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Originally Posted by Oscar
Myka: You are probably right, adding the fish just brought things out of balance and I will just have to wait for it to settle down again. Weekly haircuts, watching the feeding and phosphate capture should help.
I am currently running Seachem carbon and Phosban in media bags. You appear to be a fan of the Bulk Reef products. Are they more efficient?
I do have a no-name pin wheel skimmer that came as part of the tank package. It has a vague similarity to the Euro-Reef. It is apparently rated for 100G and certainly seems to work well from my limited experience, about 2 cups of green tea per week.
And yes I was just kidding about the 
Thanks for the Chaeto and the delivery service.  |
Ya, the Chaeto should help too (you're welcome!). The quicker you can get it to grow (more light, more light!!), the more phosphate it will suck up.
I haven't tried the BRS carbon. I haven't run carbon in my tank for at least 6 months. I think I might start up again. I never noticed a difference before when I was hit and miss on changing it (which is really bad because once carbon is full it will slowly leech everything back out). In fact, I don't have carbon in any of my tanks. Just a big tub of Kent Reef Carbon!
That will be my new experiment...see if adding carbon back (and changing it regularly) will show any changes in my reef.
I don't have any experience with the PhosBan media, but I hear it is quite good. I think RowaPhos is supposed to be comparable, and BRS HC GFO media appears to work a noticable amount better.
See if you can adjust your skimmer to get darker liquid aka running it "dryer".