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What to do?
- Thread starter MadReefer
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There most likely is more phopshates and nitrates available in the system but it gets bound by the growing algea fast. Once the plants in there it’s storing those nutrients. The way to get rid of is either picking it out yourself, or cleanup crews which recourse and then excrete it back into waste to be removed my the skimmer or a waterchange.
I decide to manually pull some out today. Much more than I realized. Took 2 rocks out and ate outside in the cold. Large candy cane colony had it growing on back. I was able to soak and clean with a peroxide bath. Will head up to ACC and pickup a sea hare this weekend.
snowxcross
NJRC Member
Anyway you can increase your nitrates? You're close to zero for both, you want to detect some trace of nitrates. But ya like everyone stated, a good cuc would do a good job at fighting it. If algae already there, manual removal like you're doing.
I have NoPox that can be dosed.
Salted
NJRC Member
That would lower them.
How to feed more, but keep it in balance?
I find that when I feed more, my phosphates rises way faster than my nitrate
snowxcross
NJRC Member
That would lower nitrates.
I know readings are low but are they really??? I have much HA so i assume its consuming the Nitrate and Phos giving false readings. For now adding peroxide and hope the sea hare doe sits job. I will be pulling small stuff out to sock in peroxide, rinse and return.
Situation got worse. Been pulling stuff out that I can manually but slow process as I cannot reach the back. Also, soaked many frags in peroxide bath. I lost tat big Hollywood Stunner because goby kept burying part of it sand and then algae crept in; kept a few small pieces. I ordered Reef Flux as not sure what else I can do to stop this.
Here they are.
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If you can’t really see it in the back don’t bother, it’s going to go away with your clean up crew eventually!!
I need to beef up my CUC. I have a long spine urchin, seahare, large turbo snails. Thinking of getting some hermit crabs and cerith snails. Not sure who is best to order from thes edays.
