Recent content by scodz

hey there, I suggest to slow down with the water changes if you have no access to a phosphate free source water, everybody has different circumstances and there are different ways to do I am trying to suggest things that may work for you, I believe you said...

manually removing the algae in my my means grabbing it with your fingers, maybe scraping with your nails but not using a tool on the rock. Where there is coralline there shouldnt be hair alge anyhow, it is abit of a waiting game just keep removing...

hey Bud just some thoughts for ya water changes have been bringing the phosphate in from your tap water and then possible old light bulbs lapsed in color spectrum and created the ideal habitat for hair algae... Distilled water is great phosphate free. your tank...

I kinda have extreme opinions but a tank that size should not be experiencing what you are talking about... was your original water tap water? unfiltered? are you still using unfiltered water? It sounds to me like your tank is a bit unbalanced right...

keep in mind there are a ton of nutriants in the tank mainly phosphates, if a fish eat em it then releases em back into the water... the real secret is getting the nutrients outta the water. If you use critter go pretty heavy on the water changes...