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I also run chemipure eliteCommon? No. Possible? Yes.
Could you tell us a bit more about your system, your nutrient import and export and your test kits/how you measured those values?
The day beforeWhen were the samples taken in relation to the last time reef roids were dosed into the tank?
Cyano and ghaInstead of chasing the numbers. What does your tank look like? healthy or unhealthy? Do you have uncontrolled algae?
I meant the day afterWhen were the samples taken in relation to the last time reef roids were dosed into the tank?
@Joshb757 . Two things immediately come to mind with your test results. It's not uncommon that people report very high phosphate levels a the day of or a day after dosing reef roids. I've seen the exact scenario play out in my tank. I'm not suggesting your phosphate is or isn't elevated, but I wouldn't be surprised if your 2.0 wasn't necessarily accurate. If you have the ability, try testing your phosphate a few days after your reef roids are dosed or right before dosing. That might give you a better estimate.
The second point is that depending on how much GHA you have in your tank, your nitrate value may be misleading. GHA is great at incorporating nitrate from the water, as a result, it's not uncommon to have 0 nitrate, which is to say, there is limited free nitrate in the water. If the green hair algae wasn't present, your nutrient levels could be much higher. It's not uncommon that someone that previously has a value of 0 removes all their GHA from their tank only to discover a few weeks later that their tank is reading extremely high nitrates.
This is all to say that I wouldn't put too much weight in either result right now. I would instead focus on the problem at hand. It is likely that both your nitrate and phosphate are elevated and this is driving the cyanobacteria and green hair algae.
No it was worse lol. I got sick of looking at it and removed about 40% of my rock in an attempt to decrease the algae population, provide better flow through tank, and allow me access to vacuum more area of the sand bed. The vibrant never reduced any gha or cyano in my tank, it did get rid of diatoms and bubble algae, I just never stopped dosing It. So after reading this thread I assume my next course of action would be to decrease skimming drastically, stop dosing vibrant, stop using reef roids, and feed more?Has it always looked that way. It's a fair, but manageable amount of growth. It definitely took up some of your nitrates. I suspect the rest of your nitrates may have been exported via your protein skimmer and vibrant - did the vibrant reduce the amount of hair algae in the tank?
I'm glad you asked your question when you did! It looks like you have a few patches of cyanobacteria starting to crop up, as lion king predicted. It will be good to get on top of that sooner rather than later by troubleshooting your nutrient levels and getting them to a better level/ratio.