My tank is situated in the one place I can fit it in my house.
The tank is kitty cornered in my dining room. Up against the West and North facing wall. Also there is a large picture window on the West facing wall.
All winter I had no issue letting the late afternoon Sun hit the tank. Actually I believe the sun was a beneficial supplementary source of light. All the corals that would get hit by the light really flourished and grew much faster then one's that didn't. One inhabitant a Derosa clam grew extremely fast and colored up beautifully.
All this time I have had zero issues with nuisance algae.
Well as we know spring has arrived. That equates to the tank receiving more intense and longer exposure of sunlight.
Nothing had changed with water chemistry. Husbandry had staid the same. Well one thing did. I stopped carbon dosing three months back. I seemed to have Nitrate and Phosphate under control. For the past there months with water changes and normal tank maintenance I have not had a rise.
Not sure if it's because of the exposure of the sunlight? But I started to have a breakout of hair / turf algae. The rock that I could simply remove and treat with a small brush dipped in hydrogen peroxide. I did.
In the meantime I've blocked out the sun. I started carbon dosing again. Cut way back in feeding inhabitants. The algae seems to be turning opaque and skimmer is skimming tons of crap out of the system. I run a mix of carbon and gfo through one of my filter socks. Also upped water changes an extra give gals per week.
I'm hoping to get everything under control again.
I'm going to be stopping by Aquadreams and getting an Emerald Crab or two and a few Zebra hermit crabs to add to my existing clean-up crew. Both are on the list for store's specials. $4.95 E.C. And $1.00 each for hermits.
Now I have a question. I know carbon dosing aids in controlling nuisance algae. But does it ****** Coaralline algae growth?
Also if anyone has any advice on how to move forward on this battle it would be appreciated.
The tank is kitty cornered in my dining room. Up against the West and North facing wall. Also there is a large picture window on the West facing wall.
All winter I had no issue letting the late afternoon Sun hit the tank. Actually I believe the sun was a beneficial supplementary source of light. All the corals that would get hit by the light really flourished and grew much faster then one's that didn't. One inhabitant a Derosa clam grew extremely fast and colored up beautifully.
All this time I have had zero issues with nuisance algae.
Well as we know spring has arrived. That equates to the tank receiving more intense and longer exposure of sunlight.
Nothing had changed with water chemistry. Husbandry had staid the same. Well one thing did. I stopped carbon dosing three months back. I seemed to have Nitrate and Phosphate under control. For the past there months with water changes and normal tank maintenance I have not had a rise.
Not sure if it's because of the exposure of the sunlight? But I started to have a breakout of hair / turf algae. The rock that I could simply remove and treat with a small brush dipped in hydrogen peroxide. I did.
In the meantime I've blocked out the sun. I started carbon dosing again. Cut way back in feeding inhabitants. The algae seems to be turning opaque and skimmer is skimming tons of crap out of the system. I run a mix of carbon and gfo through one of my filter socks. Also upped water changes an extra give gals per week.
I'm hoping to get everything under control again.
I'm going to be stopping by Aquadreams and getting an Emerald Crab or two and a few Zebra hermit crabs to add to my existing clean-up crew. Both are on the list for store's specials. $4.95 E.C. And $1.00 each for hermits.
Now I have a question. I know carbon dosing aids in controlling nuisance algae. But does it ****** Coaralline algae growth?
Also if anyone has any advice on how to move forward on this battle it would be appreciated.
