Newbie algae issue?? Should I be concerned?

[J A' mhuir]

Only way to beat algae is to starve it out.

Algae feeds on Phosphate

Deep dive research on the many ways to reduce Phosphate to below 0.1 ppm

I have a dual method:

1) I dose phytoplankton daily that I brew myself so the phyto eats-up Phosphate before nuisance algae can even get started

2) I dose 10 drop of Lanthium Chloride made by Blue Life called Phosphate RX (Amazon). The Lanthium quickly bonds Phosphate chemically and gets skimmered out

Both methods keeps my Phosphate numbers well in check

You DO NOT want zero Phosphate either. Great range is 0.05 to 0.1 using a Hanna Checker

Thank you for your advice!! I use Hannah for that…. It stays between 0.05-0.30 usually… nitrates I can’t get up to save my life.. ima start feeding another time when I get home from work…

 

[J A' mhuir]

Only way to beat algae is to starve it out.

Algae feeds on Phosphate

Deep dive research on the many ways to reduce Phosphate to below 0.1 ppm

I have a dual method:

1) I dose phytoplankton daily that I brew myself so the phyto eats-up Phosphate before nuisance algae can even get started

2) I dose 30 drop of Lanthium Chloride WEEKLY [made by Blue Life called Phosphate RX (Amazon)]. The Lanthium quickly bonds Phosphate chemically and gets skimmered out

Both methods keeps my Phosphate numbers well in check

You DO NOT want zero Phosphate either. Great range is 0.05 to 0.1 using a Hanna Checker

How does one breed phytoplankton?? That sounds interesting… I know people do it just never asked how lol

 

[ZoWhat]

How does one breed phytoplankton?? That sounds interesting… I know people do it just never asked how lol

Dozens and dozens of how-tos out there... from R2R to youtube

 

[NonstopSoda]

Yes, it does!! Really wasn’t expecting it to be this bad… I knew it was pricey but man it’s crazy…. I also buy new so that’s not helping

i also get everything new, and now with the price of corals. it makes me wanna cry with my wallet!

 

[J A' mhuir]

Dozens and dozens of how-tos out there... from R2R to youtube

Ima check it out!! I know it’s also food for corals which is always good!!

 

[ZoWhat]

Lots of startup kits. Only ppl I trust is Mercer of Montana (Amazon)