Need knowledgeable advice

[vzhp]

Need smart, knowledgeable advice.

I have 75 gal
Radion LEDs.
2 mp40w.
130 pounds of rock,
3 soft corals and 9 fish.
Refugium
SWC 160 skimmer

I wanted to know what media should I have in my tank.
Currently I have
1. 2 Chemi-pure bags.
2. phosban 2 little fishies, (using ROWA)

any other recommendations?

 

[thirty6]

How is your tank doing? Any issues or concerns currently?
I'm a believer in the theory if not broke, don't fix it.

With that being said i understand wanting to try new things out for sake of not being boring or old habit. I would get a reactor for carbon and not use chemi pure. I think it could be more effective usage and probably less expensive on grand scheme of things

 

[vzhp]

i got green algae.

 

[thirty6]

Using ro water?
How are your levels, and restock cuc if you haven't recently none are cures, but could help a little

 

[NL146]

Did you follow the advice in your other algae thread? http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/reefs-beginners/139451-green-algae.html
In addition to that do some research on dosing hydrogen peroxide.

 

[vzhp]

yes i did follow, nothing worked thats why I made a new thread

 

[thirty6]

I didn't realize you had another thread, haven't looked at it. The peroxide is good idea
Just keep in mind algae spreads quick and seems to take forever to go away

 

[loneracer05]

An easy fix is algone pads they work awesome.skip the small size you can use the large size and get alittle more for your money.

 

[vzhp]

An easy fix is algone pads they work awesome.skip the small size you can use the large size and get alittle more for your money.

where can I buy that?

 

[jaBX1]

An easy fix is algone pads they work awesome.skip the small size you can use the large size and get alittle more for your money.

How does these pads work? Are they just pads for the glass or have chemical filtration of some sort too?

Interested to hear
Picture if you have it too would be nice

 

[SanmanReefer]

If I'm not mistaken those are filter pads (brown or green) they are phospate removers. They need to be replaced every week or so or they will leach it back into your system.

 

[timberwolfny]

pull out as much algae as you can by hand. this is taking the phosphate and nutrients out of your tank. invest in a good herbivore and skim wet to try to keep nutrients low in your tank

 

[yesjenks]

What percentage and what's your light cycle? Do you overfeed? Do you know what your Phosphates are?

 

[bertyboy69]

3 day black out , followed by manual removal of any left over algae , then 50 percent water change to reduce nitrates and phosphates , then run some gfo for a couple of weeks , should take care of the problem however you should seek out whats causing the problem in the first place , lights and nutrients are what fuel algae go a good sandbed cleaning and sump/refugium cleaning , most people let thier fuge get nasty and thats a huge source of phosphates, i clean mine bi weekly

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