How long does it take to see reef flux help with gha?

[Nikoliter]

So I dosed reef flux 4 days ago. I followed the directions exactly. I haven’t seen any changes yet. How long does it take before you know if it has worked ?

 

[ihavecrabs]

A week weeks. After 4-5 days you will notice the algae will lighten and turn translucent at the ends as it begins to die off.

 

[petronik]

I used it recently for GHA. It took 3 full weeks for it to be completely gone. I started seeing some results within a week and it was noticeably improved by 2 weeks.

 

[Susan Edwards]

2-4 weeks. Depends on how bad

 

[RobB'z Reef]

Weeks, not days. Have a plan to export those nutrients

 

[aggrofish]

I’m hearing mixed results on whether it kills macro algae like chaeto. Can you run it or remove?

 

[Nikoliter]

Weeks, not days. Have a plan to export those nutrients

I have a red sea 250 with a Red Sea skimmer. I also run a reef octopus biopellet reactor and I’m running filter socks. I was going to skim it wet and monitor my nitrates and phosphate. I will also run some Gfo. I started adding some pristine today to help reestablish my bacteria.

 

[CK00020]

Took like 2 weeks, I still had to give the rocks a good scrub. Cheato did fine, some other macros regressed but came back