I cannot get rid of this algae. I have posted a list of my parameters, all parameters tested using a salifert or Hanna tester. I run T5 about 10 hours a day with a ramp up and ramp down so I’m only at 100% from 9:00am to 4:00pm lights on at 8 off at 6 . I have to scrape the glass daily, even doing that it starts to show again within an hour probably less. Everything else is algae free but this algae on the glass. Tank is 4 months old. With 5 fish I have sock filters, skimmer, filter floss, bio balls, and carbon running in the sump, currently in the process of growing a refugium utilizing Chaeto, it’s currently the size of a baseball. I feel like I’m cycled as I’ve beat the diatom stage, green hair algae, etc.
Parameters:
PH:8.2
Phos: 0ppm ( I know working on getting it up, but everything is alive and thriving)
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 2ppm
Salinity: 1.26 ( Was 1.28, dropped it down, didn’t realize ato was empty)
Alkalinity: 8.0
Calcium: 500
Magnesium: 1230
Temp: 78 F
I do weekly or biweekly water changes for a total of 60-80 gallons a month.
Tank is the Red Sea Max S 650: Roughly 165 total gallons with aquascape, sump included.
If anyone can help me rid my tank of this I would greatly appreciate it.
Parameters:
PH:8.2
Phos: 0ppm ( I know working on getting it up, but everything is alive and thriving)
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 2ppm
Salinity: 1.26 ( Was 1.28, dropped it down, didn’t realize ato was empty)
Alkalinity: 8.0
Calcium: 500
Magnesium: 1230
Temp: 78 F
I do weekly or biweekly water changes for a total of 60-80 gallons a month.
Tank is the Red Sea Max S 650: Roughly 165 total gallons with aquascape, sump included.
If anyone can help me rid my tank of this I would greatly appreciate it.