Vinegar dosing
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Nitrates and phos all testing zero but obviously there more than that considering the algae. Light cycle was about 7 hours white and 9 blues but I have since cut that down to about 5 hours for both in an attempt to rid the algae. Using Chinese BB lights
WWIII
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Vinegar doesn't magically get rid of algae unfortunately. It will eventually lower nitrates, which can lead to less algae. Do you have any herbivores in the tank or other critters that like to eat algae? Pics would help, how bad is it?
chipmunkofdoom2
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What @WWIII said. Dosing vinegar might get rid of the phosphates/nitrates, which will starve the algae. It can lead to other problems though. While hardly universal, lots of really difficult problems can arise from nutrients so low that algae can't thrive. Dinoflagellates are one of them, starving corals another. It would be a lie to say or even imply that vinegar causes these things, but an algae outbreak solution ought to be more thought-out than simply getting rid of the nutrients.
I would personally look into growing more desirable algae elsewhere, such as chaeto in a refugium or reactor, or turf algae in a scrubber.
I would personally look into growing more desirable algae elsewhere, such as chaeto in a refugium or reactor, or turf algae in a scrubber.
It’s a 75 with a 40 gal sump with skimmer and fuge . It’s been running for 8 months. Have 2 Vanderbilt chromis 1 small clown 1 mandarin 1 yellow tang 1 lawnmower blenny and 1 Melanurus wrasse. CUC consists of a pincushion urchin 12 asters snails and a handful of nassarius and cerith snails
