Looking for ANYTHING that will take care of algae. Let me know what you have and what you want. Thanks all!

What kind(s) of algae is it? Where is it at(rocks, walls, sand...)? Different speices in the CUC do different things...some eat HA, cyano, detritus.... We need more info to help you Travis :-)

Posted By Sponge on 02/05/2012 02:08 AM
What kind(s) of algae is it? Where is it at(rocks, walls, sand...)? Different speices in the CUC do different things...some eat HA, cyano, detritus.... We need more info to help you Travis :-)

Yes yes and yes. Lol ive got hair algae on the glass. Cyano on the sand and something on my rocks.

Bluezooaquatics.com has some good cuc or your local pet store idk to many people selling their cuc ijs

LOL , you said it ;-) ReefCleaners.org is another...

I would second reefcleaners...just got mine from them last week

How old are your bulbs?
How often do you do a water change?
How long do you leave your lights on?
Because with the amount of algae that you have well you probably need to do some maintenance of your own. Probably gonna have to scrape your rocks with a toothbrush siphon the sand bed...

Posted By armydog on 02/05/2012 10:43 AM
How old are your bulbs?
How often do you do a water change?
How long do you leave your lights on?
Because with the amount of algae that you have well you probably need to do some maintenance of your own. Probably gonna have to scrape your rocks with a toothbrush siphon the sand bed...

Bulbs are new. 4x64 Watt pc. Do a 10% wc weekly. Lights are prolly a big deal. Usually on 12ish hrs.

And i guess i shoulda picked a different title. Im looking for anything that will help. If someone has extra snails or anything like that. All i have in the tank now are a pair of perc clowns. I know ghost shrimp can live a couple weeks in sw. Would they do any good?

Cut your light time down to 8-10hrs a day...
If i were you i would try to clean most of the algae out yourself. Bluezooaquatics.com is awesome they have a replenishment pack for very cheap

No they wouldn't do any good just checkout online

I am in same boat you are Travis. I have a 29 and my Phosphates is killing me. .25 is what my reading is with API test kit so I got some PHosgard and got the phosphate down to almost 0. I have been seeing the Canyo turning white and going away and the hair alga is there, but not growing anymore. I am now sucking out alga with water changes with a small ridged tube. Its working really well. I didn't what to have to pull out rocks and clean with toothbrush that sucks.

I can't find a picture of it before the bad alga, but here is what it looks like now.
the best before picture I can find, but it was much worse then this. I also had to replace my bulbs


After:

Posted By Kpotter2 on 02/05/2012 05:28 PM
I am in same boat you are Travis. I have a 29 and my Phosphates is killing me. .25 is what my reading is with API test kit so I got some PHosgard and got the phosphate down to almost 0. I have been seeing the Canyo turning white and going away and the hair alga is there, but not growing anymore. I am now sucking out alga with water changes with a small ridged tube. Its working really well. I didn't what to have to pull out rocks and clean with toothbrush that sucks.

I can't find a picture of it before the bad alga, but here is what it looks like now.
the best before picture I can find, but it was much worse then this. I also had to replace my bulbs


After:

Ur tank looks awesome. I really wish i had a rodi.... make water changes waaaayyyy easier...