Italy's Best! Matured SPS Aquariums.
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invincible569
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Amino Acid dosing does this.
Beach Native
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I've been dosing the pappone without any AA's and I've been seeing this problem. I definitely have a noticable white fuzz starting on my rocks and plumbing.
stony_corals
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I'd decrease the amount of aminos and pappone until it goes away.
Serioussnaps
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Me too. I run 0 nitrates and 0 phosphates. BB, heavily skimmmed, and run constant GFO and I get algae growth with this method and no other. Now fish load is high but didnt experience this till the pappone. It got to the point where corals stopped encrusting to the rocks because the fuzz algae you are talking about....its very tough and matty. I had to switch out my live rock and stop feeding the pappone.
Boo to this method
Serioussnaps
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Yeah, I think the pappone does contain a lot more phosphates than other foods. My tank seems to enjoy rotifers, cyclopeeze and dt's oyster eggs just as much without the algae problem.
it took me more than a few feedings however....started to show a month after feeding and after i started upping the feedings and it eventually got worse
I did stray from the recipe in that i didnt add sugar....the carbon source. I wonder if this had anything to do with it. I didnt want to move to fast with carbon sources or anything when my tank was healthy and thriving as it was.
This algae was very invasive...i mean it stopped acros that were encrusting in their tracks.
it took me more than a few feedings however....started to show a month after feeding and after i started upping the feedings and it eventually got worse
I did stray from the recipe in that i didnt add sugar....the carbon source. I wonder if this had anything to do with it. I didnt want to move to fast with carbon sources or anything when my tank was healthy and thriving as it was.
This algae was very invasive...i mean it stopped acros that were encrusting in their tracks.
fishyface
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i have no phosphates or nitrates to speak of and i did add the sugar to the recipe. "the fuzz" hasn't seemed to have stopped my sps at all though nor does it attach onto anything unless it's inanimate. there is some on dead tips of corals but polyps seem to grow over it regardless so i guess i can't complain. i wonder if the Italians have this issue and perhaps could chime in!
Green Thumb
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Ive been feeding papponne (exact recipe) and elos aminos for 5 weeks or so. All my results are positive except for a matt of cyano that has formed in 2 spots in my tank. I run rowa in a reactor but that doesnt seem to help..
Im going to reduce the amount I feed.
Corals are growing great.
Im going to reduce the amount I feed.
Corals are growing great.
stony_corals
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I do get a little on the front panes of gas for my display systems. Other than that, nothing... It's key to include the sugar as the carbon will increase the bacteria that takes care of the nutrients....
Beach Native
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All of my numbers are in line so the pappone feedings (the only thing to change) must be at least part of my problem. I feel (although it's just subjective) that I can see positive improvement in growth and color in all of my corals. I've already started reducing my dosage to try and get the other growths under control. My coral load is actually pretty small at the moment so I may have been over doing it a little anyway. I'm sure, as with everything else in this hobby, that I just need to spend the time to get the right balance. I did foresee the potential impact of the additional feedings on things other than my coral so I'm not at all surprised to see the fuzz. I just wanted to chime in as someone else having the same experience as fishyface to supply input to the thread.
I was going to say my rocks that are visible have never looked so great. I don't know if I have hit the right dosage or what. I haven't noticed any of the fuzz algae or any bad slime stuff either. My tank water is a clear as can be and my corals are all growing good and reading what tuesen says I may need to up my alk since it had even dropped to 8.6 from 9.3. I may need to boost it a bit.
fishfanatic06
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bogg, do you have a dsb or any sand at all? It seems like most people that have a dsb get some nuisance algaes and a little bit of cyano when they feed the pappone. Near the start of this thread it is metioned that this system works best with barebottom tanks. It is also mentioned that the berliner method should be used with the Blue Coral method to achieve the best results. However they did say it can be done with a dsb. Personally, I think no matter what system you run with the Blue Coral method you have to have strong protein skimming. A good protein skimmer is needed to pull out all of the left over pappone when the corals are done feeding on it. This way you won't have any pappone to fuel algae and cyano growth.
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
10" Red Devil
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Can someone point me to the starting page with info about this blue coral method? Thanks.
