Wet Sleeve
09/26/2017, 05:18 PM
i've been running into some nuisance hair algae lately in my 40B sps only system I've got 15-20 snails 2 algae blenny's but their not working at it very hard...
i'm not sure of the cause, i suspect maybe the light, i had a black box 165w over it and never had a trace of algae and now i've put a XR30 to compare growth rates/spread etc, whites are on about the same as the others, the sunrise and sunset mode stay on quite a bit more but i don't suspect its that. i have them at 85% intensity.. they were already used to having intense LED's and experienced no burning/Bleaching.
Perimeters:
Salinity: 1.025
CA: 460
ALK: 8.6
MG: 1230 - will be adding MG to my dosing pump in the next day or two
Phosphate: 0.03
Nitrate: 0
all Salifert test kits.
i was running a fuge in my ESHOPPS sump but i was getting allot of algae in the fuge sometimes ciano and found it was starting to make its way to the display, i've shut it down about 2 weeks ago. since i really didn't need the nutrient export right now..i have an oversized skimmer and bare bottom, 50% WC a month.
i was thinking maybe a diatom bloom from the superior lighting but i'm second guessing.. thoughts/opinions?
i'm not sure of the cause, i suspect maybe the light, i had a black box 165w over it and never had a trace of algae and now i've put a XR30 to compare growth rates/spread etc, whites are on about the same as the others, the sunrise and sunset mode stay on quite a bit more but i don't suspect its that. i have them at 85% intensity.. they were already used to having intense LED's and experienced no burning/Bleaching.
Perimeters:
Salinity: 1.025
CA: 460
ALK: 8.6
MG: 1230 - will be adding MG to my dosing pump in the next day or two
Phosphate: 0.03
Nitrate: 0
all Salifert test kits.
i was running a fuge in my ESHOPPS sump but i was getting allot of algae in the fuge sometimes ciano and found it was starting to make its way to the display, i've shut it down about 2 weeks ago. since i really didn't need the nutrient export right now..i have an oversized skimmer and bare bottom, 50% WC a month.
i was thinking maybe a diatom bloom from the superior lighting but i'm second guessing.. thoughts/opinions?