JT101
Member
Hello All,
I'm going on 3 years and and 3 months with my AP24. I had a gradual hair algae outbreak about 7 months ago and I have been battling it ever since. I have taken to scrub each and every rock bare with a brush, then running a diatom filter in the tank, THEN doing 3 massive 40% WC in a row over the course of 3 days. I did this twice (along with weekly 30-40% WC) and the tank only remains algae free for about a week, then it starts again.
I switched from Tropic Marin Pro Reef to AquaVitro Seachem reef mix.
My RO/DI water is perfect.
I used to have an oscellaris clown, hawkfish, a tiny little hippo tank and other fish over the years. The clowns are still doing fine after 39 months, the hawkfish died last week suddenly and the tang died earlier this year. The reason I mention this is to state that, with just TWO SMALL FISH in my tank, I would find it hard to believe that this is a "nitrate problem". My palythoas are slowly dying - they haven't opened their polyps in weeks and are just round cups and appear bleached; the only thing thriving is a beautiful leather coral going on two years and asorted mushrooms that are growing everywhere (but these are very hardy corals so I know they'll do fine). My little zoantha "tree" was doing great for a couple of years, but now it's slowly being taken over by hair algae. ALSO, I have aiptasia everywhere and despite weekly kills with Joe'sJuice they keep coming back. Oh, my plate coral is doing fine.
My tank looks like total crap and I don't know what to do.
Is it possible that I may have to just start all over?
I'm going on 3 years and and 3 months with my AP24. I had a gradual hair algae outbreak about 7 months ago and I have been battling it ever since. I have taken to scrub each and every rock bare with a brush, then running a diatom filter in the tank, THEN doing 3 massive 40% WC in a row over the course of 3 days. I did this twice (along with weekly 30-40% WC) and the tank only remains algae free for about a week, then it starts again.
I switched from Tropic Marin Pro Reef to AquaVitro Seachem reef mix.
My RO/DI water is perfect.
I used to have an oscellaris clown, hawkfish, a tiny little hippo tank and other fish over the years. The clowns are still doing fine after 39 months, the hawkfish died last week suddenly and the tang died earlier this year. The reason I mention this is to state that, with just TWO SMALL FISH in my tank, I would find it hard to believe that this is a "nitrate problem". My palythoas are slowly dying - they haven't opened their polyps in weeks and are just round cups and appear bleached; the only thing thriving is a beautiful leather coral going on two years and asorted mushrooms that are growing everywhere (but these are very hardy corals so I know they'll do fine). My little zoantha "tree" was doing great for a couple of years, but now it's slowly being taken over by hair algae. ALSO, I have aiptasia everywhere and despite weekly kills with Joe'sJuice they keep coming back. Oh, my plate coral is doing fine.
My tank looks like total crap and I don't know what to do.
Is it possible that I may have to just start all over?