"Big Habeeb" wrote in message ups.com...
On Nov 5, 11:04 am, "Pszemol" wrote:
It was too soon to buy any fish... feeding the fish you are fueling algae.

Hold on buying other fish or any other "grazer" until you identify the alga.

Tangs do not particularly eat green hair algae - it does not taste good.

You tasted it? j/k

No, my fish did and did not like it :-)

They prefer eating more ornamental macroalgae, the ones you would
not mind having in the tank...

The best grazer for hair algae I find tuxedo urchin, but the problem
with them is that they die of starvation when the algae is gone...
Other urchin - black long spine one should eat it, too but I am not
sure - never had one - they grow too big for my tank...

Definitely not ready to add any kind of urchin...trying to take this
slowly.

If you took it slow you would not have any fish yet...

The best way to get rid of green hair algae is to starve the new tank
to let all the result of cycling processed to nitrogen by DSB.
To speed up starvation mechanically scrub algae from time
to time by removing rocks outside of tank - this way you do not
let scrubbed algae pieces go back to the system...
Also, make sure you have sump sock to catch all the pieces
your hermits will cut from the rock and not eat...


Yup, I have a sock on the sump.

I would keep the tank unfed for a long time before buing a fish,
but you have already got one, so it will be tough...

What are your current levels of nitrates, phosphates, alkalinity and pH?

Dont have the numbers on me unfortunately. LFS confirmed testing wiht
me and said that nitrates were at 0, phosphates were a bit high as was
alkalinity, while PH was fine.. (hence the addition of the phosphate
removing pebble thingiemabobbers)

So now what is left is just patience...
Feed only minimal quantities every couple of days noting if all food is
eaten by fish. Fish will eat some planktonic organism taking off the
live rock so it will not be that hungry anyway...

Have you read this? http://www.melevsreef.com/gha.html