Please help me with my GHA

[Yates273]

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 able to bring nitrates down from 75+ ppm to 7 ppm. Can I do both at same time?

 

[Adam L]

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

Get 3 more

 

[Yates273]

I need to find ones that are a decent
size.

 

[Adam L]

I need to find ones that are a decent
size.

Where are you located? Just at hidden reef yesterday. They had lots.

 

[Yates273]

I’m in Beachwood / Toms River area

 

[Jamie S]

Yes it’s similar to carbon dosing. It’s dosing good bacteria to outcompete the bad bacteria. Have you found any I’ll effect from your coral from having the t5’s off? I just turned them off today while I dose the flux rx.

 

[mwil79]

I’m in Beachwood / Toms River area

I've got a pretty big globe/pincushion urchin who has outgrown my tank in the howell area. When your phyto culture is done I'll trade ya

 

[Yates273]

Sounds like a plan. Show big is he?

 

[Yates273]

Yes it’s similar to carbon dosing. It’s dosing good bacteria to outcompete the bad bacteria. Have you found any ill effect from your coral from having the t5’s off? I just turned them off today while I dose the flux rx.

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

 

[mwil79]

Sounds like a plan. Show big is he?

Pretty big lol maybe 3 or 4 inches I would say.

 

[Yates273]

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

 

[mwil79]

65g but he cleaned everything and is going to town on my coraline now

 

[Yates273]

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.

 

[Yates273]

65g but he cleaned everything and is going to town on my coraline now

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

 

[Jamie S]

The 2 I got last month now the GHA and the coraline down at the same time. I know where they’ve been because the rocks are white again lol

 

[Yates273]

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

 

[DYIguy]

Urchins- for me- good and bad- sure they eat gha, but also eat coralline ( which is good for some ) but for me anything covered in coralline has no other algae on it- I prefer coralline to bare rock

 

[Yates273]

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

 

[DYIguy]

So the question goes to those who have urchins- more or less coralline?

 

[Adam L]

My coralline was minimal before and after urchins but tank is still pretty new. Maybe 7 months now. I hate gha more than I like coralline. Have some here and there.