Took fuge off line?

[allsps40]

I took my fuge off line a few days ago. I was having problems with cotton candy algae and did not want it to move up to my tank again. I managed to kill it all of in the tank. So I shut off the light on the fuge and threw out the chaeto cause it had CCA growing in it. I left all the live mud and sand and rock in there. Has anyone else done this to there reef? I have alway had O no3 and contribute my fuge to that. What effects did you see from shutting down the fuge?

 

[pimp2daizzo]

my water did look as clear

 

[allsps40]

^ did or did not look as clear?? I have not decided to take it off line for good or to get new chaeto after CCA dies.

 

[allsps40]

Just did water test. My Ph has dropped from 8.0-8.1 to 7.8 and for the first time ever my nitrates are 5ppm. Everything still looks good so I will see what happens. If no3 gets ant higher that I will for sure start up th fuge again. I need to kill off the CCa first though.

 

[Nanook]

[moved]

 

[dublo8]

. I took mine offline for a week from a return pump leaking voltage. While I was waiting for my new pump it didn't cause any problems and frankly didn't make much of a difference. No rise in nitrates for me but I also noticed a change in my ph but not as drastic as yours. I did use a HOB filter with rubble from my fuge for the time it was offline but I doubt that made any difference. One thing I did make sure to do was making sure there was still flow in my fuge. I hooked up a powerhead on the return section and fed it through a 1/2" line back to the intake section just to make sure water wasn't stagnant.

 

[pimp2daizzo]

ya it didn't look as clear sry lol

 

[allsps40]

My fuge is part of my sump so it always has the volume of the tank flowing right through it plus the return for my phos reactor.