Tank has been up for just over a year now. started with dry rock and sand.
Ugly phase didn't really hit, other than a persistent thick algae mat that forms on my sandbed.
It difficult to vacuum since it clumps the sand so much that it just comes up in big clumps that then plugs my vacuum tube.
I'm currently trying less white light, only running blue channel for now. It's been almost a week with only blues, and it doesn't seem to be getting any better yet. I've tried vibrant, which didn't do much. Nightly H2O2 and daily bacteria dosing hasn't done anything other than kill my macro algae. (I think)
params:
1.025
8.6 KH (Hanna)
MG 1500 (Red Sea)
CA 480 (Red Sea)
nitrates 5.5ppm (Hanna HR)
phosphates .04ppm (Hanna ULR)
This algae has been present for months. my DT got ICH, so I pulled all fish and QT'd them. so my DT has been sitting fallow. I figured if it was a nutrient problem, going fallow might help... but the tank has now been fallow for 70 days and the algae on the sand isn't getting any better. (Corals have all been fine, except I did have a cali tort RTN in a couple days, immediately after moving it in the tank. all other corals seem fine. I have no other algae growing anywhere in the tank, no turf or hair algae on the rocks or glass. Only this persistant mat of algae on my sand..... how do I get rid of this?
Pics (taken with only blues on)
Ugly phase didn't really hit, other than a persistent thick algae mat that forms on my sandbed.
It difficult to vacuum since it clumps the sand so much that it just comes up in big clumps that then plugs my vacuum tube.
I'm currently trying less white light, only running blue channel for now. It's been almost a week with only blues, and it doesn't seem to be getting any better yet. I've tried vibrant, which didn't do much. Nightly H2O2 and daily bacteria dosing hasn't done anything other than kill my macro algae. (I think)
params:
1.025
8.6 KH (Hanna)
MG 1500 (Red Sea)
CA 480 (Red Sea)
nitrates 5.5ppm (Hanna HR)
phosphates .04ppm (Hanna ULR)
This algae has been present for months. my DT got ICH, so I pulled all fish and QT'd them. so my DT has been sitting fallow. I figured if it was a nutrient problem, going fallow might help... but the tank has now been fallow for 70 days and the algae on the sand isn't getting any better. (Corals have all been fine, except I did have a cali tort RTN in a couple days, immediately after moving it in the tank. all other corals seem fine. I have no other algae growing anywhere in the tank, no turf or hair algae on the rocks or glass. Only this persistant mat of algae on my sand..... how do I get rid of this?
Pics (taken with only blues on)