thatmanMIKEson
Reefing ain't easy$
Must be nice.....
Do you dose Nitrate and Phosphate?
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thatmanMIKEson
Reefing ain't easy$
If what you see in your saltwater aquarium is a green, feathery looking mass, it is probably green hair algae. Once green hair alga has a foothold in a saltwater aquarium, it can soon cover everything in your tank if prompt measures are not taken. The cure for green hair algae is the same as the prevention: starve it into oblivion. Green hair algae require not only light but also nitrate and phosphate to survive.
Dburr1014
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Prompt measures have been taken. It is slowly going away. I started carbon dosing and trying to get my phosphates down. The problem is I hardly have any nitrates. So by dosing nitrates and carbon dosing I'm bringing both down together. And as I said, the manual pulling and dosing it's been going away slowly.
ReefGeezer
Valuable Member
I dose a little sodium nitrate solution... for now. I'll quit as soon as I can get the results I want from fish poop. I'm happily buying fish as fast as I can find acceptable specimens available. They're happy too... I'm feeding so much that sometimes I wonder how they can eat it all. They always do though, and come back looking for more!
thatmanMIKEson
Reefing ain't easy$
I snatched that off Google real quick, I cant form sentences like that.....just to put it out there, for group information.
Good plan though going slow
Dburr1014
10K Club member
Hey no problem.
You could just copy the address and post the whole link. So then everyone could read the whole article and no questions about plagiarism. I know that's not what everyone does around here but it's the honest way. (not directed at you by any means)
Wasabiroot
Valonia Slayer
I haven't started yet, but my nutrients hover around 2. to .3 phosphates and 3ppm nitrates. I have great coloration on my coral but very slow growth so my hypothesis was my phosphates were inhibiting calcification. I'm tempted to accept it though as everything seems relatively happy and I don't want to overcomplicate it. If I were to dose it would be nitrates to aid in bacterial metabolism of phosphates. I am ultimately aiming for around 5-10 nitrates and .1 phosphates. My alk is usually around 10.8-11, which probably helps with the coral being happy.
I feed fairly heavily already.
I feed fairly heavily already.
thatmanMIKEson
Reefing ain't easy$
That better not be directed at me!
Not the best link, here you go:
How to Get Rid of Green Hair Algae in Your Aquarium
Hair or string algae is a problem for many freshwater and saltwater fish owners, but there are ways to prevent and treat it.
