How many water changes for a fishless macroalgae tank

Esquire805 · Oct 25, 2016

Still never got a solid answer of what others do

Bunnee911 · Oct 25, 2016

Is this a new thread?

Esquire805 · Oct 26, 2016

Bunnee911 said:
Is this a new thread?

Yes it is

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 26, 2016

Hmm. Honestly don't know. I did have a friend who did it. He did actually have fish though only a few mostlyfor bug populations I believe.
What he wound up doing was actually adding No and Po. Kind of opposite our ratioanale for doing water changes. Makes sense actually.
The other trace elements would be a concern to me ESP iron in greener plants.

Esquire805 · Oct 26, 2016

saltyfilmfolks said:
Hmm. Honestly don't know. I did have a friend who did it. He did actually have fish though only a few mostlyfor bug populations I believe.
What he wound up doing was actually adding No and Po. Kind of opposite our ratioanale for doing water changes. Makes sense actually.
The other trace elements would be a concern to me ESP iron in greener plants.

Yeah dosing to much iron you have problems trust me been there I just don't think macroalgae ducks up everything fast like corals and by my studies you clean it to much and stuff dies

Fourstars · Oct 26, 2016

No water changes. maybe a little carbon every few months the remove the yellow. You need to add fertilizer.

Esquire805 · Oct 26, 2016

Fourstars said:
No water changes. maybe a little carbon every few months the remove the yellow. You need to add fertilizer.

Sometimes I use the other water from my fish tank which might provide some nutrients

Fourstars · Oct 26, 2016

That sound like a good plan. Maybe dump a little skimmer juice? or some compost tea...

Esquire805 · Oct 26, 2016

Fourstars said:
That sound like a good plan. Maybe dump a little skimmer juice? or some compost tea...

Yeah I don't want it to dirty then cyano which I have in one tank already my refugium is out of control I'm selling some if your interested

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 27, 2016

Hmm weird. I stripped the nutrients right out of my tanks with the fuge and macros. Been feeding like crazy and finally got cyano again after six months.

Esquire805 · Oct 27, 2016

saltyfilmfolks said:
Hmm weird. I stripped the nutrients right out of my tanks with the fuge and macros. Been feeding like crazy and finally got cyano again after six months.

I have a lot of flow you probably need that

Fourstars · Oct 27, 2016

saltyfilmfolks said:
Hmm weird. I stripped the nutrients right out of my tanks with the fuge and macros. Been feeding like crazy and finally got cyano again after six months.

It sure is a fine balance. I back of once I see its return.

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 27, 2016

Esquire805 said:
I have a lot of flow you probably need that

Oh no. I got flow.
I actually anticipated the cyano. It was a calculated move. Push the nutrients Esp no and dissolved organics till the zoas colored up. At the same time light vitamin c. Now that my no an Po are detectable again I'm leaning back on the feeding starting last week.
I want it to peak in the next couple weeks and balance it there at those levels.

I stripped the tank too hard with chato and a bit of a couple calurpa and some others.
I have a tunze 9002 in 75 gal.

Yea kinda funny I help folks with cyano removal everyday and made sure I gave my tank some. .

It's just a phase of a tanks life IMO

Esquire805 · Oct 27, 2016

saltyfilmfolks said:
Oh no. I got flow.
I actually anticipated the cyano. It was a calculated move. Push the nutrients Esp no and dissolved organics till the zoas colored up. At the same time light vitamin c. Now that my no an Po are detectable again I'm leaning back on the feeding starting last week.
I want it to peak in the next couple weeks and balance it there at those levels.

I stripped the tank too hard with chato and a bit of a couple calurpa and some others.
I have a tunze 9002 in 75 gal.

Yea kinda funny I help folks with cyano removal everyday and made sure I gave my tank some. .

It's just a phase of a tanks life IMO

Whatever you do don't dose to much iron disaster when I put to much

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 27, 2016

Esquire805 said:
Whatever you do don't dose to much iron disaster when I put to much

Not one of the elements I'd like to dose.
What happened?
Cyano and brown goo?

Fourstars · Oct 27, 2016

I think that iron can be a limiting factor, and if you add it you can get an explosion of algae if the nutrients and lighting are there. The first time I added it I got an bacteria bloom. I found that interesting. My red macro sure likes it.

Esquire805 · Oct 28, 2016

Fourstars said:
I think that iron can be a limiting factor, and if you add it you can get an explosion of algae if the nutrients and lighting are there. The first time I added it I got an bacteria bloom. I found that interesting. My red macro sure likes it.

I'm not adding it like that anymore I damaged some thanks and still have problems as long as you use reef crystals or red sea your fine I do about a 5 gallon change on a 60 gallon bi weekly and it's doing great