Algae Help
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wildman926
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When I had that in my 150g, I installed a larger ATS. 2 water changes and all gone.
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wildman926
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Yes, that is correct. What you have now is not pulling out the excess nutrients fast enough. It is a delicate balance to pull them out fast enough to keep algae out of the display tank, but to also feed your corals.
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I have a CW 100 scrubber. A refugium. And I run GFO.
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wildman926
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Obviously it is not enough.
You can cut back on feeding.
You can cut back on your lighting.
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Guess I'll turn my auto feeder off. I feed pellets daily
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If your asking. Maybe. But I wanted to avoid that. I was dosing vinegar on my tank prior to this. I went with the algae scrubber and refugium to try and handle nutrient export the natural way.
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how big are the volumes of scrubber/refuge?
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Fuge volume no idea it's a bashsea sump largest one I could fit. Think 60". It's a Clearwater 100 scrubber. Spoke with the owner of Clearwater and because of the fuge the scrubber is undersized. I can't grow chaeto because the scrubber our competes it. So there is nuisance algae growing in the fuge.
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I commend you for wanting to do this in the most natural way.
You want your fuge and scrubber algae to get a leg up on the uglies in your display. To do that, do a large, thorough manual removal of all the cyano, followed by a 3 day blackout on your display. Wrap the tank so no light gets in. Don't feed the tank either. At the end of the blackout, remove any remaining cyano. This can be repeated if needed.
It is also important to get your desirable algae flourishing, so it can outcompete the yucky stuff. It helps to have some diversity of macros, to deal with varying nutrients. Also, get a selection of reproducing snails and lots of pods, and ditch the hermits, as they are snail killers and lousy algae eaters.
Hope this helps!
You want your fuge and scrubber algae to get a leg up on the uglies in your display. To do that, do a large, thorough manual removal of all the cyano, followed by a 3 day blackout on your display. Wrap the tank so no light gets in. Don't feed the tank either. At the end of the blackout, remove any remaining cyano. This can be repeated if needed.
It is also important to get your desirable algae flourishing, so it can outcompete the yucky stuff. It helps to have some diversity of macros, to deal with varying nutrients. Also, get a selection of reproducing snails and lots of pods, and ditch the hermits, as they are snail killers and lousy algae eaters.
Hope this helps!
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Thanks. I siphoned as much as I could and did a water change. Seems to be reducing. I'm going to do a 100 gallon water change this weekend and see if that puts a stop to it. Thanks for the reply.
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reefgeezer
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Are you running a skimmer or GAC?
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