Thinking about a Tank reboot. Tank is just over a year old and started with used Dry rock. I have an algae problem that I can't kick.
I have issue with having ultra-low nutrients and have tried correcting the levels with over feeding and dosing. still have almost 0 no3 and po4. I am dosing but can't maintain any levels above 0 for very long. I even tried dosing H202 with little success.
I add a turf scrubber and can grow algae in it like crazy. I am sure that is some of the reason for the Ultra low readings but with the growth, the algae in the main display should have burnt out by now. I believe the source is phosphates leaching form the rock as It continues to grow.
My corals are not looking good due to no nutrients so I am going to pull the rock and go with carbisea Liferock. I have never been happy with the rockscape and now is the time to do it. also thinking of going bare bottom. I'm sure this will impact the tank and probably cause another cycle. Not sure what to do with my existing coral. I can dump microbacter7 in and put the coral back in it or should I just sell off the coral and restart later. Any advice is appreciated
I have issue with having ultra-low nutrients and have tried correcting the levels with over feeding and dosing. still have almost 0 no3 and po4. I am dosing but can't maintain any levels above 0 for very long. I even tried dosing H202 with little success.
I add a turf scrubber and can grow algae in it like crazy. I am sure that is some of the reason for the Ultra low readings but with the growth, the algae in the main display should have burnt out by now. I believe the source is phosphates leaching form the rock as It continues to grow.
My corals are not looking good due to no nutrients so I am going to pull the rock and go with carbisea Liferock. I have never been happy with the rockscape and now is the time to do it. also thinking of going bare bottom. I'm sure this will impact the tank and probably cause another cycle. Not sure what to do with my existing coral. I can dump microbacter7 in and put the coral back in it or should I just sell off the coral and restart later. Any advice is appreciated