How to get rid of hair algae once and for all

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  • @naclcreep2505
    @naclcreep2505 Рік тому +4

    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!

  • @cannibalholiday
    @cannibalholiday Рік тому +10

    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.

  • @danmorrissey1076
    @danmorrissey1076 Рік тому +2

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

  • @itsmenet614
    @itsmenet614 Рік тому +2

    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
    @terezaveis2270 Рік тому +1

    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.

  • @naclcreep2505
    @naclcreep2505 Рік тому +2

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

  • @ten4tango
    @ten4tango Рік тому +4

    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
      @mikestrong3910 Рік тому +1

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

  • @ReeferGenesis
    @ReeferGenesis Рік тому +2

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

  • @JakeDogg-RIP
    @JakeDogg-RIP Рік тому +1

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

  • @KentuckyReef
    @KentuckyReef Рік тому +4

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

  • @noah.stat_dg
    @noah.stat_dg Рік тому

    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!!

  • @DerfOrNuffin
    @DerfOrNuffin Рік тому

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

  • @MACNTOSFAM
    @MACNTOSFAM Рік тому +1

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

  • @SparkyHelper
    @SparkyHelper 5 місяців тому

    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

  • @jasonlazore497
    @jasonlazore497 Рік тому +2

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

  • @DigitalPaintCan
    @DigitalPaintCan Рік тому +1

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

  • @GenePlotkin
    @GenePlotkin Рік тому +12

    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
      @kksheff9296 Рік тому +2

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

    • @artistic_spaz3724
      @artistic_spaz3724 Рік тому

      Yup I agree 👍

    • @northeastcorals
      @northeastcorals Рік тому +1

      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.

    • @PaulMuadib11811
      @PaulMuadib11811 Рік тому

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

    • @MACNTOSFAM
      @MACNTOSFAM Рік тому

      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

  • @dedicatedreefer9966
    @dedicatedreefer9966 Рік тому +14

    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
      @rickyspanish6261 Рік тому

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

    • @stephaneantoine7511
      @stephaneantoine7511 11 місяців тому +1

      You mean OCD

  • @RockoP89
    @RockoP89 Рік тому

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

  • @born2beashooterjosh397
    @born2beashooterjosh397 Рік тому

    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

  • @jaket1953
    @jaket1953 Рік тому

    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.

  • @m.r.s.aquarium1429
    @m.r.s.aquarium1429 Рік тому

    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

  • @dobermanguy9437
    @dobermanguy9437 Рік тому

    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

  • @MrGarciaJr
    @MrGarciaJr Рік тому +1

    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!

    • @melódic_breeze_VIIIV
      @melódic_breeze_VIIIV Рік тому

      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
      @MrGarciaJr Рік тому

      @@melódic_breeze_VIIIV 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.

  • @waldemar9369
    @waldemar9369 Рік тому

    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.

  • @waynegrayson5854
    @waynegrayson5854 Рік тому

    Does vibrant work

  • @Pokeepogo
    @Pokeepogo Рік тому

    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.

  • @MACNTOSFAM
    @MACNTOSFAM Рік тому

    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

  • @AvengX22
    @AvengX22 Рік тому

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

  • @tenbearsreeftank5705
    @tenbearsreeftank5705 11 місяців тому

    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.

  • @Redferdman1
    @Redferdman1 Рік тому +1

    Api algaefix is identical to vibrant apparently. Costs less too

  • @loganmraz3511
    @loganmraz3511 Рік тому

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

  • @wesleyturner1979
    @wesleyturner1979 Рік тому

    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.

  • @T_Barrington
    @T_Barrington Рік тому

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

  • @Justwar224
    @Justwar224 Рік тому

    Does the studio 12 have a stand available for purchase

  • @MACNTOSFAM
    @MACNTOSFAM Рік тому

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

  • @Rusty91.
    @Rusty91. Рік тому

    Dose phytoplankton to help prevent new hair algae

  • @tonyas.1624
    @tonyas.1624 Рік тому

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

  • @pasci0057
    @pasci0057 Рік тому

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

  • @ManiacalMangoes
    @ManiacalMangoes Рік тому

    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.

  • @westsida101
    @westsida101 Рік тому +1

    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
      @WoofyMcDoodle Рік тому

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

    • @Merknilash
      @Merknilash Рік тому

      My kole tang sucks for algae
      He prefers nori and mysis

  • @akeenaeailey713
    @akeenaeailey713 Рік тому

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

    • @Zenttoriz69
      @Zenttoriz69 Рік тому +2

      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.

  • @the3dls
    @the3dls Рік тому

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

  • @stevegee8010
    @stevegee8010 Рік тому

    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
      @naclcreep2505 Рік тому

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

  • @johnii7896
    @johnii7896 7 місяців тому

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

  • @BENK1515
    @BENK1515 Рік тому

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

  • @carlsmallmotors1114
    @carlsmallmotors1114 Рік тому

    Question can you use flexseal in a tank That is Leak

  • @geofflee216
    @geofflee216 Рік тому

    What about a lawnmower blenny?

  • @angelceja5130
    @angelceja5130 25 днів тому

    My tank is always 8 hrs can i do 6 hrs a day?

  • @dobermanguy9437
    @dobermanguy9437 Рік тому

    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

  • @melitoncarrillo9018
    @melitoncarrillo9018 Рік тому

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

  • @Brad.Hobbies
    @Brad.Hobbies Рік тому

    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?

  • @artistic_spaz3724
    @artistic_spaz3724 Рік тому +1

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

  • @theboxingjunkie8205
    @theboxingjunkie8205 Рік тому

    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

  • @rosenkranzandreas
    @rosenkranzandreas 2 місяці тому

    Use goldfish to get rid of it they love it and yes in a tropical tank

  • @dusk1947
    @dusk1947 Рік тому +1

    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
      @stupidkitty84 Рік тому

      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
      @dusk1947 Рік тому

      @@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

  • @RajeshSarkararowana
    @RajeshSarkararowana Рік тому +1

    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

  • @BL_Denni
    @BL_Denni Рік тому

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

  • @xisotopex
    @xisotopex 11 місяців тому

    trochus have a high mortality rate?

  • @don_chuwish
    @don_chuwish Рік тому +1

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

  • @briandao2727
    @briandao2727 Рік тому

    What kind of tank is that?

  • @born2beashooterjosh397
    @born2beashooterjosh397 Рік тому

    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
      @kevin8360 8 місяців тому

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

  • @damiandeans9265
    @damiandeans9265 Рік тому

    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???

  • @Dariusdoesreefing
    @Dariusdoesreefing Рік тому

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

  • @Emmanuel-rs7eu
    @Emmanuel-rs7eu Рік тому

    I heard Vibrant will no longer be sold.

  • @Claxtonmark
    @Claxtonmark Рік тому +1

    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 😭

  • @Puciferthegreat
    @Puciferthegreat Рік тому

    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.

  • @MACNTOSFAM
    @MACNTOSFAM Рік тому

    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

  • @westsida101
    @westsida101 Рік тому

    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

  • @BryznsReef
    @BryznsReef Рік тому

    I wanna see him change colors

  • @Justin89125
    @Justin89125 Рік тому

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

  • @TBT-Productions
    @TBT-Productions Рік тому

    vodka dosing works great for eliminating GHA and its cheaper

  • @flowstate423
    @flowstate423 Рік тому

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

  • @jeremycole7358
    @jeremycole7358 Рік тому +1

    Why can't yal ship to the STATES?

    • @andreas9181
      @andreas9181 Рік тому

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

    • @ManiacalMangoes
      @ManiacalMangoes Рік тому

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

    • @andreas9181
      @andreas9181 Рік тому +1

      @@ManiacalMangoes 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

    • @ManiacalMangoes
      @ManiacalMangoes Рік тому

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

    • @andreas9181
      @andreas9181 Рік тому

      @@ManiacalMangoes wholesaler and retail are different.

  • @JonesJones-np2kq
    @JonesJones-np2kq Рік тому

    Pink hair awesome

  • @deadboyezra
    @deadboyezra 3 місяці тому

    I already know the standards but what about feshwater?

  • @moereefer
    @moereefer Рік тому +1

    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. 😮

  • @Cordelish
    @Cordelish Рік тому

    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.

  • @Florida_reef
    @Florida_reef Рік тому

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

  • @lucasbernosky2842
    @lucasbernosky2842 Місяць тому

    circulating the sand!

  • @rickeyanderson5168
    @rickeyanderson5168 11 місяців тому

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

  • @dragac90
    @dragac90 Місяць тому

    150 ? you serious ?

  • @borisgarcia817
    @borisgarcia817 Рік тому

    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.

  • @Reefingaddiction
    @Reefingaddiction Рік тому

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

    • @andreas9181
      @andreas9181 Рік тому

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

  • @ericj1500
    @ericj1500 Рік тому

    Dino is my big problem rite now!

  • @Justin89125
    @Justin89125 Рік тому

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

  • @fernandorocha1598
    @fernandorocha1598 7 місяців тому

    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.

  • @Sec_coach
    @Sec_coach 2 місяці тому

    This is worthless
    Can you give us some real useful tip because these won’t work

    • @fragboxcorals
      @fragboxcorals  2 місяці тому

      Seems like you already know how to fix it

  • @Botzz28
    @Botzz28 Рік тому

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

  • @adamgale2189
    @adamgale2189 5 місяців тому

    150 dollars :D glad am not living there

  • @TheRaysfan22
    @TheRaysfan22 Рік тому

    TROCHUS SNAILS #1 cleaner

  • @lolNololshittalk
    @lolNololshittalk Рік тому

    vibrant kills my chaeto as well lol.