Read the article on vinegar dosing that got into a graduate level chemistry discussion about carbohydrates and it was just insane, way above my head. I have always appreciated your thoughts and input and value your opinion on reefing issues so if you get a chance would you advise me on the below issue I'm starting to have. Thanks
I'm holding my NO3 at 10 PPM and my PO4 at 0.018 PPM, I have a 3 year old tank and have noticed what looks like some red turf algae and some beginning of bubble and hair algae. I'm inclined to start dosing but have learned over 8 years of this hobby to thread slow! I'm trying to reduce the algae naturally by chaeto in sump and dosing good bacteria. I have what I consider a moderately stocked tank and feed apox 3 times a day with BRS homemade food. I'm in the initial stages of setting up calcium reactor but for now I'm dosing Aquaforest component 1, 2, 3.
SPS corals have great polyp extensinsion and growing albeit slowly,
Parameters:
alk 8.4
mag 1490
cal 440
sal 35.5
temp 79
any suggestions or thoughts on removing algae?
I'm holding my NO3 at 10 PPM and my PO4 at 0.018 PPM, I have a 3 year old tank and have noticed what looks like some red turf algae and some beginning of bubble and hair algae. I'm inclined to start dosing but have learned over 8 years of this hobby to thread slow! I'm trying to reduce the algae naturally by chaeto in sump and dosing good bacteria. I have what I consider a moderately stocked tank and feed apox 3 times a day with BRS homemade food. I'm in the initial stages of setting up calcium reactor but for now I'm dosing Aquaforest component 1, 2, 3.
SPS corals have great polyp extensinsion and growing albeit slowly,
Parameters:
alk 8.4
mag 1490
cal 440
sal 35.5
temp 79
any suggestions or thoughts on removing algae?