Ok so its my first post on here, I am on another forum but have seen the support for AF seems a lot better on here so decided to make an account.
I'm looking to keep an SPS / LPS dominant tank and I have done some research and opted for Aquaforest components 123 with NP pro and Pro bio s, I also have the ABE & V ready to go. I don't have the salt yet as i need to use up the DD Pro salt I have left over.
My tank is a Red Sea Max E260, this is running the sump in the back with the stock skimmer. I have 2 x AI Hydra 26 HDs and I have added a Jebao SW8 for additional flow.
the tank has now been running about 7 weeks and currently I only stock 2 snow flake clowns, 5 hermit crabs and 5 torchus snails.
Coral wise i only have a goni and and encrusting goni so far. I want to start using the AF products, however I am currently suffering an outbreak of green dust algae so I need a bit of advice in regards to using NP Pro and Pro bio s.
The tank was started with dead rock, using Dr Timms. After 4 weeks the tank finished its cycle, i added my fish and corals however 10 days later I woke up and the tank was covered in algae. i think this was partly down to me over feeding. The highest the phosphate read was 0.08 during the initial 4 weeks which fell to 0.03 just before I put my first fish in so not particularly high. I was however cycling with lights off and when the corals wen in I started running a 12 hour lighting period so maybe a mix of the light and over feeding caused it. I am using 0TDS water that i make so I know its not my source water.
Anyway, moving forward a week I have carried out 3 10% water changes to try to cure the problem. I also started dosing the NP Pro and pro bio s at half the dose per day, 4 days ago. The algae keeps coming back 15 mins after scraping the glass and i need some help! My current tank params are as follows:
Salinity - 1.025
KH - 7
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
Phosphate - 0
Lighting period - now 9 hours
I have a bag of GFO phosphate remover in the sump with some carbon and some siporax. Other than that nothing else running.
Now my parameters show no nutrients and that I am running an ULNS. However as the algae is locking up the phosphates and nitrates and it keeps coming back there must be some in there. My question is do I continue to dose NP Pro and Pro Bio S without the addition of ABE & V until the algae goes, or do I start doing it now? I don't want to starve my corals but i don't want to feed the algae.
Sorry for the overload of information, I'm hoping the more information i give the better someone may be able to help. I have also attached a couple of pictures. You can see how clean everything was and what it looks like now. If anything this has now got worse and the water is very cloudy.
Please help!!!
Jay
I'm looking to keep an SPS / LPS dominant tank and I have done some research and opted for Aquaforest components 123 with NP pro and Pro bio s, I also have the ABE & V ready to go. I don't have the salt yet as i need to use up the DD Pro salt I have left over.
My tank is a Red Sea Max E260, this is running the sump in the back with the stock skimmer. I have 2 x AI Hydra 26 HDs and I have added a Jebao SW8 for additional flow.
the tank has now been running about 7 weeks and currently I only stock 2 snow flake clowns, 5 hermit crabs and 5 torchus snails.
Coral wise i only have a goni and and encrusting goni so far. I want to start using the AF products, however I am currently suffering an outbreak of green dust algae so I need a bit of advice in regards to using NP Pro and Pro bio s.
The tank was started with dead rock, using Dr Timms. After 4 weeks the tank finished its cycle, i added my fish and corals however 10 days later I woke up and the tank was covered in algae. i think this was partly down to me over feeding. The highest the phosphate read was 0.08 during the initial 4 weeks which fell to 0.03 just before I put my first fish in so not particularly high. I was however cycling with lights off and when the corals wen in I started running a 12 hour lighting period so maybe a mix of the light and over feeding caused it. I am using 0TDS water that i make so I know its not my source water.
Anyway, moving forward a week I have carried out 3 10% water changes to try to cure the problem. I also started dosing the NP Pro and pro bio s at half the dose per day, 4 days ago. The algae keeps coming back 15 mins after scraping the glass and i need some help! My current tank params are as follows:
Salinity - 1.025
KH - 7
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
Phosphate - 0
Lighting period - now 9 hours
I have a bag of GFO phosphate remover in the sump with some carbon and some siporax. Other than that nothing else running.
Now my parameters show no nutrients and that I am running an ULNS. However as the algae is locking up the phosphates and nitrates and it keeps coming back there must be some in there. My question is do I continue to dose NP Pro and Pro Bio S without the addition of ABE & V until the algae goes, or do I start doing it now? I don't want to starve my corals but i don't want to feed the algae.
Sorry for the overload of information, I'm hoping the more information i give the better someone may be able to help. I have also attached a couple of pictures. You can see how clean everything was and what it looks like now. If anything this has now got worse and the water is very cloudy.
Please help!!!
Jay
