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What algae scrubber do you use? I am open to researching everything to assist with my issue.

GHA came after I beat Dino’s. Right now Dino’s seems a lot easier to beat. This GHA is invasive on some of my frags. I have to constantly pick off so it doesn’t smother my Duncan’s and some of my zoas. My outbreak came from 75+ ppm nitrates that I found after buying a Hanna nitrate tester. The...

I have heard that urchins also spread coralline by eating and causing it to scatter around tank.

Yeah, they def can’t hide where they go. They leave a path of cleanliness

He will be very happy in my tank. Plenty of hair algae

Yeah the only drawback, the small one I have now decimated my coralline rocks, but i think he’s way to small to put a dent in the GHA.

Perfect! I was just about to pick one up I will wait until next week. Thanks! What size is your tank?

None. I only used my T5’s a few hours a day. Once I get this hair algae thing under control then I will slowly get them back online

Sounds like a plan. Show big is he?

I’m in Beachwood / Toms River area

I need to find ones that are a decent size.

I have turned off my T5’s since this began and just run leds right now. The worst is when I vacuum the back of the tank where I can’t see I suck up a lot of GHA. I have been dosing live phyto. Is Microbacter 7 same concept as carbon dosing. I have been carbon dosing for 11 weeks now and I was...

120 gallon so I guess my one little guy is def. not enough. I have plenty of other CUC members but I think another pincushion is a good idea

I hear ya. I’m not big on chemicals either. I’ve heard fluconazole not really that bad for a tank and I can say the 2 doses I did had no I’ll effect but didn’t fix my algae problem. I think I’m gonna pick up another urchin and a few more turbos. I want to try another sea hare since I know what...

I have one pincushion right now he’s pretty small about the size of a quarter. maybe I’ll grab another larger one. He did eat all the coralline algae on the rocks. Funny thing today I was vacuuming up the hair algae and my urchin was covered in it. Had to suck it off of him. Brick Petcos urchins...

As far as peroxide dosing is it a daily treatment with a doser or manual treatment?

The Petco near me has them already acclimated but I don’t think 1 will do anything in a 120 gallon tank and I don’t want to add a bunch of those. I guess I can always try 1, but I won’t hold my breath since my lawnmower Blenny, yellow tang, Foxface, or 2 barred rabbit fish don’t touch it.

Yeah I saw that first hand. I sprayed one of the rocks with peroxide and the coralline was super bright red for a day or two then gone. I really don’t want to use peroxide but I’m at a loss since nothing seems to be working I know I need to be patient but I didn’t thing GHA would be so hard to...

What about scarlet reef hermit crabs. I added a couple of those as well.

Tank is in basement and not near any windows. 2 treatments of Fluconazole and nothing. It may have killed a little but nothing like the results I’ve seen other have. Maybe I should up the dose of fluconazole?