Reef to Fsh Only

[Gilbert]

Well my girlfriend has really never commited herself to the hobby so her tank has always suffered, for instance the $200 light fixture i bought her is coverd in salt creep. She buys soft corals but she also buys fish that eats them. And she has also always suffered with hair algae, so thats the reason why im breaking down her reef to a fish only tank, starting this weekend.

So now i have a couple of question
i dont think anybody would want to buy hair algae covered live rock, so what would be the best way bleach it? i mean with the weather right now i cant exactly leave it out in the sun.

With a fish only tank, do i have to make places for the fish to hide or will they be fine out in the open?

I also have a background question
I myself and other reefers have painted their back glass black and it turns out great, but has anybody ever tried painting blue? if so what does it look nice?

[alton]

Take the rock out scrub it and stick it back in. Keep up with maint. and it will turn out fine. I have never seen a fish that will eat GSP. So try that with your girl friends fish. Create tunnels and caves for them to hide and sleep. Might want to run a phosban reactor until it straightens out.

[Gilbert]

I think she also liked the idea oh having a nice, clean, open spaced tank. And on top of that she doesnt want to see the hair algae anymore, so thats why the rocks are coming out.

[corkyGramma]

I think she also liked the idea oh having a nice, clean, open spaced tank. And on top of that she doesnt want to see the hair algae anymore, so thats why the rocks are coming out.

if you have too much room and not enough hiding places; the fish will be stressed and not swim in the open like you think they will

[hobogato]

you could just take the rock out and scrub it clean in a bucket of old tank water. once it is clean, put it back.

[Crazyeyes]

Take the rock our and scrub it and maybe try fresh ro water. Get her a tang or an alge blenny to eat the algae if the problem occurs again.

[Gseclipse02]

Take the rock out scrub it and stick it back in. Keep up with maint. and it will turn out fine. I have never seen a fish that will eat GSP. .

a fox face will lol

[Gilbert]

ill try and sell her on the idea of taking out the rock and scrubbing it.

[vman181]

Scrubbing hair algea from rocks is hard work and more than likely will come back.

Here is a good read on GHA from Marc from Melev's Reef,

http://www.melevsreef.com/gha.html

HTH

[Gilbert]

if you have too much room and not enough hiding places; the fish will be stressed and not swim in the open like you think they will

this is what i was worried about.