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Hi everyone - I have been fighting hair algae for a while and started usign Vibrant a few months ago. It seems to have some some success weakening the algae as I can peel off chunks of it on weekly basis.
I was getting a bit anxious (i know ... I shouldn't) as it has been a few months and thought of dosing NOPOX as well becuase my nitrates were getting a bit higher than usual. They have been normally around 2-3 ppm and I guess that due to the summer (less husbandry) they increased to 8-10 ppm despite the weekly water changes. I have been doing half of the recommended dosis for about 10 days now and it has done a great job bringing the nitrates down to 1 ppm.
Now my question is, will NOPOX help me control the algae if I stop dosing Vibrant? I am not sure how much they interfere with each other and if the Vibrant is still working (moderately as it was).
My system has ~43 gallons with primarily zoas a a few LPS, and a cople of ocellaries. I feed them primarily frozen once a day.
Parameters are more or less stable (due to water changes, Kalk and sporadic manual addition of Red Sea Alk/Ca/Mg)
Alk: 8.3 - 8.6 dKH
Ca: 380 - 400 ppm
Mg: 1,350 - 1,400 ppm
Nitrate: 1 - 3 ppm
Phosphate: 0.02 - 0.05 ppm
Thanks!
I was getting a bit anxious (i know ... I shouldn't) as it has been a few months and thought of dosing NOPOX as well becuase my nitrates were getting a bit higher than usual. They have been normally around 2-3 ppm and I guess that due to the summer (less husbandry) they increased to 8-10 ppm despite the weekly water changes. I have been doing half of the recommended dosis for about 10 days now and it has done a great job bringing the nitrates down to 1 ppm.
Now my question is, will NOPOX help me control the algae if I stop dosing Vibrant? I am not sure how much they interfere with each other and if the Vibrant is still working (moderately as it was).
My system has ~43 gallons with primarily zoas a a few LPS, and a cople of ocellaries. I feed them primarily frozen once a day.
Parameters are more or less stable (due to water changes, Kalk and sporadic manual addition of Red Sea Alk/Ca/Mg)
Alk: 8.3 - 8.6 dKH
Ca: 380 - 400 ppm
Mg: 1,350 - 1,400 ppm
Nitrate: 1 - 3 ppm
Phosphate: 0.02 - 0.05 ppm
Thanks!