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Any update on the turf algae?It isn't supposed to have any effect on red algae. I may try it anyway just because there seems to be no negative aspect of it.
However - I am on sort of a multi-month reef roller coaster right now and need to stop touching things. It is giving me a headache.
Was running heavy GFO and stripping nutrients like crazy for past few years- 0 nitrate, 3-4 phosphorous on Hanna.
Then realized that was bad and modern thinking seems to be that you should keep some trace amounts of nitrate to get better coloration. Took GFO offline - phosphate has been slightly higher but maybe 0.04 instead of 0.03 (error margins on hanna make it hard to say). Nitrates started creeping up to and have been consistent at 2.5
During that period I also started having stress signs in coral - I lost essentially my entire starburst monti in a few days and a trumpet coral I have had for 4-5 years started losing tissue. I believe the issue was that my refractometer had gotten off due to bad calibration fluid.
Either way, everything is stable again:
Salinity at 35ppt
Alk 8.5 (Dose 6x a day)
Ca 420
MG 1300
N 2.5
P 0.04 (ish)
Temp maintained at 80-81* - have a chiller.
SPS all seem semi ****** still, but I'd assume it takes a bit of time for everything to get back to happy places. And that stupid red turf is still giving me the finger :mad: