Hi everyone, i have a couple questions. I have been using a hang on back filter on my 55 gallon tank and wanting to upgrade the types of filtration i should be using. My tank has been going for 2 years and never been told about using ceramic filter medias and filter floss and etc. I just started reading and would like to get a good basis of what would be great for my tank.
Also the reason for the filtration upgrades, i am currently having a green hair algae problem. I had cyano and dosed with chemiclean. After chemiclean i had green hair go everywhere. I have a reef tank with only 2 fish, turbo snails, small snails, 2 sea urchins, and crabs but i cant get it under control. I scrub the tank with a toothbrush every day, change filters often. I had my levels checked by the LFS and they stated on the hanna checkers i had elevated nitrates. I have done water changes and everything shows normal but it still continues to grow. I see the green hair algae getting on my coral which i try to get it off.
i feel like to LFS doesn't tell you everything so this is why im reaching out to you guys to give better feedback and to educate myself
Need help!
Also the reason for the filtration upgrades, i am currently having a green hair algae problem. I had cyano and dosed with chemiclean. After chemiclean i had green hair go everywhere. I have a reef tank with only 2 fish, turbo snails, small snails, 2 sea urchins, and crabs but i cant get it under control. I scrub the tank with a toothbrush every day, change filters often. I had my levels checked by the LFS and they stated on the hanna checkers i had elevated nitrates. I have done water changes and everything shows normal but it still continues to grow. I see the green hair algae getting on my coral which i try to get it off.
i feel like to LFS doesn't tell you everything so this is why im reaching out to you guys to give better feedback and to educate myself
Need help!