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Call me crazy, I just add it to the sump.
I'm not getting any cloudiness. My phosphates are testing low to zero and my nitrate and nitrite are zero, but I have hair algae. I feed a very small amount of mysis and LRS so it can't be from that. What dosage would you do for 200 gallon system. I am using a 1000 ML IV bag of RO mixed with 3 ML of Lanthanum dripping about 1 drop a second. Does this sound like a good dosage?
With the hair algae present and growing you are going to get a lower reading for the reason the algae is consuming to nitrates and phosphates What are you testing the phosphates with and nitrates? The product that I have used I used the product straight into the sump. I one I like the most is ATM agent green
I alway got a false reading using most of the test, but when I purchased the Hanna Ultra Low phosphorus checker. That is when I got a true reading. How does the rest of the tank look? Is there other algae present? I did see where but I will ask this again, how old is the tank.
The reason I am asking is why not get 200 cleaning crew and they would mow through the algae in a week and keep the that clean.
Tank has been up for 3 years. A little over a month or so I had a crash. I was in the process of selling off my livestock and breaking the tank down. I had a change of heart and just sold off live stock and reduced the live rock ( I had a ton of it). I did massive water changes and let it sit for a while. I put in a test acro frag and all seemed well for a few weeks so added more frags and small fish, damsels, clown goby and royal gramma. Suddenly, I had cyano so have been dosing zeovit cyanoclean. The cyano is mostly gone but in the process I got ton of hair algae. None of this was an issue before the crash. Now I am trying to deal with the GHA. Even though my phosphates are not registering I am assuming that is what is fueling the GHA.
On other comment, good for you for not giving up. I had a crash last year at about this time and I was so bummed, but a year later the tank has come back and better than before
LOL yes it can be expensive but after working through the frustrations it is a very enjoyable hobby. Have you started a build thread? It is alway interesting look back at ones build thread and logging everything so that one can look back at what work and what has notThanks for the encouragement. Once the disappointment passed I was able to think clearly to get back into my favorite EXPENSIVE hobby! lol
Dosage is a little higher than what I use, but pretty close. I dose 10 ml in one gallon of water and drip into filter sock usually about one drip per second or a little slower. I am using a small submerged pump inside my sump to send water through the filter sock.I'm not getting any cloudiness. My phosphates are testing low to zero and my nitrate and nitrite are zero, but I have hair algae. I feed a very small amount of mysis and LRS so it can't be from that. What dosage would you do for 200 gallon system. I am using a 1000 ML IV bag of RO mixed with 3 ML of Lanthanum dripping about 1 drop a second. Does this sound like a good dosage?
Any reason you wouldn’t just get something to keep the hair algae in check and maintain a more natural phosphate/nitrate balance?I'm not getting any cloudiness. My phosphates are testing low to zero and my nitrate and nitrite are zero, but I have hair algae. I feed a very small amount of mysis and LRS so it can't be from that. What dosage would you do for 200 gallon system. I am using a 1000 ML IV bag of RO mixed with 3 ML of Lanthanum dripping about 1 drop a second. Does this sound like a good dosage?
Any reason you wouldn’t just get something to keep the hair algae in check and maintain a more natural phosphate/nitrate balance?
Any reason you wouldn’t just get something to keep the hair algae in check and maintain a more natural phosphate/nitrate balance?