I am battling a GHA problem and have been for a couple of months now. This tank has given me all sorts of problems it seems like. Within the first few months of it being cycled, byropsis almost made me throw in the towel. Byropsis was by far the worst thing I've had to battle in all the tanks I've had up, but this GHA problem is really wearing at me. I've had GHA problems in the past with other tanks but I always got in under control.
So for the basics:
System:
40breeder w/30g sump
Refugium w/LR rubble and chaeto.
INS80 skimmer
TLF reactor w/GFO
Stocking:
1 tomini tang
3 green chromosome
1 clown
A decent sized CUC
Params:
Trates: around 0-5
Phosphates: 0 (salifert)
Ammonia: 0
Trites: 0
So far, I've used the basics methods to try and rid of the GHA (blackout, feed less, scrub rock) and no luck. I try injecting patches with hydrogen. I upped my dosage of GFO. Upped my water change schedule. Have spent hours manually removing it and it keeps coming back. This round with GHA is honestly more stubborn than byropsis.
I have looked into algae removal chemicals but that seems to just be a quick fix. There has to be something that is causing this. I thought it may be my water source, which I get from my LFS, and he uses the same source in all of his tanks and has very minimal algae.
This has been a very discouraging battle and need some help!
So for the basics:
System:
40breeder w/30g sump
Refugium w/LR rubble and chaeto.
INS80 skimmer
TLF reactor w/GFO
Stocking:
1 tomini tang
3 green chromosome
1 clown
A decent sized CUC
Params:
Trates: around 0-5
Phosphates: 0 (salifert)
Ammonia: 0
Trites: 0
So far, I've used the basics methods to try and rid of the GHA (blackout, feed less, scrub rock) and no luck. I try injecting patches with hydrogen. I upped my dosage of GFO. Upped my water change schedule. Have spent hours manually removing it and it keeps coming back. This round with GHA is honestly more stubborn than byropsis.
I have looked into algae removal chemicals but that seems to just be a quick fix. There has to be something that is causing this. I thought it may be my water source, which I get from my LFS, and he uses the same source in all of his tanks and has very minimal algae.
This has been a very discouraging battle and need some help!