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hypostatic
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That.... is a lot of algae lol. If your elegance is anything like mine, it shouldn't care much about it. I'd worry about algae growth on the favia though.
Anyway, if you parameters are stable they should be fine once they settle in. I'd recommend running some GFO for the algae though.
Anyway, if you parameters are stable they should be fine once they settle in. I'd recommend running some GFO for the algae though.
Well, i won't get into it too much as i have another thread going on it sort of with the treatment, but it looked like a carpet due to neglect, newborn took up my time. Last three months i've been working on stability, put gfo and carbon on the system, carbon dosing, and manual removal. This stuff doesn't flinch with clean water, just kept coming back, and while that might look like a lot, thats the worst rock in the tank behind the elegance. The tank is about 10 times better than it used to be. The algae is slowly turning white and dying off, its actually a very good feeling.
It hasn't been neglected for over 3 months now, i've been doing weekly water changes and daily maintenance along with daily water checks and have been keeping up very well with it. It is very well taken care of at this point. When it was neglected, i was still keeping up with feeding the tank, the water changes were what fell behind to about once a month or two, but at that point i sold off the coral in the tank instead of letting them go in there. I wouldn't put coral back in if i was still neglecting the tank.
Just to give you an idea of how this has been coming along, the first shot is after three months of running carbon, gfo, weekly manual removal and water changes. The picture was taken about 2 weeks after my last removal. Second one is roughly 5 days into peroxide spot treatment and manual removal, third one is 8 days in with a water change and manual removal. It is not coming back and growing like it was before. I used to see significant growth from it weekly, now nothing. I read heavily on the subject and wouldn't subject anything in the tank to a treatment that knowingly would damage anything in the tank. The only notes i've seen were that it can be harsh on the cleaner shrimp in there which is why i chose spot treatment rather than full tank treatment, i can do a smaller dose in a concentrated area. All inhabitants are still alright and well, shrimp is just fine.
hypostatic
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Well, as the tank is looking better, the elegance is loooks like it's doing the opposite as the pictures progress.
