Vibrant , can I use it with a Scrubber?

[italquam]

What is you PO4 out of interest?

Just wondering what fish you have & how much you feed the tank in comparison to the rated size of the scrubber?

I would use the filter socks, & clean them once a week.
I would also give the substrate a good clean.
I would run GAC.

There's something not right for the tank to get to the state its in.
You need to solve the problem or it may come back after its corrected.

Phosphate measured on Red Sea kit

 

[italquam]

^This. Definitely need to zero in on the root cause(s)

You could add a rollermat if cleaning the socks is a PITA.

I put the socks back in service, lights will be off and I will put on manually when I feed, scrubber is on 24/7 now

 

[italquam]

What is you PO4 out of interest?

Just wondering what fish you have & how much you feed the tank in comparison to the rated size of the scrubber?

I would use the filter socks, & clean them once a week.
I would also give the substrate a good clean.
I would run GAC.

There's something not right for the tank to get to the state its in.
You need to solve the problem or it may come back after its corrected.

For fish , I have a Dogface Puffer, Picasso Trigger , BiColor Angel, Molly Miller blenny , Sailfin Tang , Flame Hawkfish.

I feed a brine shrimp cube a day , Nori sheet , and I Target feed puffer and trigger with IQF Krill or Hikari Clams once a day.

I was feeding more last week but cut down

 

[italquam]

I haven't been running GAC because my Tang has HLLE but will put carbon back in service

 

[italquam]

Alk 9.07
PH 8.6
Mag 1235

 

[italquam]

I agree you need some water changes. And also highly recomend Vibrant. It's a biological and will absolutely work. Some algaes show effects in as little as 24 hours.

Turn off your algae scrubber if you use it. I think you could just leave the screen in a pan of salt water near the window for a number of weeks and it would still be well-populated when you reinstalled in the scrubber.

If I don't see results with 24/7 scrubber in a couple weeks I will try what you said . My scrubber has been growing well so it may be able to do the job

 

[Scrubber_steve]

Phosphate measured on Red Sea kit

Can't read from that photo, but looks like you have a reading, yes ?

 

[italquam]

Can't read from that photo, but looks like you have a reading, yes ?

0.16

 

[Scrubber_steve]

I haven't been running GAC because my Tang has HLLE but will put carbon back in service

Rinse it really well & don't tumble it, need to avoid the carbon dust getting into display = HLLE

 

[italquam]

Rinse it really well & don't tumble it, need to avoid the carbon dust getting into display = HLLE

I will rinse some BRS Rox .8 and adjust flow to bare minimum through it.

I also have 0 TDS coming out of RO/DI unit

 

[Scrubber_steve]

0.16

You want that down a bit

 

[italquam]

You want that down a bit

"Operation Scrubber Steve" is underway ....lol

 

[Scrubber_steve]

I will rinse some BRS Rox .8 and adjust flow to bare minimum through it.

I also have 0 TDS coming out of RO/DI unit

ROX 0.8 the best & super low dust too.

 

[italquam]

ROX 0.8 the best & super low dust too.

Yeah I try to buy best products I can afford without wife cutting my head off ....lol

 

[Scrubber_steve]

Yeah I try to buy best products I can afford without wife cutting my head off ....lol

Let me know how its all going by using @Scrubber_steve in this thread because one can't rely on general notifications to be alerted I find, a lot.

 

[italquam]

Let me know how its all going by using @Scrubber_steve in this thread because one can't rely on general notifications to be alerted I find, a lot.

Harvested the scrubber screen last night , chamber was also full of algae . Have scrubber going 24/7 , lights out all day except for 30 minutes at night when I feed the fish. I have been Target feeding the puffer and trigger. One cube of brine shrimp , that is it. So we will see how things progress over the next two weeks

 

[Lizbeli]

@italquam Any updates?

 

[Screwgunner]

I ran it for 7 weeks gha dissappear then red slime showed up thats when I found my phosphates at .12 and nitrates at 10 like my algea scrubber just up and shut down. I would not use it . Run just blue light and pull what you can by hand and get your peramiters right

 

[Screwgunner]

Well , today after a 20% water change my scubber kicked back in so my nitrates made it to 10 and phosphates around .14( today 0 and 0) just like that . I hope its not to hard on my corals changing that fast like over night.