| Re: HELP! Algae killing zoos
How old are your light bulbs? Also your phsphates read 0 but that may be ebcause the algae is consuming all of them. Do you have a phosbane reactor? If you need one quick and cheap you can go to my chronicle and do a search for "reactor" and there will be a link posted to a gatoraide bottle DIY project. I made one and have pics on there too.
What I did to get rid of some green algae I had was to first put a pad of phosphate removing padding in my sump then I got a filter sock. Put the filter sock in the sump tihe one end of a tank vacum tubing in the sock and the other in the tank. Create a syphon and vacum all the algae into the sock. Then your algae is gone and hopefully you are eliminating their food source by getting rid of phosphates and any lighting issues. This doesnt really work for hair algae cause it is really stuck to the rock. Even a tooth brush wont get some of it off!! You need tweezers or an animal that eats it. |