frlejo Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 getting a bad hair algae problem, water test are good, water reads 0 going in & out of my ro\di. changed my mechanical filters 6 months ago. i am thinking with all this rain, it is washing more sediment down than usual, changed my filters again. usually get almost a year out of them. anyone else in vancouver having filters go out before their time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 The TDS of your water is 0 even before going thru the RO/DI unit? I'd say you need a new TDS meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frlejo Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 i have my meter hooked up between the out of the ro, which is the in of the di, & the out of the di Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Ahhh gotcha. Well we need a bit more info if we are to help you out here. Are you running any chemical filtration on the tank ie GFO or carbon? Skimmer running as usual? How often do you do water changes? How old are your bulbs? What are your params? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topher Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Ahhh gotcha. Well we need a bit more info if we are to help you out here. Are you running any chemical filtration on the tank ie GFO or carbon? Skimmer running as usual? How often do you do water changes? How old are your bulbs? What are your params? tank near a window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate213 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I was having the same issue for the last 6-months or so. TDS read 0. Changed filters and TDS still read zero. Phosphates always read zero, but having weird algae outbreaks. I kept my tank essentially empty (only had two clowns and a flame hawk in my 75) thinking I had excess nutrients. Purchased a BRS dual reactor and not much improvement. I finally switched back to my old salt brand and the algae is rapidly disappearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandinga Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 What's your magnesium test at? Hair algae(bryopsis) will melt when magnesium is a little above normal, and will thrive when mag is low(under 1200). Of course there are other varying factors like nitrate and phosphate that cause it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 What's your magnesium test at? Hair algae(bryopsis) will melt when magnesium is a little above normal, and will thrive when mag is low(under 1200). Of course there are other varying factors like nitrate and phosphate that cause it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Hair algae and bryopsis are 2 different types of algae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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