Hello Reefing Community
Im looking for knowledge or some one who can help.
I tought my tank was doing great, i tought my tank was full of coraline algae. A wired looking coraline algae.
I want to keep stable phosphate leveles and it seems the only way is getting rid of it.
Does some one knows how do i get rid of it?
In fact my corals are doing good, they are laking of color and i think it is because of the low phosphates
My tank levels are:
-Alk 8
-Cal 420
-Mag 1400
-Nitrates 12.5
-Phospahtes 0.00 (hanna phosphorus ULR says 0)
-Temp 77 F
-Ph 8.1 to 8.3
-Salinity 1.025
I used to feed my corals “reef roids”. Last time i feed with reef roids was 6 months ago.
Im looking for knowledge or some one who can help.
I tought my tank was doing great, i tought my tank was full of coraline algae. A wired looking coraline algae.
- it looks a bit more red or violet.
- it has a different kind of texture, almost as a sponge but a bit compact.
- It wont detach from the rock work with a turkey blaster.
- It grows on top of coraline algae and on rock.
- This thing keeps my phosphate levels on 0.00 and every time i add phosphates, this thing consumes all the phosphates.
- It doesn’t produce bubbles as normal cyanobacteria
- It can be pealed off(i can peal it off with my nail but only small pieces will come off)
- Brushing it wont help much.
- Vibrant will help (it disolves it and turn it into normal stringy, hairy cyanobacteria with bubbles)
- It has a grade of fluorescence (coraline algae doesnt have fluorescence)
I want to keep stable phosphate leveles and it seems the only way is getting rid of it.
Does some one knows how do i get rid of it?
In fact my corals are doing good, they are laking of color and i think it is because of the low phosphates
My tank levels are:
-Alk 8
-Cal 420
-Mag 1400
-Nitrates 12.5
-Phospahtes 0.00 (hanna phosphorus ULR says 0)
-Temp 77 F
-Ph 8.1 to 8.3
-Salinity 1.025
I used to feed my corals “reef roids”. Last time i feed with reef roids was 6 months ago.