How to get rid of hair algae once and for all

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Thanks for watching !

[@danmorrissey1076]

Omg this is esp, this subject has been all over my mind this past week. So timely!!!

[@cannibalholiday]

If you order one of the Reef Casa tanks the packaging is great. Mine came in a box with padding attached to the outside corners of the tank, inside an interior box, and then that box had corner padding as well between it and the outside box. Short of someone puncturing the box with a forklift or really abusing the hell out of it, it should survive shipping anywhere.

[@akeenaeailey713]

Thanks for the video unfortunately I didn’t learn anything new but super happy I’m already doing all of the above. 👏🏽

[@Zenttoriz69]

try chemi pure carbon elite. I had hair algae for months tried everything, my nitrates a phos were in check but weren't testing correctly because the algae was absorbing it. Adding a strong carbon like this pls manual remove it well be gone in a week or two. the hair breaks down and comes out with just a siphon.

[@SparkyHelper]

Something I learned a while back. No nitrates on your test means you have no excess. Nitrate production on the other hand could be high and just below what the algae are able to immediately consume thus showing little to nothing on the test. Happy Reefing ya'll

[@T_Barrington]

I have a refugium in the middle of my reef casa 24 works great!

[@BENK1515]

love ya! when i heard israel i just went to the site to check it out! thanks!

[@naclcreep2505]

IMO, emphasis should be placed on flow. Often time it will take care of so many of the nutrient problems you’ve mentioned and promotes a healthier reef overall. Easy to add, difficult to master. Thanks very much for the video and the info. It’s always good to hear from the experienced!

[@deanfielding4411]

Good advice

[@m.r.s.aquarium1429]

The dolabella sea hare is the best algae eater ever--i have 2 tanks and move it back and forth and it takes good care of my 2 tanks--its awesome

[@born2beashooterjosh397]

If ur lookin for a smaller powerhead/wavemaker look at the hygger mini wavemaker theure great lil pumps super small slim form factor and create plenty of flow they even have a bigger one i habe both i use the bigger one to provide most of the flow in my 28gal and it creates enough flow for sps amd its very wide flow pattern as well u can have a coral an inch in fromt of it but 4-6in to the side and it still gets nlasted I absolutely love them and seem very high quality and for a clntrollable mini wavemaker theyre priced well too u can get 2yr protection plan for them on eBay or amazon theyre jus simply awesome and i cant think of hearing anything bad about them besides nitmpicky type things ive only had it for anout 8mo but ive barely cleaned it or messed with jus set it to the flow pattern u like and forget about it only thing i ever do is use the feed button i think i may even buy a few of them to use ln my 75gal to get low from several dotections and plenty of yet with a super low profile look theyre barely noticable compared to most pumps they jus look bettet than the typical style wavemakers like that sicce u held up its more flat looking doesnt stick out so far theure really small but especially the bigfer one it puts out some serious flow for its size i know its not a ‘name brand’ but everythimgnive ever bought that was made by hygger has performed incredibly well yet been affordable best bang for ur buck if ur like me and on a budget or u jus want the small slim form factor of them im a lil of both

[@itsmenet614]

I got 5:48 in and had to turn the video off because you moved the camera so much I almost threw up. Thanks for the info I did get.

[@terezaveis2270]

What is a good reading for phosphate levels on the Hana one. I’m 4 weeks in and jumped from fresh water to marine. I tested today with the hana and got a reading of 0.04, last friday it was 0.09. Love your Chanel so much info and I’ve learnt alot. I have a 60litre tall nano which I think is a 15 gallon.

[@ReeferGenesis]

I ordered Flux RX from bulk reef and it works great! and got rid of hair algae quick

[@theurbanartist775]

Is it coral safe?

[@ReeferGenesis]

@@theurbanartist775 Yes it is

[@JakeDogg-RIP]

Digz and Tia in the video today too 🥰❤️🔥🔥 FragBox is the BEST!

[@naclcreep2505]

Issues in our reef tanks are always so dang multifaceted. So rarely are issues caused by one or two factors

[@KentuckyReef]

Vibrant, they said it was natural bacteria but it’s an algaecide/algicide

[@dedicatedreefer9966]

ADHD adhd adhd adhd, you said you’d let the algae grow and then do a video two days ago. I too struggle with adhd. So clean it up my friend. Lol

[@rickyspanish6261]

Oh, lookie here, we have a negative troll that has nothing to offer but it's own pethetic existence.

[@stephaneantoine7511]

You mean OCD

[@reallyreallypanda8969]

Good Video, WC and lights. You guys are up there, ny here. How do you heat everything efficiently? 6 tanks going myself.

[@noah.stat_dg]

I beat bryopsis with manual removal, took a year of tooth brushing the whole 10g tank every week with a 20% water change, it’s not for the weak!!

[@loganmraz3511]

I had problems with the salifert nitrate/phosphate kits not reading. I switched to Hannah checker, and Nyos nitrate no more issues.

[@dobermanguy9437]

It also depends on the water you're using when you mix the salt first of all you got to have a little bit of nitrate and a little bit of phosphate in a reef tank my best advice is to manually take it out and do water changes because if you don't manually take it out it's going to be very hard to get rid of

[@pasci0057]

Trochus reproduce in my tank, iv had good luck with reeflux too

[@RockoP89]

Great video.do you think emerald crabs would eat bryopsis?Got a little out break

[@Pokeepogo]

What do you do if you can't put any of the inverts in their? I have a mantis shrimp in my tank thats the main feature and he's eaten two urchins within a few days of trying to add them and gets to the snails within a few weeks. I have one red emerald crab he leaves alone and I top off with hermit crabs and astrea snails. I've limited my light, do weekly 5 gallon water changes (its a 20 gallon) and my nitrates are undetectable. Phosphates were .2 but I'm running PhosGuard now to limit it.

[@tonyas.1624]

I added a flame tail blenny that mowed all the GHA in my tank and I haven’t had any since.

[@ten4tango]

I had hair algae and bryopsis in my 50 gal frag tank, nutrient was also low and only thing that worked was reef flux.. completely cleaned the hair algae by day 14.

[@mikestrong3910]

I’m really glad to hear that I’m on day 3 and my tank is overridden with hair algae.

[@waldemar9369]

Hi. What is your reef casa light schedule? I have channel 1 and 2 85% and channel 3 50% I’m not sure if it’s enough.

[@jaket1953]

have you ever had a problem with emerald crabs picking on a goby ? I added one to my tank and my goby died a couple days later with nips on his fins, I've heard people have had problems with them. idk could be my flameback angle, they were always cool with each other tho.

[@MACNTOSFAM]

algae in general exists because there’s light & there’s water. however much you test, algae exists in different forms, and that includes diatoms.

[@mikegalasso6718]

💯

[@Justwar224]

Does the studio 12 have a stand available for purchase

[@wesleyturner1979]

I got a blue eye kole tang… best algae eater I’ve ever had. He’s better than yellow eye, yellow and all the other tangs I’ve had. Tomni are supposed to be amazing to.

[@JonesJones-np2kq]

Pink hair awesome

[@tomatespodridos69]

have you tried the 1 phosphate 10 nitrate ratio?

[@daniellee206]

any tips for bubble algae? Tried emerald crabs, tried manually replacing...

[@MrGarciaJr]

Glad to hear you and your customers successfully use vibrant. I got a free one from brs and was too scared to use it. I'm dealing with Dino's as well as other algea right now and once I get rid of the Dino's if I still have serious algae I'll consider dosing the vibrant. Thanks for the helpful video!

[@melodic_breezy]

Don’t consider it just do it because there’s nothing wrong with it, it’s just a powerful nitrate and phosphate remover, I used it on top of using Brightwell Razor as well, Vibrant once a week and Razor everyday and the hair algae was gone in 2 weeks

[@MrGarciaJr]

@@melodic_breezy trust me I would after hearing what Tia said. I just am about to start heavy siphoning using a filter and pump setup I made while brushing and blowing stuff into the water column for removal. I will also be dosing MB7 and using a uv sterilizer opposite of my light schedule . I don't want to do too much more at once for now. If I didn't have Dino's I would add a clean up crew but I've already lost snails from not being able to notice I had Dino's in the first place. Thanks for the input though.

[@GenePlotkin]

Avoid using Vibrant. I had lots of issues with cyano and all kinds of imbalance after using it. I would also notice my snails would die once I started using it, On one occasion it crashed my tank. BRS stopped carrying it.

[@kksheff9296]

i agree it definitely can have negative effects. Better safe than sorry

[@artistic_spaz3724]

Yup I agree 👍

[@northeastcorals]

I can still see a use for it if someone was incredibly desperate for example they had a large tank with such a bad problem that it's a case of breaking down & starting all over again or trying Vibrant. HOWEVER I would only use it as a very last resort & the fact that the company blatantly lied & marked it as an all natural product that you can safely add at will is beyond reprehensible as far as I'm concerned & I wouldn't prefer not to give them my business.

[@paulmuadib8955]

Everythings like... natural.... but ehh vibrant takes months and micro dosing ... barley add any and w8 with manual removal

[@MACNTOSFAM]

guess they do things differently in canada ey! 😂 i’m not a big fan of this fragbox channel. he’s given plenty of questionable advice

[@StupidRedneck]

Yes light grows algae, cutting back on the light will only slow the growth. There is far more issues going on if you think the light is causing the algae. My tank is kissed with very high end plant grow lights and I don't have any issues. Most likely your over dosing and feeding your tank.

[@DigitalPaintCan]

Will Vibrant hurt your refugium?...when getting rid of hair algea.

[@melitoncarrillo9018]

Reef rx work for me. Dealing with it for months is discouraging.

[@carlsmallmotors1114]

Question can you use flexseal in a tank That is Leak

[@jasonlazore497]

I prefer to use reef flux over vibrant. 2 weeks after using reef flux and algae was gone.

[@don_chuwish]

Conch are fantastic. Tank maturity and bacterial diversity tend to do the trick too.

[@Redferdman1]

Api algaefix is identical to vibrant apparently. Costs less too

[@MACNTOSFAM]

when they say “aerating” they’re possibly saying oxygenating, adding oxygen back into a system with low oxygen. because it is a necessity in water. for coral metabolism, fish life etc

[@Dariusdoesreefing]

Nitrate to low , phosphate to high. Invert those parameters 10:1 I found success with No3 10-15ppm & Po4 0.01-0.03

[@theboxingjunkie8205]

Get a Hannah nitrate and phosphate kit let hair out you grow do some vinegar it'll start killing off the hair do a water change as it's coming off

[@johnii7896]

In my experience Turbo Snails, black urchins or blacking out the tank for a week worked best.

[@AvengX22]

Read the same thing about vibrant. Would you still use vibrant!

[@waynegrayson5854]

Does vibrant work

[@geofflee216]

What about a lawnmower blenny?

[@Rusty91.]

Dose phytoplankton to help prevent new hair algae

[@westsida101]

Also too running a low nutrient tank will give you outbreaks of different algaes too. I try my best to keep my nutrients in range. No3 5-10ppm and Po4 .03-.08 is what i aim to keep it in. But lately both have been undetectable, now i understand why because the hair algae absorb all of the nutrients

[@Brad.Hobbies]

Do you have to acclimate the freshwater mollies before you throw them in there? If not are they negatively affected by the salt difference when introduced?

[@truenorthrc1994]

He feeds them to the frogfish

[@dobermanguy9437]

I've been in the hobby since 1986 I didn't have this problem too often but my best advice is take it out manually what your hand take every damn bit of it you can get out manually that's my best advice along with water changes if you have some on live rock put it in some salt water and lightly scrub that crap off of there and you'll be good

[@westsida101]

Question. Depending on the size tank ofcourse, wont adding Tangs to the aquarium help with getting rid of hair algae as well? Don’t they graze on that type of algae? I cant get most of mine manually removed so i was thinking of added a few tangs to assist, if that will work?

[@WoofyMcDoodle]

my yellow tang doesnt touch any kind of algae in my tank.

[@Merknilash]

My kole tang sucks for algae He prefers nori and mysis

[@BL_Denni]

the snails turn over the sand, is what id go with lol

[@tenbearsreeftank5705]

Okay, your lights are on only eight hours a day, and you're also beginning to grow green hair algae And left untreated would get out of control. So does 8 hours really make a difference.

[@born2beashooterjosh397]

I got one for u, how do i get rid of vermitids? And for good?? At least i have the lil ones which dont seem to bother corals theyre jus an eyesore and annoying bc theyre sharp and can cut u or at least hurt when u go to pick up something and make a mess whenever i stir the sandbed up like i like to do on a regular to keep tjings from jus settling and building up in the sand bed and i jus cant stand the look of em even people who dont know anything about reefs sees em and is like what are those weird things which jus erks me majorly

[@kevin8360]

Superglue! See one, put a blob on it. See another, put a blob on it. Repeat as needed.

[@Puciferthegreat]

Vibrant should be tossed as far away from the store as possible . If you like the effect get the api algae fix or whatever it is that the goobers bottled and charged 3-4 times the price for but actually has the right labeling . The endless threads on reef2reef with all the chemical and regulatory stuff is available should It be needed.

[@artistic_spaz3724]

I made the mistake of using Vibrant once and had a couple corals die....won't touch that again personally

[@MACNTOSFAM]

wondering if the blue lobster is going to attack & eat those snails

[@BryznsReef]

I wanna see him change colors

[@Claxtonmark]

Hey March! Can you do a video on bubble algae? I have couple emerald crabs in my Evo but they don't seem to touch the stuff 😭

[@stevegee8010]

What you are calling 'Spiny Trochus' is in fact an astrea snail, but both are members of the same genus, and yes, astrea snails tend to live a lot longer.

[@naclcreep2505]

Indeed. That said, I do agree that they seem to be longer lived, hardier and more voracious then ‘turbos’ common astreas and trochus

[@RajeshSarkararowana]

The reason you were finding dead snail was because of your magnesium since you keep it so high 1500 it becomes toxic level for snails

[@BigPapiBarns]

So not true

[@TBT-Productions]

vodka dosing works great for eliminating GHA and its cheaper

[@Justin89125]

I bet a 15 fluvial sea wave maker would work on it but there balky 🤷‍♂️

[@Emmanuel-rs7eu]

I heard Vibrant will no longer be sold.

[@MACNTOSFAM]

vibrant isn’t just an algae-cide, but it’s also a bacteria-cide. your beneficial bacteria population gets reduced. use at your own risk. i would not advice that for new reefers

[@mattb2906]

Did you follow the big controversy around Vibrant? Someone provided evidence that it’s primarily an algaecide, not beneficial bacteria. They were inspected by the EPA and everything and as far as I know, never responded to Reef2Reef or the reefing community regarding the controversy.

[@xisotopex]

trochus have a high mortality rate?

[@fragboxcorals]

Spiny trocuus are the bedt

[@briandao2727]

What kind of tank is that?

[@fragboxcorals]

Reef casa flat 6 www.reefcasa.com

[@damiandeans9265]

All tanks are different, and you didnt acclimate the Zombies, just threw them in? did you do the same with the hermits? didnt acclimate the stromb or the emerald either?? why not acclimate???

[@lolNololshittalk]

vibrant kills my chaeto as well lol.

[@moereefer]

I seen vibrant make tanks beautifully after use but also seen tanks crash very bad and have even cyano bacterial, hair. I don’t like it it has vinegar in it. Don’t use it. I have customers with a tiny refugium full after a month in the back of all in one tanks and they work the best. Also out of all of the tanks the best growth and color have refugiums. 😮

[@dusk1947]

I am curious why you're Trochus snails are dyeing so profusely? I remove a dead Trochus every 6 months or so. And they breed like crazy. I have a good 200 miniature Trochus in my tank now from a spawning event a few weeks ago. Granted there are some 30 or so species of Trochus, so I have no idea which species I have. I just find it odd given how bullet proof mine seem to be. And I'll answer the "Aerating the sand bed" question: Your sand is a bit shallow so it may not fully exhibit this behavior. But in normal sediments, as you move down through the sand and sediment bed, the oxygenated water gets depleted of O2 by layers and layers of microbes that have colonized it. If fact, microbes communities can be stratified within sediment according to their oxygen demands. You will go from obligate aerobes near the surface, and them moving down you find facultative anaerobes, and then after 3-6 inches you'll generally start finding obligate anaerobes. This means the deeper you go in sediment, the less free oxygen is present as you go down. Which gives rise to process's like denitrification (which is bacteria stripping out the Oxygen in nitrate & nitrite for use in respiration) and other anoxic process. And then later biopath ways like fermentation which can result in some pretty toxic compounds as anaerobes work to survive in conditions without any oxygen, bound or otherwise. And when you poke a hole (or an infaunal invertebrates does), it introduced water that's oxygenated. Hence you aerated it. Same thing happens in soil, and in freshwater. The microbe and invert species change. But the same ecological niche's exist.

[@stupidkitty84]

You probably don't even have Trochus snails but Collonista snails, which look like baby Trochus snails. And I have the same problem with Trochus snails. They arrive dead, nearly dead or die within a few weeks after adding to my tanks. No other snail that I have dies at the rate as Trochus and I have Astrea, Cerith, Nerites, Nassarius, Bumblebee, Tectus, Turbos, Ninja Stars, Lightning Dove.

[@dusk1947]

@@stupidkitty84 I appreciate the suggestion, but no. While I wouldn't mind having a have a colony of collonastia snails, these are in fact baby trochus. The largest of the spaw is hitting almost a 1/4" in diameter, and the distict conoid shell shape and almost checkard pattern is very clear and distinct. My LFS has the same species and also has periodic spawns, which he then grows out and sells. That's why I wish I knew the species. But it's certainly in the trochus genus... they most closely resemble Trochus radiatus.. but, I'm not comfortable enough with mollusks to be certain

[@Cordelish]

I used Vibrant in my tank and my whole tank crashed. I lost 4 fish and my entire hammer garden and frogspawns. I used it to help my cyano issue, and it got worse then it spiraled into green hair algae and cyano. I am still having issues keeping snails alive.

[@flowstate423]

Even tho I know that stand wouldn’t break the dog sleeping under it would give me anxiety

[@jeremycole7358]

Why can't yal ship to the STATES?

[@andreas9181]

They can't ship livestock to the states for legal reasons. they ship dry goods there tho

[@mattb2906]

What are the legal reasons and do you think they’re logical or should they be changed?

[@andreas9181]

@@mattb2906 I could be wrong but I don't think you can ship marine animals to the usa if you are a retail store. I think it's somewhat logical because it would take too long to pass customs and borders in stuff because they would suspect drug trade or something and then the animal would die

[@mattb2906]

How do animals get to me from Australia and Bali then?

[@andreas9181]

@@mattb2906 wholesaler and retail are different.

[@borisgarcia817]

How I can rent her to remove my algae do rent her or sell them , I’m live in Canada 🇨🇦 I’m guessing you can ship her to Winnipeg.

[@ericj1500]

Dino is my big problem rite now!

[@discusaddiction]

You would make so much more money if you could ship to the USA

[@andreas9181]

They can't ship livestock to the states for legal reasons. they ship dry goods there tho

[@rickeyanderson5168]

Wow, I thought it only grew in freshwater. Now it is also in saltwater. For me, it is growing in my duckweed. 🙄

[@Floridareefing]

I run my lights for 12 hours. No algae in sight thanks to my 2 tangs.

[@Justin89125]

Just throw a sail fin tang in there 😅 no don’t do that I’m just joking listen to frag box

[@fernandorocha1598]

Made videos to help understand how to get rid of them... you guys remember me another channel that always sell something to solve your problem. Sorry, but that video is helpless.

[@adamgale2189]

150 dollars :D glad am not living there

[@Botzz28]

Do not use vibrant. Very bad advice ! Stuff is deadly !

[@TheRaysfan22]

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