pmaddox
Community Member
I setup a new refugium a couple months ago.
New, store bought substrate. Heavily rinsed.
Used Tupperware to protect glass from mangrove roots.
Added power head to increase flow because I noticed chaeto was dying. Chaeto nearly gone now.
Today: green hair algae over growing dragon's breath and mangroves. Live rock has algae as well.
80 degree water
1.026 salinity
420-440 calcium
.13 phosphates
20 nitrates
1300 magnesium
8 alkalinity
What do you guys think?
Some things I'm contemplating:
1. Should I treat with NoPox for a while to lower Phosphates and Nitrates?
2. Should I ditch the tupperware to increase flow in the fuge chamber?
2a. How much of a risk are mangrove roots if I do remove the tupperware?
3. WHY won't the chaeto survive but the others do?
New, store bought substrate. Heavily rinsed.
Used Tupperware to protect glass from mangrove roots.
Added power head to increase flow because I noticed chaeto was dying. Chaeto nearly gone now.
Today: green hair algae over growing dragon's breath and mangroves. Live rock has algae as well.
80 degree water
1.026 salinity
420-440 calcium
.13 phosphates
20 nitrates
1300 magnesium
8 alkalinity
What do you guys think?
Some things I'm contemplating:
1. Should I treat with NoPox for a while to lower Phosphates and Nitrates?
2. Should I ditch the tupperware to increase flow in the fuge chamber?
2a. How much of a risk are mangrove roots if I do remove the tupperware?
3. WHY won't the chaeto survive but the others do?
