mseepman's 16" starfire nano

Okguy · #1 09-25-2008, 10:31 PM

Hey Mark, I have no idea what the algae is but if you don't want to have it spread I'd take it off your nice clean rocks ASAP. Especially if the algae eaters won't eat it. I'd hate to see you have to battle any algae on your rocks like I have too...

mseepman · #2 09-26-2008, 12:08 AM

Yeah...I was hoping that with new water...and phosguard I would just see it shrivel and die....but that hasn't happened. I should probably use the new Phos that I got from BRS in this tank but I was hoping to use up the crappy Seachem stuff I still had left.

Myka · #3 09-27-2008, 06:50 PM

Looks great!! Can you scrub that algae off the plug with a toothbrush or something? I'm not sure what it is either. I don't recognise it.

mseepman · #4 09-27-2008, 08:04 PM

Well I took the plug out of the water and scraped it off with a blade. It didn't work as well as I liked but hopefully it got rid of most of it.

There was a tiny bit of hair algae on one of the other plugs but before I could get to it, one of the hermits was busy mowing it down and as of last night, there is none left.

For some reason, this tank greens up the glass really really fast...in one day. I have been checking PO4 and it's not high...almost not detectable on my Salifert test kit. My main tank which only gets cleaned once per week reads 4 times higher. I added some more phos in a different spot in the sump. I think my reactor isn't working right because I don't have enough flow in it. I've got a new pump on it's way from OA that will bump that up and get better flow soon.

Myka · #5 09-27-2008, 09:28 PM

Well you don't have much for bio filtration in the nano, which is the likely contributor to the algae.

mseepman · #6 09-27-2008, 09:46 PM

Bio filtration meaning the Liverock? I know that the Ecorox are going to take a little while to seed...so that's probably it.

Any recommendations for now? I change about 15-20% of the water per week right now.

Myka · #7 09-27-2008, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mseepman

Bio filtration meaning the Liverock? I know that the Ecorox are going to take a little while to seed...so that's probably it.

Any recommendations for now? I change about 15-20% of the water per week right now.

Yep bio filtration = live rock. Aside from cooking the EcoRox before hand...there's not much to do other than wait it out.