Algae won’t stop growing

[Tiki Reef Joshua]

Yea. They are cool. They will carry stuff around though.

 

[KaidenGilbert20g]

I run my peak for 6 hours (T5s). Then my primes work the ramp up and ramp down.

My kessil has no adjusting so it’s just a preset

 

[vetteguy53081]

I would kill the lights for a week and apply Flux to the tank and are you using tAP water from the faucet?
Is tank at or near a window?

 

[KaidenGilbert20g]

I would kill the lights for a week and apply Flux to the tank and are you using tAP water from the faucet?
Is tank at or near a window?

I have coral so can I kill the light for a week? And I’m using the filtered fish water and yes it is and I had it open but I’ll will remain closed with the black out curtains over it from now on

 

[KaidenGilbert20g]

I have coral so can I kill the light for a week? And I’m using the filtered fish water and yes it is and I had it open but I’ll will remain closed with the black out curtains over it from now on

*fridge not fish

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have coral so can I kill the light for a week? And I’m using the filtered fish water and yes it is and I had it open but I’ll will remain closed with the black out curtains over it from now on

Yes- thats why I said 10%. Should be zero

 

[KaidenGilbert20g]

Yes- thats why I said 10%. Should be zero

Okay will do

 

[Michael Gray]

Tuxedos are awesome and work great. Mine all died I had 3. All died within maybe 1 month of getting em. No idea why but I'd love another one

 

[Texas Rick]

*fridge not fish

No no no, might want to, at the minimum. Use RO water. But would strongly recommend a RODI system.

 

[KaidenGilbert20g]

No no no, might want to, at the minimum. Use RO water. But would strongly recommend a RODI system.

I have a reverse osmosis but I don’t know how to set it up to use it

 

[living_tribunal]

I currently have about 20 (3 Nassarius snails, 1 turbo, 9 astrea, 2 cerith, and 6 nerites) , a emerald crab, 3 hermit crabs, and two sand sifting gobys but the algae is still outrageous and I also have a protein skimmer on it and its a 20 gallon tank running a kessil a150w ocean blue light . So what should I do??

If nutrients are low then it's most likely the gha soaking them up.

I personally find the delicate balancing of exporting just enough without having params bottoming out very difficult. In order to not dose anything and avoid the constant param changes involved with slightly over exporting to remove the leached nutrients from dead algae, I have grown to prefer blackouts for these occasions. You don't necessarily need to wrap the tank or anything, a week or very low (only blues at 5-15%) works great to get the upper-hand and shift the balance back in favor to bacteria.

 

[KaidenGilbert20g]

If nutrients are low then it's most likely the gha soaking them up.

I personally find the delicate balancing of exporting just enough without having params bottoming out very difficult. In order to not dose anything and avoid the constant param changes involved with slightly over exporting to remove the leached nutrients from dead algae, I have grown to prefer blackouts for these occasions. You don't necessarily need to wrap the tank or anything, a week or very low (only blues at 5-15%) works great to get the upper-hand and shift the balance back in favor to bacteria.

Okay definitely will try

 

[KaidenGilbert20g]

Got the RO system filling

 

[wonroc]

Add fritzyme 9 . 2 Week later do a water change. No more problems

 

[Snoopdog]

Got the RO system filling

Full stop, do not use that water!

The yellow line is the waste water!