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Is there any flow in your system? It looks stagnant.I'm battling this similar issue with my attempt at a fuge. I switched out the first and second chamber in my trigger sump and I just bought a Kessil H80 light this week. Unfortunately all I have is a small clump of caulerpa and this one weird algae that is viney and looks like gummy worms when you pull it out. No clue what it was but the LFS had it mixed in with the rest of the macros.
I'm going to try and buy another seeding of chaeto to see if I can get it to take off with the rest of the macros and not melt away. I'm currently battling a small cyano issue and hair algae is growing in my refugium so I know I have nutrients....
Here's a pic of my current fuge setup.
What is your head height for the Mag 5? If it's any considerable distance (>4 feet), you are likely getting less than 500 gph from it. For example, at 5 feet head height, a Mag 5 will push 325 gph.There is flow, a mag 5 for the 93g cube so about 3 - 4x turnover if I remember correctly. But due to the way I changed around the chambers I'm the trigger sump there is nothing to break up the surface tension in the first section. Could that be part of my problem?
Salty, agreed but I don't want to have to keep buying/tracking down chateo starters when I get to low nutrients and it melts. Want to keep a small amount growing.
I ultimately added another fish and really upped my feeding. Seems like I’m finding a decent balance.If your running other filters like a skimmer maybe you could turn it off? Or maybe you could add more livestock?
Adding I to your tank helps keep chaeto growing.
Once your reactor or refugium is doing its job and your nutrients are going down, at some point, do you need to supplement to keep the macro algae alive and doesn’t melt into nothingness? I know the folks at Pax Bellum have supplements that they recommend.
It makes sense to me that eventually the algae will use up the nutrients and you’ll need to feed it.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
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Many run a reverse cycle from the DT to keep the overall ph more stable.