In one of my frag systems (two tanks connected makes it a system, right
?), I hvae a massive growth of hair algae. Until I added a mystery wrasse, I didn't feed that tank anything. It was a spill over for my fav corals and some frags, and nothing really needed to be fed. I get massive amounts of hair growth, though. It's really week hair that you can usualyl blow off with a baster, but it keeps coming back. I've been working on keeping the detritus completely out of the system, but still have the growth. I'm running an ASM G3 on a 40B (with holes drilled all in the back like swiss cheese, so it only holds about 25 gallons of water at drain level) and a 50 gallon livestock tub that holds about 40 gallons of waer volume. The ASM constantly pulls come nasty skimmate. Where are these nutrients coming from? I've only got a few pieces of LR in the sump (but am not lighting it right now-20L sump). The rest is acan frags and zoa frags. What are your thoughts on where these nutrients are coming from? I've been struggling with Ca/Alk/Mg, but have had that straightened out over the last several weeks. It's probably still hitting a state of equilibrium on the balance, though.
What options do UI have for fighting the algae. With nothing going into the system (or very little now with the mystery, but he'll soon be joining my SPS tank), I'm at a loss. Even with bi weekly 35 gallon water changes, I'm a few inches of growth very two weeks all over. I checked my RO/DI and it is running a little high (8ppm TDS), so I'll be changing filters soon. Do things like Probidio help with algae issues? I thnik that's what I've heard, and one of the LFS' I've been visiting since I start back in the mid 90's sells Probidio (and he won't sell anything he has an issue with-he's one of the people I respect most in the hobby), and he says his customers are swearing by it. Is this something worth considering, or have you guys and gals seen it as another snake oil? I don't like adding anything to the system in terms of chemicals, but if this has much more benefit than known detriment, I'll give it a shot.
?), I hvae a massive growth of hair algae. Until I added a mystery wrasse, I didn't feed that tank anything. It was a spill over for my fav corals and some frags, and nothing really needed to be fed. I get massive amounts of hair growth, though. It's really week hair that you can usualyl blow off with a baster, but it keeps coming back. I've been working on keeping the detritus completely out of the system, but still have the growth. I'm running an ASM G3 on a 40B (with holes drilled all in the back like swiss cheese, so it only holds about 25 gallons of water at drain level) and a 50 gallon livestock tub that holds about 40 gallons of waer volume. The ASM constantly pulls come nasty skimmate. Where are these nutrients coming from? I've only got a few pieces of LR in the sump (but am not lighting it right now-20L sump). The rest is acan frags and zoa frags. What are your thoughts on where these nutrients are coming from? I've been struggling with Ca/Alk/Mg, but have had that straightened out over the last several weeks. It's probably still hitting a state of equilibrium on the balance, though.What options do UI have for fighting the algae. With nothing going into the system (or very little now with the mystery, but he'll soon be joining my SPS tank), I'm at a loss. Even with bi weekly 35 gallon water changes, I'm a few inches of growth very two weeks all over. I checked my RO/DI and it is running a little high (8ppm TDS), so I'll be changing filters soon. Do things like Probidio help with algae issues? I thnik that's what I've heard, and one of the LFS' I've been visiting since I start back in the mid 90's sells Probidio (and he won't sell anything he has an issue with-he's one of the people I respect most in the hobby), and he says his customers are swearing by it. Is this something worth considering, or have you guys and gals seen it as another snake oil? I don't like adding anything to the system in terms of chemicals, but if this has much more benefit than known detriment, I'll give it a shot.
