Algea with 0 nutrients

Ocean Lotion · Dec 17, 2016

Griff said:
It's enough to make me want out of the hobby. It's been strangling my corals.

I have the same thoughts at times. My rock is the 10 years old and full of phosphate. I keep feeding light, doing water changes, runn8ng gfo and carbon, and growing chaeto in my sump and the ha keeps growing. I have been told that at some point the phosphate will be used up but it is taking forever. I now think I should change out my substrate since it is full of po4 too. I intend to beat this son of satin at some point so I can enjoy my tank again. Read the vibrant thread. It should give you hope.

Griff · Dec 17, 2016

Maybe I should look into an algae scrubber too

Griff · Dec 18, 2016

Some pics of what I'm dealing with.

I've been reading up on Kent magnesium. Thinking of trying it. I currently have brightwell magnesium would bringing it up with that work just as well as the Kent?

Also only have the one gyre 150 maybe I need two small power heads pointing behind the rocks to keep detritus from building up.

Also just ordered 25 astreas 15 ceriths 5 orange chestnuts 1 fighting conch 1 Mexican turbo and 20 nerites

Ocean Lotion · Dec 19, 2016

Griff said:
Some pics of what I'm dealing with.

I've been reading up on Kent magnesium. Thinking of trying it. I currently have brightwell magnesium would bringing it up with that work just as well as the Kent?

Also only have the one gyre 150 maybe I need two small power heads pointing behind the rocks to keep detritus from building up.

Also just ordered 25 astreas 15 ceriths 5 orange chestnuts 1 fighting conch 1 Mexican turbo and 20 nerites

That looks like her algea to me. The kent mag only works on bryopsis, not ha. I have been fighting this battle for 2 years and my best advise is keeping up with your water changes, use a gravel vac to clean your sand each time, run gfo and carbon and change every 3 - 4 weeks and try that VIBRANT!!!! Enough people have had success that it should work. I need to sit down and order some. Monitoring your nitrate with a good test kit and your phosphase with a hanna checker ultra low range phosphorus tester will help you understand what is going on with what the ha is feeding on.