DamageInc
01/21/2006, 02:17 PM
How effective is keeping ph at 8.6 day and night to kill bryopsis and red cotton ball algae? How long should I keep it up and will it harm my corals and fish?
The bryopsis & red cotton ball like algae is driving me crazy. I do water changes of at least 20% per week, hand pick the algae with pumps off then run a hot magnum to pickup any floating stuff. My cpr bakpak 2r skimmer was hardly pulling any gunk out I expect because the algae was sucking up the nitrates and phosphates before the skimmer could.
I do feed freeze dried krill to my dendrophyllia at least 2x per week and frozen mysis shimp to the rest of my corals 1-2x per week.
I have a 40g w/ 1 pink bar goby, 1 lawnmower blenny (who does nothing for the algae problem!) 1 peppermint shrimp and a 2-3 astrea and nerith shalls and 2-3 mexican red leg hermits.
I also have a hob refugium with some mangroves and chaeto. The chaeto is starting to be overcome by the red cotton like algae.
I like to feed my corals but this algae is killing me and I have to feed the dendro.
Thanks for any help.
The bryopsis & red cotton ball like algae is driving me crazy. I do water changes of at least 20% per week, hand pick the algae with pumps off then run a hot magnum to pickup any floating stuff. My cpr bakpak 2r skimmer was hardly pulling any gunk out I expect because the algae was sucking up the nitrates and phosphates before the skimmer could.
I do feed freeze dried krill to my dendrophyllia at least 2x per week and frozen mysis shimp to the rest of my corals 1-2x per week.
I have a 40g w/ 1 pink bar goby, 1 lawnmower blenny (who does nothing for the algae problem!) 1 peppermint shrimp and a 2-3 astrea and nerith shalls and 2-3 mexican red leg hermits.
I also have a hob refugium with some mangroves and chaeto. The chaeto is starting to be overcome by the red cotton like algae.
I like to feed my corals but this algae is killing me and I have to feed the dendro.
Thanks for any help.