I keep hearing in my head - nothing good happens fast and nothing bad happens slow.....
My tank was a fish-only for 6 years. It's 180gal, ETSS Reef Devil Skimmer, sump. I had to break it down for some remodeling and now I am trying to set it up as a reef. I added 3 250w MH, and 4 39w atinic lights. About 9 months ago, the tank became covered in green hair algea. My phosphates are testing as 0 but I assume the hair algea is comsuming it as fast as the enters the water stream. I added a phosphate reactor and have been running it for about 3 months. Amonia, Nitrate, Nitrite test 0. I think I must have nitrates to that is feeding the algea. My water is RO/DI, 0 TDS. Alk 3.4meq and Calc 390. Ph 8.1, temp 82-83.
The algea is dying back - lots of brown. 1-2 small patch of green. I have taken all of the rock out and scrubbed it once.
The fish are fine - 2 mating clarkies, 1 royal gamma, 4 chromis, 1 potters angel, one algea blenny, 1 cleaner shrimp. Two dozen astrea snails, 1 dozen turbo snails, 1 rock anenomie, 4 clumps of xenia.
I am very tired of the brown. Each day I scrape the glass. I move live rock and stir it up as much as I can. When any algea floats free, I net it.
How do I get it finally clean? Or should I shut it down for a few months?:frustrat::frustrat::frustrat:
My tank was a fish-only for 6 years. It's 180gal, ETSS Reef Devil Skimmer, sump. I had to break it down for some remodeling and now I am trying to set it up as a reef. I added 3 250w MH, and 4 39w atinic lights. About 9 months ago, the tank became covered in green hair algea. My phosphates are testing as 0 but I assume the hair algea is comsuming it as fast as the enters the water stream. I added a phosphate reactor and have been running it for about 3 months. Amonia, Nitrate, Nitrite test 0. I think I must have nitrates to that is feeding the algea. My water is RO/DI, 0 TDS. Alk 3.4meq and Calc 390. Ph 8.1, temp 82-83.
The algea is dying back - lots of brown. 1-2 small patch of green. I have taken all of the rock out and scrubbed it once.
The fish are fine - 2 mating clarkies, 1 royal gamma, 4 chromis, 1 potters angel, one algea blenny, 1 cleaner shrimp. Two dozen astrea snails, 1 dozen turbo snails, 1 rock anenomie, 4 clumps of xenia.
I am very tired of the brown. Each day I scrape the glass. I move live rock and stir it up as much as I can. When any algea floats free, I net it.
How do I get it finally clean? Or should I shut it down for a few months?:frustrat::frustrat::frustrat: