Hi everyone!
I've recently (exactly 1 month ago) moved everything from my 120G to my new 200G.
I moved all of my live rock from the old tank to the new one (most of it is in the sump) + added a lot of new dry rock + new live sand (Fiji Pink).
My old tank wasn't the prettiest algae wise, I've had constant red cyano on the sand and the rocks, but I believed that it was due to me not maintaining it correctly (or at all).
Now, after around a month of the tank running it looks bad, covered in algae (see pictures) that start to annoy some of the corals.
Some of my old rocks are also getting covered in algae, which is weird, and I'm preety sure I've lost my feather duster today due to it's shell getting covered in algae from the outside and the inside.
My parameters looks ok, I'm actually feeding more recently since my nutrients are declining (I assume that's the algae having fun with it + my very efficient reefmat + skimmer).
ALK - 8.4 (still trying to tweak AFR to get it to stable)
Nitrate - 3.8
Phos - 0.03
ICP test came back ok, no crazy contaminants or toxins (only thing out of range is Aluminum at 0.064 mg/L)
Also deficiency on Potassium, Manganese, Nickel and Vanadium (Thats why I'm starting to dose Reef Fuel, Potassium is not too far off so I'm not doing anything with it right now)
Currently dosing 25ml of All For Reef and yesterday I've dosed Reef Fuel for the first time.
Doing daily 2G water changes using Apex.
I'm also not super happy with the clarity of the water, sometime it's not so clear, but not crazy, I think it's bacteria blooms.
My question is, when enough is enough? is this normal for the ugly stage? will it eventually work itself out? I'm worried for my corals, should I try to intervene with chemicals?
My auto water change is from a salt water reservoir in the garage, the water gets quite hot in there, around 82f, can it cause problems?
Thanks
I've recently (exactly 1 month ago) moved everything from my 120G to my new 200G.
I moved all of my live rock from the old tank to the new one (most of it is in the sump) + added a lot of new dry rock + new live sand (Fiji Pink).
My old tank wasn't the prettiest algae wise, I've had constant red cyano on the sand and the rocks, but I believed that it was due to me not maintaining it correctly (or at all).
Now, after around a month of the tank running it looks bad, covered in algae (see pictures) that start to annoy some of the corals.
Some of my old rocks are also getting covered in algae, which is weird, and I'm preety sure I've lost my feather duster today due to it's shell getting covered in algae from the outside and the inside.
My parameters looks ok, I'm actually feeding more recently since my nutrients are declining (I assume that's the algae having fun with it + my very efficient reefmat + skimmer).
ALK - 8.4 (still trying to tweak AFR to get it to stable)
Nitrate - 3.8
Phos - 0.03
ICP test came back ok, no crazy contaminants or toxins (only thing out of range is Aluminum at 0.064 mg/L)
Also deficiency on Potassium, Manganese, Nickel and Vanadium (Thats why I'm starting to dose Reef Fuel, Potassium is not too far off so I'm not doing anything with it right now)
Currently dosing 25ml of All For Reef and yesterday I've dosed Reef Fuel for the first time.
Doing daily 2G water changes using Apex.
I'm also not super happy with the clarity of the water, sometime it's not so clear, but not crazy, I think it's bacteria blooms.
My question is, when enough is enough? is this normal for the ugly stage? will it eventually work itself out? I'm worried for my corals, should I try to intervene with chemicals?
My auto water change is from a salt water reservoir in the garage, the water gets quite hot in there, around 82f, can it cause problems?
Thanks