Hair algae and Ms. Wages

reef dummy · 10-28-2009, 03:10 PM

Several months ago I was dosing Ms. Wages to maintain calcium and Ph levels. It worked great and was inexpensive. I rarely had to check my levels as they remained very stable and my coral growth was excellent. I did have some hair algae at that time but not a lot. When I ran out of Ms. Wages I switched to tropic-marin bio-calcium because local store only carried the lime seasonally. Since I switched all hair algae has disappeared and not come back at all. When I used the pickling lime I thought the algae was because of the large amount of food I feed daily but apparently that was not the case. Does anybody else here use pickling lime and if so what are your thoughts on hair algae. I would like to go back as it is cheap and maintains Ph as well. Sorry for long rant, thanks in advance for responses.

chipmunkofdoom2 · 10-28-2009, 07:38 PM

I'm not sure about this so take it with a grain of salt..

I think that kalkwasser precipitates phosphate, which means it'll cause algal growth concentrated in an area where the precipitate lands. If your current calcium supplement isn't causing this precipitation, then the phosphates are staying in the water long enough to possibly be processed by macro algae in your fuge? Just my take.

10-28-2009, 03:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
reef dummy Scopas Tang Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 439 View Gallery Karma Komment	Hair algae and Ms. Wages Several months ago I was dosing Ms. Wages to maintain calcium and Ph levels. It worked great and was inexpensive. I rarely had to check my levels as they remained very stable and my coral growth was excellent. I did have some hair algae at that time but not a lot. When I ran out of Ms. Wages I switched to tropic-marin bio-calcium because local store only carried the lime seasonally. Since I switched all hair algae has disappeared and not come back at all. When I used the pickling lime I thought the algae was because of the large amount of food I feed daily but apparently that was not the case. Does anybody else here use pickling lime and if so what are your thoughts on hair algae. I would like to go back as it is cheap and maintains Ph as well. Sorry for long rant, thanks in advance for responses.

10-28-2009, 07:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
chipmunkofdoom2 Reef Lobster Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Stewartstown, PA Posts: 1,308 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hair algae and Ms. Wages I'm not sure about this so take it with a grain of salt.. I think that kalkwasser precipitates phosphate, which means it'll cause algal growth concentrated in an area where the precipitate lands. If your current calcium supplement isn't causing this precipitation, then the phosphates are staying in the water long enough to possibly be processed by macro algae in your fuge? Just my take. __________________ Will sell my body for ricordea DIY High Power LED Retro!

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