So my tank has been up and running for 10 month now. Waterbox 220.6. 170 gallon display and about 25 gallons in the sump. Tank is bare bottom and was started with dry rock. Everything is humming along and I’ve started introducing corals. SPS and LPS. Parameters are as follows:
salinity. 34.6
PH. 8.0
NO3. 10-12
PO4. 0.05-0.08
Alk. 8.1
Ca. 520
Mag. 1580
All corals are growing well and fish are fat, but I’m startling to get a wave of new algae growth. I suspect it’s because of the lighting. As I introduced SPS I’ve been very gradually increasing the light intensity about 1% a week. I’m still 38% below my expected top, but as I’ve increased the light, more algae is growing. I do feed twice a day, but replace filter socks every three days and run UV and skimmer 24/7. Daily auto water change of 2 gallons. CUC several snail varieties and two pin cushion urchins.
I assume the new algae bloom is from the increased light, but could be wrong. Is this normal as the tank matures to see some algae blooms, or is there something I’m not watching at play. I could easily feed less, but I haven’t changes how much I feed since I put the fish in. Is this a normal change in the tank and will go away or something I need to fix. The algae doesn’t so much look like Dino, but hair algae with little bubbles on the ends Of some of them.
salinity. 34.6
PH. 8.0
NO3. 10-12
PO4. 0.05-0.08
Alk. 8.1
Ca. 520
Mag. 1580
All corals are growing well and fish are fat, but I’m startling to get a wave of new algae growth. I suspect it’s because of the lighting. As I introduced SPS I’ve been very gradually increasing the light intensity about 1% a week. I’m still 38% below my expected top, but as I’ve increased the light, more algae is growing. I do feed twice a day, but replace filter socks every three days and run UV and skimmer 24/7. Daily auto water change of 2 gallons. CUC several snail varieties and two pin cushion urchins.
I assume the new algae bloom is from the increased light, but could be wrong. Is this normal as the tank matures to see some algae blooms, or is there something I’m not watching at play. I could easily feed less, but I haven’t changes how much I feed since I put the fish in. Is this a normal change in the tank and will go away or something I need to fix. The algae doesn’t so much look like Dino, but hair algae with little bubbles on the ends Of some of them.