Ray safe algae control

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HULON;4022310; said:
just curiuos how come nobody in this discusion has not talked about Uv sterilizers?Do they hurt the rays?
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In my experience UV takes more work that what it actually gives you. It's very 'ray safe', but scrubbing the tank is easier.

You need to look at what feeds algae: Light, nitrate and phosphate.
To fight algae, fight what it needs to live.
 
I contacted Wetwebmedia because of a brown algae infesttion. They recomended 2 plants that are nitrate sponges, Amazon Frogbit and Indian Fern. It took me awhile but I finally found some frogbit from a member in Socal. It's been in my 240 gal. for about a month now and seems to have just started to reproduce. The frogbit is a small floating plant.
 
Zoodiver;4023033; said:
In my experience UV takes more work that what it actually gives you. It's very 'ray safe', but scrubbing the tank is easier.

You need to look at what feeds algae: Light, nitrate and phosphate.
To fight algae, fight what it needs to live.
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thanks zoodiver .Ya i was just wondering!
 
UV does a good job at killing the algae that is in the water but does nothing to kill the algae that is growing on the glass or decor.

I just don't think there is a fish out there that will keep a monster tank algae free. Especially once any algae eater gets a taste for the food you feed your monsters. Then they could care less about algae. If you want something living then plants are the way to go. Start a sump with some hyacinth in it. I have a 2 x 3 area in my koi pond that I put them in and they keep a 600 gallon pond clean and it stays in direct sunlight.
 
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