Reef Tank Aquarium Lighting
At some point in the hobby of reef keeping you are more than likely to come across is green hair algae, some more so than others, but what is the most likely cause? There are three simple reasons that i have found to be the cause.
- The most likely cause has to be water flow or lack of it. If you have any dead spots in your aquarium you will soon find them because this is where this dreadful pest will start. Little tufts of green strands will start to appear. Maybe now is time to upgrade your power head or maybe add another.
- The second cause that should not happen if you are doing regular parameter checks, is high phosphates. Simply resolved by the use of media such as Rowaphos. It has to be said that this can be placed in the bag provided into good flow in the aquarium. Better methods include the use of a fluidised reactor, although this is an additional cost to the aquarist, it is a much more effective way to deal with the problem.
- The final method i have read about is the actual lighting period, Too much duration of light will create this algae in uncontrollable proportions. Aquariums located near windows or other high light sources in the day are sure to have problems. So moving your aquarium or reducing your lighting time could help reduce green hair algae.
By simply blowing off your rocks on a weekly basis with a power-head will help keep this at bay and help prevent detritus building up. And or keeping a sea hare, sea urchin or maybe a tang provided your aquarium is big enough will help with the consumption of the algae. But dealing with the problem as described above is the recommended method to prevent this problem.
For more Reef keeping articles and information visit my reef Blog – http://myreefblog.blogspot.com
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