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DesertReefT4r · 02/09/2018, 11:12 PM

Yes carbon dose can slowly kill macros like cheato. My question is why add an algae reactor when your no3 and po4 are already being controlled very well? 10 no3 and 0.25 po4 is not bad at all could come down just a little but I would not mess with it much. Have you tried slightly increase your carbon dose, water changes, tune skimmer to remove wastes faster? You only need a slight tweak to drop the no3 and po4 a little but to me added an algae reactor was chacing a non issue.

02/09/2018, 11:12 PM	#4
DesertReefT4r Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Mesa Az Posts: 771	Yes carbon dose can slowly kill macros like cheato. My question is why add an algae reactor when your no3 and po4 are already being controlled very well? 10 no3 and 0.25 po4 is not bad at all could come down just a little but I would not mess with it much. Have you tried slightly increase your carbon dose, water changes, tune skimmer to remove wastes faster? You only need a slight tweak to drop the no3 and po4 a little but to me added an algae reactor was chacing a non issue. __________________ Tank history 29g tropical ,55g cichlid tank, 20H softy reef, 29g mixed reef, 20H brackish goby & puffer tank, 55g mixed reef, 6g Nanocube softy lps reef, 40B sps reef, 75g sps reef, 75g sps reef in bu Current Tank Info: 75g sps reef build in the works.