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Generally you read about people having high nutrients and algae issues but I'm having the opposite.
I have areas of cyano on my sand bed and what seems to be turf algae throughout my sand bed, short hairy algae, brownish in colour. Only on the sand bed, nothing on the rock. But none of it seems to be growing, just stays the same. I have a good CUC, multiple red banded trochus, emerald crabs and conches but they're not doing much.
My nutrients are currently 0 for nitrates and 0.03 for phosphates.
It's a 55g, skimmer rated for 120g and running a refugium that has marine pure spheres, block, and dragons breathe macro in it. 6 months old
I'm on well water and in the past I did have a cyano outbreak when I used rodi water that had a tds of 3. Ran chemi clean and dealt with that issue. Prior my nutrients were typically at 2-5 for nitrates and 0.02-0.03 for phosphates.
I've tried using microbacter7 to out compete the algae and cyano but I'm afraid it's also adding more denitrifying bacteria to my tank and my nutrients are already at 0 so it's cause my zoas to slowly melt away.
Can anyone provide me with some advice as to how I can raise my nutrients up, while also dealing with my algae issue?
Thx
I have areas of cyano on my sand bed and what seems to be turf algae throughout my sand bed, short hairy algae, brownish in colour. Only on the sand bed, nothing on the rock. But none of it seems to be growing, just stays the same. I have a good CUC, multiple red banded trochus, emerald crabs and conches but they're not doing much.
My nutrients are currently 0 for nitrates and 0.03 for phosphates.
It's a 55g, skimmer rated for 120g and running a refugium that has marine pure spheres, block, and dragons breathe macro in it. 6 months old
I'm on well water and in the past I did have a cyano outbreak when I used rodi water that had a tds of 3. Ran chemi clean and dealt with that issue. Prior my nutrients were typically at 2-5 for nitrates and 0.02-0.03 for phosphates.
I've tried using microbacter7 to out compete the algae and cyano but I'm afraid it's also adding more denitrifying bacteria to my tank and my nutrients are already at 0 so it's cause my zoas to slowly melt away.
Can anyone provide me with some advice as to how I can raise my nutrients up, while also dealing with my algae issue?
Thx