8 months my tank would be overrun with algae. It's not quite 5
> months, so maybe it's too soon, but I would like to see a little green.
> A pristine tank doesn't interest me. My freshwater tanks don't have
> much, but at least I do have to clean the glass weekly on them, probably
> because the tap water has 40% nitrates. I haven't tried tap water yet
> in the sal****er tank. Maybe the person who obviously knew much more
> than I do about sal****er would like to chime in and tell me what I am
> doing so wrong.
>
> I think you can see some spots of green in the sand on this not very
> optimized photo. Don't open unless you have a reasonably fast connection.
> http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/exk7/Sal****erStuff/SW6.html
>
> By the way, the location of the anemone, dead center, in not my choice.
> I would prefer he stay out of the limelight and I've tried shoving his
> butt over, but he works his back where he wants by morning. This also
> gives the clown way too much dominance over the whole tank. The
> yellow-tailed damsel is supposed to be very aggressive. Not this one.
> He lives in fear of the clown.
>
> Ruth Kazez
>
>
> rtk
> http://www.kazez.com
>

[reefman MC]

You could also go with some red kelp, but I haven't seen any of that
stuff around here in a while.


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[B]

http://www.ipsf.com/#anchor39576

check out the red and other colors of algae


"wolfhedd" > wrote in message
link.net...
> hows it doin? mine is overrun with GHA, sill combating it like a stealth
> ninja fighter, alot work inother words. wolfhedd.
>
> "rtk" > wrote in message
> t...
> > I've followed CapFusion's suggestions, mostly feeding more. I can see
> > green and red in the sand bed and a few strands in -of all places- the
> > lip of the powerhead's outlet. There are also some green spots on the
> > magnet, but that's it. Early on, I was assured by I don't remember who
> > that by 8 months my tank would be overrun with algae. It's not quite 5
> > months, so maybe it's too soon, but I would like to see a little green.
> > A pristine tank doesn't interest me. My freshwater tanks don't have
> > much, but at least I do have to clean the glass weekly on them, probably
> > because the tap water has 40% nitrates. I haven't tried tap water yet
> > in the sal****er tank. Maybe the person who obviously knew much more
> > than I do about sal****er would like to chime in and tell me what I am
> > doing so wrong.
> >
> > I think you can see some spots of green in the sand on this not very
> > optimized photo. Don't open unless you have a reasonably fast
connection.
> > http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/exk7/Sal****erStuff/SW6.html
> >
> > By the way, the location of the anemone, dead center, in not my choice.
> > I would prefer he stay out of the limelight and I've tried shoving his
> > butt over, but he works his back where he wants by morning. This also
> > gives the clown way too much dominance over the whole tank. The
> > yellow-tailed damsel is supposed to be very aggressive. Not this one.
> > He lives in fear of the clown.
> >
> > Ruth Kazez
> >
> >
> > rtk
> > http://www.kazez.com
> >
>
>