Going threw an algae bloom

[vetteguy53081]

Alkalinity9 dkh
Ammonia~0 pph
Calcium~390 ppm
Nitrate~2 ppm
pH~8.3
Phosphate<0.4ppm
Salinity specific gravity 1.025

What test kits are you using to check No4 and no3

 

[REEFER-RICK]

What test kits are you using to check No4 and no3

yes but are old picking up new ones tomorrow my hanna checkers are toast battery problems since I been out of hobby and forgot to remove them

 

[Lavey29]

Light and inorganics/nitrates are the food source. Blackout very helpful especially in countering blue light wavelength which promotes algae blooms and algae itself.

But it doesn't correct the underlying problem that caused the original algae situation?

The OP feels he is over feeding and modified his feed habit.

 

[sixty_reefer]

Alkalinity9 dkh
Ammonia~0 pph
Calcium~390 ppm
Nitrate~2 ppm
pH~8.3
Phosphate<0.4ppm
Salinity specific gravity 1.025

Your parameters are absolutely fine, have you got coral in the tank?

 

[REEFER-RICK]

But it doesn't correct the underlying problem that caused the original algae situation?

The OP feels he is over feeding and modified his feed habit.

my sump has to fight with the display that`s why the black out let the sump take over so Aarron said in his video will see

 

[REEFER-RICK]

Your parameters are absolutely fine, have you got coral in the tank?

yes sps ,donut and a few others not growing yet and zoas

 

[REEFER-RICK]

Will get this under control in a couple of days thanks for all the advice going to add 1ml of 3% peroxide to the sump at night for 2 days see what is the out come used it before works wonders

 

[Garf]

yes sps ,donut and a few others not growing yet and zoas

Does your urchin move around the tank? Are the snails alive? A pic would be nice. If the algae is long, that could be a problem, you have to manually remove to allow free movement of the critters.

 

[sixty_reefer]

yes sps ,donut and a few others not growing yet and zoas

Everything in you system seems fine to me, my advice would be to stop the black out, you will kill your coral before you kill your algae. Dnt fall for the starving the algae theory that will bring you many other issues. Your best option is to find a local LFS and get a sea hare

 

[Lavey29]

my sump has to fight with the display that`s why the black out let the sump take over so Aarron said in his video will see

I wouldn't count on this. I have an established fuge and it did not really do anything to combat my GHA and I had a jungle. If your numbers are good which seems so and you corrected the over feed then probably lower your light intensity a bit after your black out experiment. Maybe 6 or 8 hours max. I got rid of a complete jungle in 3 weeks with couple urchins and turbos. I also increased magnesium to 1500 which helped the GHA die off. I suspect my fuge had little impact.

 

[REEFER-RICK]

Does your urchin move around the tank? Are the snails alive? A pic would be nice. If the algae is long, that could be a problem, you have to manually remove to allow free movement of the critters.

yes it does snails alive but algae covering my zoas and sps

 

[Garf]

yes it does snails alive but algae covering my zoas and sps

Sounds like you’re gonna be getting your elbows wet.

 

[REEFER-RICK]

I wouldn't count on this. I have an established fuge and it did not really do anything to combat my GHA and I had a jungle. If your numbers are good which seems so and you corrected the over feed then probably lower your light intensity a bit after your black out experiment. Maybe 6 or 8 hours max. I got rid of a complete jungle in 3 weeks with couple urchins and turbos. I also increased magnesium to 1500 which helped the GHA die off. I suspect my fuge had little impact.

Thanks will do my blues were at 70% and whites at 10% but for 10 hours a day

 

[REEFER-RICK]

Sounds like you’re gonna be getting your elbows wet.

brush them off with a toothbrush as they are in the middle of the tank

 

[sixty_reefer]

yes it does snails alive but algae covering my zoas and sps

Like fully covering them, with no light access?

 

[REEFER-RICK]

Like fully covering them, with no light access?

no all around the sides but brush them off best I can without hurting the zoas
same as my sps corals

 

[Lavey29]

Thanks will do my blues were at 70% and whites at 10% but for 10 hours a day

That's good, I would just cut back to 8 hours till you get it under control.

 

[vetteguy53081]

yes but are old picking up new ones tomorrow my hanna checkers are toast battery problems since I been out of hobby and forgot to remove them

I have a feeling - false readings why I asked about test kits

 

[vetteguy53081]

But it doesn't correct the underlying problem that caused the original algae situation?

The OP feels he is over feeding and modified his feed habit.

Agree and why I asked about test kits to see they are expired. Something doesnt click with overfeeding and those zero values

 

[REEFER-RICK]

I have a feeling - false readings why I asked about test kits

getting new ones tomorrow when stores open