Need help with red hari algae

Kelly,
If I were you I would take a water sample to your LFS and get them to test
it and start there. Tell them the problem you are having and see what they
say. If you want to have a personal conversation that might be faster. Just
email me. Maybe we can eliminate things until we can find the solution.
Remember there is hope. I thought I had lost my whole tank to Green Hair
Algae but I got through it.
Just trying to help,
Paulette

"Kelly" wrote in message
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now it is covering my rock too?
"Mermaid" wrote in message
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Kelly,
I'm going to ask you some questions. How long has your tank been up?
Where is it in your tank? It could be cynobacteria instead of hair
algae.
Is
it on the sand mostly?
What kind of water do or did you use to set up your tank and top off
with.
I went through this. If you can answer some of these questions I might
be
able to help you.

Paulette

"Kelly" wrote in message
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I have an outbreak of red hair algae that I cannot get rid of. I think
the
cause
is my low lighting but I can't afford new lights for at least another
month.
Currently I am feeding one cube of frozen food every 3-4 days to the
two
fish
in there now and I am running a skimmer and about 500 gph of power
head
current. Can anyone recommend some tips on getting me through this
month?
In a month I will be upgrading to a 250 halide but I obviously don't
want
to loose anything in the process.

I skimmed it all off last night and this morning its back again like I
never
even
touched it. I have tried poly-ox but that doesn't seem to do anything
at
all.

Tank is:
46 gallon
60 pounds of LR
2 inch sandbed with 2 inch of crushed coral
65 watt power PC
10 acentic
1 toadstool
1 BTA
1 SeaBae
1 False Perc
1 Yellow tail damsel
1 peppermint shrimp
1 Coralbanded
2 Emerald crabs
2 hermits
Some misc. soft corals (cauliflowers polyps etc)

Thanks,
Kelly