Hey Anthony- Mary Middlebrook with Marine Specialties International (and SeaCrop) here.
We just got our greenhouse up and running- 800 sq. ft with about 2000 gallons. We are overrun by green and brown long wavy algae at the moment, to the point where I don't even want to put any frags in there yet. We are using natural seawater, so I'm sure we're pumping quite a few nutrients in. (Only greenhouse I know that will be using NSW and natural sunlight to prop on a commercial level on the west coast). Anyhow, what can we do to reduce it? We currently have over a thousand astreas/trochus and about 100 blue globe urchins and they can't keep up. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
We just got our greenhouse up and running- 800 sq. ft with about 2000 gallons. We are overrun by green and brown long wavy algae at the moment, to the point where I don't even want to put any frags in there yet. We are using natural seawater, so I'm sure we're pumping quite a few nutrients in. (Only greenhouse I know that will be using NSW and natural sunlight to prop on a commercial level on the west coast). Anyhow, what can we do to reduce it? We currently have over a thousand astreas/trochus and about 100 blue globe urchins and they can't keep up. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.