Looking for advice on GFO usage

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My tank 60 gallons ALL CHALICE tank. I have 35 different species of Chalices. About a month ago my skimmer crapped out and I ran skimmerless, reactorless for a month. Only source of filtration was poly filter, rock and Macro refugium. All my corals looked great but I was getting a heavy coat of algae on my glass that needed to be cleaned daily. It's important to note that my light cycle is very minimal as is the intensity. Chalice like low light and that's what I provide.

This weekend I installed my new skimmer which is already pulling out the gunk. I also purchased a BRS dual reactor and installed that yesterday with GFO in one canister and Carbon in the other.

Today I woke up thinking maybe I should dump the GFO. Sure it will help reduce the algae on my glass but I'm worry running the refugium, skimmer, GFO and Carbon all the sudden will suck out all the nutrients and do damage to my chalices. I supposed I could run them all three for a few days and monitor the situation. In the event my chalices start to lose tissue or color I could pull the GFO and just run that canister empty while the refugium, skimmer and carbon remain in use.

Any advice on whether or not GFO is appropriate for a strictly LPS tank?

 

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GFO can strip your water and skin off of your babies in no time. I would run a very very small amount and go from there. I like to see algae on my glass every three days, anything outside or inside of that calls for GFO adjustment. GL! Got a FTS BTW??

 

[ExpensiveHobby]

GFO can strip your water and skin off of your babies in no time. I would run a very very small amount and go from there. I like to see algae on my glass every three days, anything outside or inside of that calls for GFO adjustment. GL! Got a FTS BTW??

That's kind of what I'm thinking. Not only did I add a lot of GFO but I did it the same damn day I added a skimmer and Carbon reactor.. I'm gonna pull it today and run the canister empty or with something harmless like ceramic or rubble rock.

No FTS yet man, tank is very much work in progress. I have a lot rock in there that is relatively new and still curing with my older rock. I'm running bare bottom but plan on getting a thin layer of black sand in there. I also have 75% of my chalices on a frag rack.. Once my tank gets dialed in I'm gonna start scaping and actually mounting my corals to rocks. Then the FTS will be taken.