Hi All,
My phosphate and nitrate is undetectable and my SPS are quite pale. Surprisingly, I've been noticing more algae on the sand bed and glass recently. Not hair algae, but just a green discoloration on the sand and typical green film on the glass.
I'm pretty perplexed by this. My fish population is low and I have a large skimmer and plenty of live rock in the sump. I feed only PE mysis and not a lot of it. I believe my nutrients are very low and this is why my corals look so pale.
If this is true, why the algae problem? Can some strains of algae thrive in a low nutrient system? I want to start feeding more to get my nutrients up and improve the color in my coral but I don't want to exacerbate the algae issue.
Thoughts?
My phosphate and nitrate is undetectable and my SPS are quite pale. Surprisingly, I've been noticing more algae on the sand bed and glass recently. Not hair algae, but just a green discoloration on the sand and typical green film on the glass.
I'm pretty perplexed by this. My fish population is low and I have a large skimmer and plenty of live rock in the sump. I feed only PE mysis and not a lot of it. I believe my nutrients are very low and this is why my corals look so pale.
If this is true, why the algae problem? Can some strains of algae thrive in a low nutrient system? I want to start feeding more to get my nutrients up and improve the color in my coral but I don't want to exacerbate the algae issue.
Thoughts?