I'm Done, Out

[MikeB]

Going to be selling my live stock then tearing down my system and selling everyrhing. Had enough with the algea outbreak and not spending anymore money on it.

75 g tank, 30 g sump mag drive 9,
SCA 180 protein swimmer, BRS dual reactor, a single reactor, 5 stage. Rodi system, 4 bulb T5 lights, new 1.9 litre magnesium, new red sea reef foundation kit.12 Oz calcium hydroxide hydro corAlia power head, some maxi jet power heads. Plus whatever else in in my tote.

Live stock is 2 clowns, 3 blue/green chronic, tomini tang, flame goby, jesters goby, red brittlestar, sea urchin, lots of mini brittle stars.
Hammer coral ( 2@2 heads, 1@3 heads 1@8or9 heads)
Rainbow logo
Acans
Nuclear green candy cane 20 heads approx
Blue candy cane 6 heads
Duncan's 6-8 heads
A couple favia maze coral
Several Kenya trees


Haven't decided on a price yet. Will post later.

 

[Pistol]

Have you tried dosing hydrogen peroxide, 1ml per 10 gals, daily for a week.

 

[reef keeper]

Try that bro before you quit

 

[davesolo29]

I agree. Don't give up yet.
Sell the coral and run as fish only for awhile with a very small lighting period.


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[scubasteve]

guelph aint far and im bored. i could always pop in and give a hand. if your worried about the coral i could hold it till you get it under controle and i do have a few tricks kinda have to since i only use tap not rodi and controlling algae shouldnt cost you any more money than running your reef

 

[heath]

I don't have near as much as experience as others on the site but, if there is anything that I can help with let me know. I can house some things for you if needed, I know how frustrating this hobby can be.. don't give up..

 

[J_T]

Algae doesn't cost money to fix.... It takes time.

First, you need to figure out why its growing. It needs food, and isn't picky about what feeds it. So, the list off the top of my head of "causes"

Old lights, bad spectrum
Lights on too long
over feeding
used live rock (you bought someone elses problem)
Bad live rock (you didn't know you were buying a problem)
improper substrate maintenance (Large particle deep bed, nutrient sink. Needs vacuuming)
not enough clean up crew. There is an animal that will eat, and process everything! Snail/amphiopods/bacteria
bio load - you produce more waste than can be processed

I am sure there are more, but that is all I can think of right now.

Algae is a symptom, you need to be the doctor, and find the cause. Fix the cause, and the symptom goes away.

 

[Stevesault]

+1 on everything here don't give up!!!!! Take a brake don't look at it talk to some of us and then ATTACK

 

[saltyair]

I feel your pain - did the same thing, I fought algae and yo-yo parms for months. I also put my system up for sale through frustration.
I did a 3 day lights out - changed my carbon dosing, added bacteria. It won't get fixed overnight but it will become enjoyable again.

 

[barebottomcouple]

I think a big overlooked problem in reefs is nor using a powerhead to blow out behind rockwork. seen it over and over becomes a septic behind stacked rocks.

 

[saltyair]

Yea barebottom has a great point - blowing off the rocks did really help


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[scubasteve]

@MikeB

let me come by and take a look and give a hand i never wanna see people quit completely especially after already buying all that stuff and is hard to get your funds returned.... its probably just something your overlooking. I sold my old 75 to someone in guelph that new nothing about salt and i helped her get started and she has had zero issues after 8 months.

Like i said its no problem for me to come by im not working much right now anyway and im sure someone else nearby might tag along as well... i had a full blown outbreak while setting up after the leak and 2 months later no algae tank is stable and sps thriving so im sure we can tackle your issue in no time

 

[theyangman]

Stick with it. You will regret leaving later. This is a VERY fixable problem. But that is the key, it needs to be FIXED, bandaids will only exacerbate the issue down the road. There is no quick fix, but it can be done with little to no effort once the source is found.

 

[MikeB]

Thanks guys, the peroxide seems to be helping. Will keep you posted..i spent the weekend making wine and setting up some stuff for homebrew. It was a good distraction.

 

[barebottomcouple]

Thanks guys, the peroxide seems to be helping. Will keep you posted..i spent the weekend making wine and setting up some stuff for homebrew. It was a good distraction.

well threes your problem too much brew algae will go away if you share lol

 

[SamB]

Thanks guys, the peroxide seems to be helping. Will keep you posted..i spent the weekend making wine and setting up some stuff for homebrew. It was a good distraction.

Wine ?
Now we're all coming over to help !!

 

[Sewerat]

Homebrew frag fest I say.


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[MikeB]

Lol. The wine will be good. As for the breweries it's my first attempt sp we will have to wait and see

 

[Jewel]

I seen a video on the Hydrogen Peroxide, This guy had some in a spray bottle, It was a Fresh Water Planted tank but it seemed to work.

 

[Bayinaung]

Lanthanum chloride. Bigshow uses it and a few others here. you'll need to dose it regularly to take out the phosphates. hydrogen peroxide is a temporary fix, to remove the algae already there. to keep algae from growing again, you will need a phosphate binder, right? GFO is very expensive over time. LACI is a lot cheaper. Lots of pool and pond specialists carry this. calcium chloride in 2-part is also a phosphate binder.