Hi Friends!
So I am having a bit of trouble with the ugglies in my 120G mixed reef tank. I had an outbreak of what looked like GHA which I manually removed most of and it seemed to get better until I went away for 4 days and had an Auto Feeder setup. Getting back the tank didn't look too good but instead of green hair Algae it looks more pale colored and also does not pull off the rock work in the same way. A tooth brush did a number on the original GHA but doesn't seem to want to touch this stuff...
I figured too many nutrients assuming my auto feeder was set too high so I did a 20% water change and removed as much as I could by hand, changed filter socks before and after to make sure I got all the loose stuff. Cleaned my skimmer. Check parameters last night and I am at 0.00 Phosphate, 0.0 Nitrate, 1.024 salinity 8.5 PH (dkh is reading 5.5 but I think I need new Reagents) all tests using Hanna Digital Testers.
I am wondering if I actually have the opposite problem and I have too low a nutrients, maybe I need to feed more and turn down the skimmer or refugium.
Tank:
120 G 4x2x2
Trigger Sapphire Sump
Nyos 160 Skimmer
Cheato Refugium (cheap amazon refugium light 14 hrs a day)
Main Tank Lights 4xT5 and 2 x Hydra 32's
Carbon Reactor (3/4 cup carbon)
Critters:
2 x clowns
1 x Lawnmower Blenny
1 x High Fin Goby (and pistol shrimp)
2 x Banggai cardinalfish
5 x Green Chromis
1 x 6 line wrasse
1 x Flame Hawkfish
1 x Fire Shrimp
1 x Tuxedo Urchin
4 x Emerald crabs
Snails
Hermits
Cheers
Chris
So I am having a bit of trouble with the ugglies in my 120G mixed reef tank. I had an outbreak of what looked like GHA which I manually removed most of and it seemed to get better until I went away for 4 days and had an Auto Feeder setup. Getting back the tank didn't look too good but instead of green hair Algae it looks more pale colored and also does not pull off the rock work in the same way. A tooth brush did a number on the original GHA but doesn't seem to want to touch this stuff...
I figured too many nutrients assuming my auto feeder was set too high so I did a 20% water change and removed as much as I could by hand, changed filter socks before and after to make sure I got all the loose stuff. Cleaned my skimmer. Check parameters last night and I am at 0.00 Phosphate, 0.0 Nitrate, 1.024 salinity 8.5 PH (dkh is reading 5.5 but I think I need new Reagents) all tests using Hanna Digital Testers.
I am wondering if I actually have the opposite problem and I have too low a nutrients, maybe I need to feed more and turn down the skimmer or refugium.
Tank:
120 G 4x2x2
Trigger Sapphire Sump
Nyos 160 Skimmer
Cheato Refugium (cheap amazon refugium light 14 hrs a day)
Main Tank Lights 4xT5 and 2 x Hydra 32's
Carbon Reactor (3/4 cup carbon)
Critters:
2 x clowns
1 x Lawnmower Blenny
1 x High Fin Goby (and pistol shrimp)
2 x Banggai cardinalfish
5 x Green Chromis
1 x 6 line wrasse
1 x Flame Hawkfish
1 x Fire Shrimp
1 x Tuxedo Urchin
4 x Emerald crabs
Snails
Hermits
Cheers
Chris