Another GHA in refugium thread - New reefer?

[Chris Wells]

Hello all,

I am into week 9 of new tank 90g / 150g total volume
First,
Params:
Temp: 77.9-88.6 degree swing
PH: 7.8
Salinity: 35.5 Apex / 1.026 Refractometer
NO3 : 2
PO4 : .03
Alkalinity: 8.3 dkH
Ca : 435
Mg : 1400

Stock:
15000 pods,etc.
5 - Nerrites
5 - Turbos
10 - Nassarius
20 - Cerith
1 - Strawberry Conch
1 - Frogspawn
1 - Hammer

I am reverse cycling fuge lights 12 hours from DT. I just got through the worst of Diatom phase and tank is clearing up nicely with CUC and skimmer. WOW is skimmate smelly! I will never ever forget that smell...

I am feeding algae pucks, Mysis pellets, scraped frozen red snapper from vacation for Nassarius, Coral Frenzy, and Marine snow to keep CUC alive.

I am getting GHA in the refugium, my question is:

Do I let it ride or dose a little of iron for good measure just to be proactive?
I don't want it to choke out the macro-algae (Chaeto, various red algae) I am growing.

I am very patient so this is not me wanting to do something as much as it is to learn something.
I read a post that discussed this.

This is what I used:

http://www.cvs.com/drug/fergon/oral-tablet/27mg

Take 1 tablet and dissolve in 100 mL RO/DI (overnight soak). Let the solids settle out and use the liquid. Then I dose about 1-5 mL to my 200 gallons (dose is not critical) occasionally.

Attached is the tank as of yesterday with whites turned up as well as sump refugium.

Thanks

Chris

 

[Crabs McJones]

Pull it and take it out until the point your chaeto outcompete your hair algae for nutrients, I'm fighting the same fight here. My chaeto is growing like crazy. But I still have hair algae that is slowly dwindling down.

 

[Chris Wells]

Pull it and take it out until the point your chaeto outcompete your hair algae for nutrients, I'm fighting the same fight here. My chaeto is growing like crazy. But I still have hair algae that is slowly dwindling down.

Will do. Without having a real bio-load, I definitely want the macro-algae to stand a chance as my bio-load increases.

Thanks crabs.