[sorcerer]

I've been fighting the ongoing hair algae battle for a while now. Cut back hard on feeding, changed lighting periods, added cleaner crew (lettuce nudis, emerald crabs, more snails, etc.) change filters on the RO/DI unit, double checked for phosphates, etc. etc. I have scrubbed rock and hanged water. All my water params are fine and while many of the steps I've taken have helped reduce the problem, still it persists.

Two friends that have been reefing a world longer than I have recommended Boyd chemi-clean. They have used it without harm to any of the life in their tanks, but did recomend a few things.

1. Put an air stone or two in the tank while using the treatment. Evidently the activity of the product drops the oxygen level and can cause problems if you don't get some extra O2 in there.

2. closely monitor your pH during the treatment as you can have a drop, buffer as needed to help this.

3. Use a little less than the recomended dose, better to be on the safe side.

4. Do at least a 20% water change after 36 to 48 hours, start your skimmer back up, run carbon for a few days to help clear the suspended crap out of the water.

While I value and trust both of these folks opinions, I wanted to see if any of the folks here had any experience, good or bad with the product or any other recomendations for it's use.

TIA