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Hey,
So I’ve been dealing with this reddish mat all over my sand bed and rock work for over a month now. I usually just scrub it off and stir up the sandbed the day before I change my filter socks. It comes back within 2 days. My nitrates are 0 and my phosphates are .04 on a Hannah checker. I just received my microscope in the mail to get some pictures in order to diagnose and come up with an attack plan. My tank is 120 gallon 2x2x4 with a 30 gallon sump. I have a fuge setup running chaeto only with the light on reverse my tanks T5 schedule. I currently cut the fuge lighting down to only 4 hours and have been feeding heavily to try and raise my nitrates. This stuff also grows on the chaeto in my fuge. I’m looking to go reef but have a FOWLR currently. I was also looking at UV sterilizers but I wanted to see what everyone thought this actually was and how to properly battle it. Thanks!
So I’ve been dealing with this reddish mat all over my sand bed and rock work for over a month now. I usually just scrub it off and stir up the sandbed the day before I change my filter socks. It comes back within 2 days. My nitrates are 0 and my phosphates are .04 on a Hannah checker. I just received my microscope in the mail to get some pictures in order to diagnose and come up with an attack plan. My tank is 120 gallon 2x2x4 with a 30 gallon sump. I have a fuge setup running chaeto only with the light on reverse my tanks T5 schedule. I currently cut the fuge lighting down to only 4 hours and have been feeding heavily to try and raise my nitrates. This stuff also grows on the chaeto in my fuge. I’m looking to go reef but have a FOWLR currently. I was also looking at UV sterilizers but I wanted to see what everyone thought this actually was and how to properly battle it. Thanks!