Algae and Fish Food

[Myka]

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".