So I have had a Santa Monica Rain 2 for about...six months now. I went from a refugium because my sump turned into a hair algae swamp and figured a scrubber would keep it cleaner and easier to remove. Over the last four months or so I have noticed hair algae beginning to show its ugly face in the display (Not in the sump anymore). I have almost no algae growing in my scrubber, pretty much never have. Some small strains and dead algae but thats all. At first I thought it was because I was only running one light, so tried two and killed the small amount of algae in the scrubber, so went back to one.... I even tried "seeding" it with some hair algae from the display- didnt work.
Does anyone have any ideas on how I could help my scrubber get started? I went as the instructions stated, roughed it up, etc etc but just am not getting the results I was hoping for.... my tank was definitely cleaner with the refugium.
Does anyone have any ideas on how I could help my scrubber get started? I went as the instructions stated, roughed it up, etc etc but just am not getting the results I was hoping for.... my tank was definitely cleaner with the refugium.