I‘ve been battling Green Hair Algae for the last few weeks. Last week I did the hard battle with manually removing each rock and pulling the hair off of it. I tested my Nitrates (Salifert) and Phosphates (Hanna) and they were 1ppm and .03ppm. I’m assuming I bottomed out my No3 and Po3 and that’s why I had the GHA.
I put a in-tank skimmer (Tunze 9012 DC) in October. Is it safe to assume this is the reason why I bottomed out?
Where do I go from here I was always running high nitrates and phosphates which I attributed to the little to no growth from my corals. And finally saved up the money to buy a skimmer and now I’m battling the other way, pretty ironic how this hobby works. Any suggestions? I run a HOB with biological filtration, and I’d like to stay that way without dosing anything. Thoughts?
55gal Tank is 2.5 years old with 5gal water changes weekly
SG 1.025
Temp 78.5-79 (never lower/higher)
Alk- 7.3
Calc -395
Mag - 1350
I put a in-tank skimmer (Tunze 9012 DC) in October. Is it safe to assume this is the reason why I bottomed out?
Where do I go from here I was always running high nitrates and phosphates which I attributed to the little to no growth from my corals. And finally saved up the money to buy a skimmer and now I’m battling the other way, pretty ironic how this hobby works. Any suggestions? I run a HOB with biological filtration, and I’d like to stay that way without dosing anything. Thoughts?
55gal Tank is 2.5 years old with 5gal water changes weekly
SG 1.025
Temp 78.5-79 (never lower/higher)
Alk- 7.3
Calc -395
Mag - 1350