Do you let nuisance algae grow in your sump?

[Keko21]

My refugium is turning out to be pretty successful- my chaeto is growing great, my pod population seems stable, parameters are looking good. However, I do have a substantial amount of GHA growing in the refugium as well. It does not seem to be bothering anything, and the GHA has not appeared in the DT yet. I also put a few emerald crabs in the sump to help manage. Just wondering if I should remove the GHA or let it do its thing? I have to imagine it's sucking up the food available for algae in the main tank- although my PO4 is at .01... thoughts?

 

[Keko21]

Ahh ahhh chooo---*Bump*

 

[BAMatter]

Ahh ahhh chooo---*Bump*

It’s been 21 mins since you posted… lol.

I try to remove the hair algae from my fuge when I’m trimming chaeto or if I’m doing any other sump maintenance.

 

[Lavey29]

Not uncommon for new fuge to have different algae competing for dominance. Just pull it out and drop a few trochus snails in there until the chaeto takes over.

 

[Keko21]

It’s been 21 mins since you posted… lol.

I try to remove the hair algae from my fuge when I’m trimming chaeto or if I’m doing any other sump maintenance.

lol I know i'm impatient. Larry David once had a bit with Jerry Seinfeld on what is the appropriate amount of time to hold a door for someone. Not sure what the appropriate bump time is hahaha