What else will slow down algae?

[tlo]

whats your mg at? raising mg can help in control of algae

[Rogue951]

RO water, no DI.
my TDS says 0 so I don't see a need for DI.

Actually can someone explain if DI does anything to water with 0 TDS?

mg is at 1400 or so. I read that too and boosted it up but I've only done that the last 2 weeks so I don't expect to see results from that yet.

[BlueTang<3]

Whats your stocking like , how old are your bulbs, how much flow do you have, how much do you feed, how much rock and sand do you have and are you using a mechanical filter? You are not going to get a phosphate reading because all the algae is eating it up so there is none left to check. Why is your calcium at 700+?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

Whats your stocking like , how old are your bulbs, how much flow do you have, how much do you feed, how much rock and sand do you have and are you using a mechanical filter? You are not going to get a phosphate reading because all the algae is eating it up so there is none left to check. Why is your calcium at 700+?

yeah calcium at 700 or more would be sounding alarms off in my head are you dosing anything??perhaps your test kit is wrong??

[Rogue951]

I haven't been checking and I top up with kalk.
It's just run away i assume. I'll let the top up run with plain RO water for a few days and let it drop a bit.
But the test kit could be wrong.

[frd72]

Try doing 10% water change for a week and make sure to suck most of the algae, and 48 hours without light then 3 hours only with light after, for the rest of the week.
Just my thoughts, this method works for me when i had the dino..

[frd72]

using kalk can be really harmful if you overdose it.
how's the skimmer looks like??maybe it is not working hard enough??

Originally Posted by Rogue951

I haven't been checking and I top up with kalk.
It's just run away i assume. I'll let the top up run with plain RO water for a few days and let it drop a bit.
But the test kit could be wrong.