Reefdom
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I'm going to get shot for bringing this up from the dead but it's very relevant to my current battle.
Running Red Sea in a 30g mixed reef, 10 months old tank.
I have been fighting gha, or turf algae, not sure but think it's turf. I haven't had a reading on my Red Sea pro phosphate ever, and nitrates sit between 2.5 and 5 on salifert depending on feeding. I follow nopox dosing instructions exactly. The algae isn't terrible, but it's there, on most rocks and growing all the time. I'm guessing po4 is being grabbed before it can test in the water but I'm not sure what to do to drive it lower. I thought about Fluconazole and vibrant but if much rather balance things out. I'm scared to bump nopox up (currently 1 ml) as I don't know if my zero reading is a true zero.
125l total volume, 2 clowns, 1 peacock wrasse, 1 orange spot goby. All small apart from 1 clown. Feed once a day, half a cube mysis or some flake. Twice a week I feel a whole cube to spot feed my blasto acan and Duncan. About 20 frags LPS and easy SPS.
Calc 430
Alk 10
Mag 1350
Weekly 10-15% water change.
I run my parameters to match my DD salt.
Lights are 2 X prime running the ab+ modified for ai and at 75%.skimmer and matrix in the dump with 100 and 150 micron socks changed every 3 days religiously.
Considered dosing some bacteria to help out compete? Microbe lift special blend or Aqua vitro as they are stocked locally.
My main question is whether I should bump nopox up
Thanks
Running Red Sea in a 30g mixed reef, 10 months old tank.
I have been fighting gha, or turf algae, not sure but think it's turf. I haven't had a reading on my Red Sea pro phosphate ever, and nitrates sit between 2.5 and 5 on salifert depending on feeding. I follow nopox dosing instructions exactly. The algae isn't terrible, but it's there, on most rocks and growing all the time. I'm guessing po4 is being grabbed before it can test in the water but I'm not sure what to do to drive it lower. I thought about Fluconazole and vibrant but if much rather balance things out. I'm scared to bump nopox up (currently 1 ml) as I don't know if my zero reading is a true zero.
125l total volume, 2 clowns, 1 peacock wrasse, 1 orange spot goby. All small apart from 1 clown. Feed once a day, half a cube mysis or some flake. Twice a week I feel a whole cube to spot feed my blasto acan and Duncan. About 20 frags LPS and easy SPS.
Calc 430
Alk 10
Mag 1350
Weekly 10-15% water change.
I run my parameters to match my DD salt.
Lights are 2 X prime running the ab+ modified for ai and at 75%.skimmer and matrix in the dump with 100 and 150 micron socks changed every 3 days religiously.
Considered dosing some bacteria to help out compete? Microbe lift special blend or Aqua vitro as they are stocked locally.
My main question is whether I should bump nopox up
Thanks
