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Time for some serious advise.
First let me share some background
My tank 3 months ago was a disaster because of hair algae.
  1. I used fluconazole to treat but as well know that is hit or miss
  2. The fluconazole worked up to a point but it was time get down to the nutrient problem instead of a bandaid fix. I had a Chaeto reactor running before I added the fluconazole. It would not keep up with the gha.
  3. I removed the Chaeto because I added the fluconazole and the battle was on. I got a cleanup crew from hell and went to scrubbing like a wild man. After weeks of scrubbing and removing the gha the battle was over as my cleanup guys went to town and got what was left.
Now after defeating this plague I had coral growth like crazy because I had Nutrients back in the water and they were not bound up in algae.
Still no chaeto reactor running but daily auto water change of 2.5gal and feeding AB+ about 3 times a week and my skimmer skimming semi wet. Adding micobacter clean just twice a week
I still get a spot of cyano but it just blows off as its like a dust spot in 2 sec.
As of now here are my numbers and they have been this way for weeks
No3 = 3.5ppm
Po4 = .03 - .05
This leads me to the question should I startup my chaeto reactor and just stop the bacteria and let it out compete any algae that may form, or should I keep doing what I am doing?
I am trying get anyone's thoughts on this as I like different opinions
Here are before and after pics of my tank
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I'd say keep doing what you're doing. Seems to be working and corals are happy.

FWIW, I've tried twice to grow chaeto in my fuge, and it just disintegrates. However, I'm able to grow GHA in the sump, so that's what I let it do. When there's enough GHA, I grab a handful out and dump it. I guess I've turned my sump into a GHA reactor! Hey, it works, and there isn't any in my DT.

Nice job on the cleanup!
 

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