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I’ve been battling what I would assume is green hair algae for a bit now. It’s dark green, attached to rocks/back wall, and grows quite long (3” or so). I got tired of looking at it so I took rocks out and scrubbed them clean, within a week it’s growing back quickly.
Tested parameters today, .25 po4 was the only remarkable result. Other nutrients and ammonia were 0.
I have no skimmer. Chaeto in the fuge which grows quickly, fuge also growing lots of dark green algae in the section where water drains into. Light period in the fuge is approx 8 hours. Small bio load... 3 fish and inverts. A few softie coral. I didn’t think I was feeding heavily, but idk where else the phosphates could be coming from.
I don’t want to start dosing and chasing numbers, but if that is the best solution I can. What else can I try? I’m going to do a large water change and possibly black out.
Thanks
Tested parameters today, .25 po4 was the only remarkable result. Other nutrients and ammonia were 0.
I have no skimmer. Chaeto in the fuge which grows quickly, fuge also growing lots of dark green algae in the section where water drains into. Light period in the fuge is approx 8 hours. Small bio load... 3 fish and inverts. A few softie coral. I didn’t think I was feeding heavily, but idk where else the phosphates could be coming from.
I don’t want to start dosing and chasing numbers, but if that is the best solution I can. What else can I try? I’m going to do a large water change and possibly black out.
Thanks