Is anyone using this

Aquatic BioControl/TLC Marine S.A.T (Hair Algae Treatment)

Eliminates hair algae in marine aquariums. 100% live bacterial formula outcompetes nuisance algae for nutrients. Completely safe and natural. Available in 12 oz., 32 oz., and Gallon bottles (350 ml, 1 liter, and 4 liter bottles

I wonder whether it is some form of phosphate remover?

looks like some more snake oil to me

you seem very stressed out about your algae paul

lol yes dont like it but i suppose i will have to live with it no worries as long as i can keep it under control

you should try puting polyps or mushrooms by the glass and make them grow over the algae.

i want to get some of that stuff jetskisteve had in his tank cant remember what he said it was but was like a ground cover

going up to see him in a couple off weeks to get some bits from him

Slappers algae control in a marine tank is all about phosphate control, if you can get the phosphate low enough the algae can't grow.

If that SAT stuff does in fact do what the label claims, it would work, provided you had a good skimmer. It claims to encourage bacteria which will then consume phosphate (among other things).

Provided you could skim these bacteria and remove them, the tank should clean up.

But in any case, high phosphate = algae, very low phosphate = no algae.

There are many ways to remove phosphate from your tank, if you check into them you will find the solution for your algae problems. Excess phosphate causes other problems too, such as stopping coraline algae from growing.

its brown algae. i have starting using vokda every day works a treat but it looks like my hairy mushrooms are getting lighter like a bleach affect so i thought i would tank another approach i have tested for phosphate with a 0 reading

slappers i dont think your skimmer is up to par :lol:

steves stuff is clavularia i think.

part of the reason youll be having the algae's on the rock is because your rock is still very very fresh and needs time to cycle properly and mature, like jimmys tank

oic ok will have to put the skimmer on full throttle

or get a skimmer like mine :lol:

na it might make your clowns go crazy and eat your shrimp

this is true but at the moment my shrimps are bigger than my clowns

I should get me one of those. A 5 inch shrimp

its a good excuse to upgrade my skimmer

to a AP902

AP701 FREE TO A GOOD HOME (NOT)

Since you are in a giving mood, do you have a spear shrimp? My clowns are hungry :lol:

lol sorry jimmy no SPARE shrimp here

nothing wrong with your skimmer, its just that the tank is so new (including fresh rocks) that it will take a good year to settle down, if you had kept your rocks alive rather than starting from scratch you might not have had this problem

Well next time you go to the beach, catch me some shrimp and come over and watch them go

gees my excuse just went flying out the window no worries i will be getting some nice live rock i saw on the weekend just a weee bit about 20 to 30 kg will help it along i hope

emptying out steves garage tank??

good stuff, i got about 10kg last time i was up

lol going up this weekend or next, i will work in with steve so he dont go out this time and only have a quick 5mins there coz someone turned up late coz he wanted to go to drive thru donuts

hey, dont knock the donuts

Go the doughnuts