can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

[Coralgurl]

Have you tried turning the lights completely off for a few days? I've done this and it does help. Turbo snails are also helpful but are like bulldozers in the tank.

[MrTreat]

if you have a grazer and limit your light time, it might get everything under control... a friend used a couple emerald crabs

[Nano]

Originally Posted by riceboy

Your tank has sand right. Pretty sure it's the disruption in the sand that's leaching phosphates that were trapped in there out.

Nope bare bottom

[Nano]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Have you tried turning the lights completely off for a few days? I've done this and it does help. Turbo snails are also helpful but are like bulldozers in the tank.

No I haven't I'm a bit nervous about it.

[Reef Pilot]

What are you using to measure your phosphates? I used to think mine were undetectable until I got a Hanna Phosphate Checker.

[Madreefer]

I had a buddy fight this for a year and a half. He tried everything and nothin worked other than cooking his rocks. For months. Just put it in buckets and changed out the water on a regular basis. It sucks I know, but if your setting up a bigger tank it's easier to try and battle it now rather than later in a bigger tank. His started out to with a crapped out skimmer and lack of maintenance.

[reefwars]

Ken, marie is dead right, your ha needs to be manually removed or the eying algae produces its own pollution.


Pull it all out even if it takes all day, refresh your gfo and clean your Skimmer. It will dossapear soon.

Hanna for phosphate to get a real reading.

Go blackout for 3 days minimum...no ambiant light.

Prodibio works but it wont harvest your algae you need to do that yourself, if you don't it takes ten times longer just waiting for it to die off

[Madreefer]

Manual removal helps but it'll still come back. It could still something in your rocks dieing from your Kent Carbon issue. If your upgrading anyways go rockless for a while and bite this in the butt.

[Nano]

Do I just need to get it all out to cook it? My tank will be ok (fish/corals) with now live rock for filtration?

[Madreefer]

Do half of your rock for now if you want and just do more water changes. I'm not a big fan of always putting my hands in the tank and disturbing things. Have you followed the Algeafix Thread? That dudes had good luck with his problem as well.