I have a platinum trigger sump with a filter roll, a ton of media in there and a aero aqua duo skimmer!
also a ton of clean up crew. I buy everything but hermit crabs. So snail city! Lots of stomatellas, brittle stars, asterina, couple fuzzy chiton, 2 peppermint shrimps for the aiptasia, and a small colony of sexy shrimp for the nems!
go to reef cleaners and get some of everything that isn’t a crab
All in all no algae. I’m a believer in not ****** with it and it will take care of itself. I had some algae in the biggining. I like to wait till it’s super thick and easy to remove, and now while I have some it isn’t enough to bother me. Copepods seem to love it!!!!
All of the above is what I attribute to my clean and well running not overgrown with algae in my tank method
also I believe the biggest key is jump starting the pods. I got a 5 bottle pack of pods when I started. Soooo many.
also a ton of clean up crew. I buy everything but hermit crabs. So snail city! Lots of stomatellas, brittle stars, asterina, couple fuzzy chiton, 2 peppermint shrimps for the aiptasia, and a small colony of sexy shrimp for the nems!
go to reef cleaners and get some of everything that isn’t a crab
All in all no algae. I’m a believer in not ****** with it and it will take care of itself. I had some algae in the biggining. I like to wait till it’s super thick and easy to remove, and now while I have some it isn’t enough to bother me. Copepods seem to love it!!!!
All of the above is what I attribute to my clean and well running not overgrown with algae in my tank method
also I believe the biggest key is jump starting the pods. I got a 5 bottle pack of pods when I started. Soooo many.