Carlagracie Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 My 46g has been up 1 month now. I ordered my reef cleaners CUC and got them Friday. Today is Tuesday and I would say 60% didn't make it. I have long green hair algae all along the bottom of my tank. 2 rocks have it on it but not bad. It's 95% on the bottom only. Should I order another CUC? Water Parameters Ammonia 0 Nitrates 5 Nitrites 0 Ph 8.1 Salt 1.026 Link to comment
Cencalfishguy56 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 My 46g has been up 1 month now. I ordered my reef cleaners CUC and got them Friday. Today is Tuesday and I would say 60% didn't make it. I have long green hair algae all along the bottom of my tank. 2 rocks have it on it but not bad. It's 95% on the bottom only. Should I order another CUC? Water Parameters Ammonia 0 Nitrates 5 Nitrites 0 Ph 8.1 Salt 1.026 contact John at reefcleaners and he will probably ship you another order for free, also remove it manually and how is your water change schedule? Plus you're still at the one month mark, I had gha also but it went away in a two week span or so Link to comment
mystersyster Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 No. Get your phosphates tested with a low range kit. Clean up crew won't do squat until you have the growth under control. Plenty of good articles/forumns that talk about phosphate removal via gfo. Large water changes can help unless it's leaving from rock. Link to comment
Cencalfishguy56 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 No. Get your phosphates tested with a low range kit. Clean up crew won't do squat until you have the growth under control. Plenty of good articles/forumns that talk about phosphate removal via gfo. Large water changes can help unless it's leaving from rock.i have a feeling it's from the rock Link to comment
mystersyster Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 i have a feeling it's from the rock Same. Remove the dead CUC as well, as it can exacerbate the problem. Link to comment
Carlagracie Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 I just did my second water change. I change 5 gallons at a time and this is my second week doing so. I also just sent John a message off of his website as well. Looks like I will be getting wet here in a little while. Will try to remove the gha here in a bit. Link to comment
Clown79 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Definitely check phosphates. Algae issues are pretty normal in the early stages but I am not one to advise leaving it. The earlier you get to the problem, the better. What water source are you using? Have you been adding anything to the tank? I personally vacuum my sand beds with my waterchange(unless its a deep sand bed) This helps remove the crap built up in it, helps reduce nutrient issues as well. Gfo can help if your phos is too high I had gha and I picked it out by hand with tweezers everyday- that plus lowering nutrient levels got rid of it. Don't get too panicked, its a common issue, especially since your tank is only 1 mnth. Link to comment
RayWhisperer Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Where did the Rock and sand come from? I suspect if it were the rock causing the problem, 95% of the algae would be on the rock, not the sand. As clown asked, source water and have you added anything? How long was the cuc in transit, or in the box? How did you acclimate them? Is the tank near anything that could have contaminated it? It's not like John to sell dead, or dying livestock. 60% is a huge number, even 20% I'd be shocked by. Link to comment
Carlagracie Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 My water is from my faucet using a brs 5 stage rodi unit. I acclimated the snails just like the website says. I ordered from him in the past this was about three years ago and I only had one snail not make it. They were in transit for two days unfortunately it's been in the mid to upper 90s during that time. John already responded to me and said to send him a picture of the dead ones and he will replace them. Looking in my tank after removing the green hair algae I think there's a lot more that I originally thought dead. When the post office drop the snails off my wife was home and took them in and immediately started the acclamation process. I have nothing near the tank that could interfere with anything. Link to comment
RayWhisperer Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 90's is hot. It's very likely what caused the deaths. If it is the dwarf ceriths, give hem a bit more time. They always sat in a pile for several days for me. Over the course of nearly a week, they'd slowly disperse throughout the tank. Rock and sand? Link to comment
Cencalfishguy56 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 My water is from my faucet using a brs 5 stage rodi unit. I acclimated the snails just like the website says. I ordered from him in the past this was about three years ago and I only had one snail not make it. They were in transit for two days unfortunately it's been in the mid to upper 90s during that time. John already responded to me and said to send him a picture of the dead ones and he will replace them. Looking in my tank after removing the green hair algae I think there's a lot more that I originally thought dead. When the post office drop the snails off my wife was home and took them in and immediately started the acclamation process. I have nothing near the tank that could interfere with anything.as previously mentioned give the snails some time, ceriths can go in a dormant stage during transit, anywhere from 3-5 days they will appear dead if I remember correctly and also where did you get your rock and sand from so we can possibly help you? Where did the Rock and sand come from? I suspect if it were the rock causing the problem, 95% of the algae would be on the rock, not the sand. As clown asked, source water and have you added anything? How long was the cuc in transit, or in the box? How did you acclimate them? Is the tank near anything that could have contaminated it? It's not like John to sell dead, or dying livestock. 60% is a huge number, even 20% I'd be shocked by. not necessarily, I used dry rock in my first tank that was not cleaned and leeched phosphates for months, the macros in the seeded piece of live rock I used grew and eventually started to spread to everything, I think it's all about the spores, could be in sand and the rock is fueling it? Idk just a theory Link to comment
jeffmr4 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 You could try an algae scrubber. I've ordered one and am going to see if it can help with my algae. If they work it should help quite a bit. Look at santa monica filtration and on youtube for algae scrubber. Link to comment
Sherman Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Measure your PO4 with a low range test kit. I suspect your PO4 is the cause. Manually unplug as much of the hair algae as you can daily. And 20% water change at least weekly.(At least DI with zero reading) Run phos reactor if you have. And change phos once you detect reading start going up again If you do this daily you will see the hair algae greatly reduce weekly and those remain will turn white. Link to comment
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