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Chris5

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Ok well I am still battling the green monster here, but today did a 50% water change with RO water and changed my lights back to the old setup of 10ks and not the new 12ks i just got (PCs) ....to see what happens with that....

I also have been doing some research and came up with 2 things....
1. I am thinking about using chemi-clean or Acural E (but dont know if that would be reef safe and or can be used on marine aqauriums) in hopes it can help rid the green water look....

2. Read at Fosters and Smith that poly filter indicates what may be coming out of your water, in my case the poly pad as well as the phospad i tried have been turning a brownish/orange color when exhausted...this is an indication of iron diposits, and according to fosters comes from tap water (i know i know) but can also cause unwanted algae...

So my question is could it be to much iron from the previous water i just took out that is causing this? and if so how do i battle an iron problem?
 
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Chris5 said:
Ok well I am still battling the green monster here, but today did a 50% water change with RO water and changed my lights back to the old setup of 10ks and not the new 12ks i just got (PCs) ....to see what happens with that....

I also have been doing some research and came up with 2 things....
1. I am thinking about using chemi-clean or Acural E (but dont know if that would be reef safe and or can be used on marine aqauriums) in hopes it can help rid the green water look....

2. Read at Fosters and Smith that poly filter indicates what may be coming out of your water, in my case the poly pad as well as the phospad i tried have been turning a brownish/orange color when exhausted...this is an indication of iron diposits, and according to fosters comes from tap water (i know i know) but can also cause unwanted algae...

So my question is could it be to much iron from the previous water i just took out that is causing this? and if so how do i battle an iron problem?
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dont add anything to your tank,until you know what the problem is.
Chemi clean is used for red slim ..not to sure about the other.
If you only have fish on your tank ,i would make up new RO water enuff to fill your tank 2ce .
take out your rock and live stock and put it in a rubber maid or extra tank(of course use your aquarium water) fill up your tank with freshly made RO saltwater .run it for a day or so ,see if your tank stays clear.If so add a rock at a time in your tank.an hr apart.see what happens,this is if you dont have alot of livestock.
If your water stays clear when no rock is in,and after gets green ,i would cook the rock and stop fiddling with your tank .JMO
 
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adding all of the chemicals etc will only get rid of symptoms. What u need to do is look for the cause and fix that.

If its a new tank an algae bloom is bound to happen (part of the cycle). We all go through that. Time, diligence and a good clean up crew will take care of that quite quickly.

If its an older established tank just look for the cause and you will be so much better off rather than dosing all sorts of stuff and ending up in the same spot again at a later point.
 
Chris5

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Well I will see how it reacts from this water change and take it from there....esp with the other lights in....I am trying to stay away from a UV bc i start school again on Mon and i need to buy books (god knows how much those will be this semester) so trying to simplify it as best as i can...I do have softies which are thriving thus far.....

When i think of a new tank algae bloom i think of my 30g that went through some brown diatoms on the sand and some cyano on the rocks (tap water) cause but i never saw green or cloudy water of any kind....
 
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Tru,
Thanks Jim, actually today is looks about the same =( I swear i am gonna just kill the lights for 48hrs and see if thats the problem....Will my softies survive?
 
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I don't think they'll make it thru to well and if the cause of the algae is still in the tank, then it will just come back after the two days without light.

Why not just do the 100% start with all new SW and cook your rocks. Just restart the entire tank. In all this time it could have been done ;). JMO.
 
Tonyscoots84

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Restarting the entire tank with RO/DI water is a sure thing..... try it out and cook the rock for a month.... chris take yo time and do it right... im tired of seeing ya all crazy.. us pisanes we gotta learn how to relax and take it easy... lolz... do what everyone is telling ya there all great ideas.. it will take some extra effort but before you no it ull have a awesome tankkkk.... good luck..
 
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Chris
Nano (kris ) is right ,why are you wasting time and effort on post and changing water.
You are posting for help,We are telling you what to do and yet you fiddle like the fiddler on the roof,or is that the roof is on fire!! either way its a waste of time.Its been how long since your 1st post of this algea ,about 2 ,3 weeks ago.As kris said you would of been done with cooking your rock.So get with man ,put yourself together and do the right thing to get yourself back on the right track.you can change and change and change your water as much as you want ,it will not help.YOur problem is most likely in your rock and sand.cook the rock ,get new sand have a great reef or fish tank.Keep doing what you are doing and you are most like going to quit this hobby.cause you are doing it to yourself slowly.JMO
 
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:knockedou I am going through a zoo cancer that is killing all my zoos,So do i keep putting zoos in my tank ,Nope ,Am i killing myself over this ,nope.what am i doing ,Took all my zoo that where in fected ,changed 20 galo of water every 3 or 4 days ,and re think and start my tank over ,Today i trashed 3 more zoo colonies from my mian tank ,,,,,,,,,,,took all my corals and rocks and fish out of my 2 selling tanks cleaned the sh!t out of them.put egg crate on the bottom of the glass and i am very happy ,yet with the crap that is happening to my main tank ,But inno way am i going to play around with my tank ,if something is winning learn to loss ,and start it over
You will become better with mistake ,just learn to solve them ,not let it kill you,One thing about reefing there are no mistakes.or i will cost you your tank,as my mistake should help you and others,as this one will help too
Hope your next post will say ,I just took out my rock and now cooking them ,LOL :knockedou
 
Chris5

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Ok Ok i know i might not have listened to everyone but like i said i am pretty
A D D on this stuff and i swear i will listen to you guys but just trying it my way right now which obviously isnt working i see this and only making me more frustrated you see this lol but i do have one more secret thing up my sleeve that i will be trying in the next couple of days and (knock on wood) if it works i will share with everyone bc it will be a miracle worker...but until than i will keep everyone posted...so thanks a million....
 
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