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homer1475 · 05/02/2018, 06:30 AM

I have a question for Floyd or SantaMonica.....

I've been running a box style ATS for about a year now. While I clean it weekly, I get about a cup of slimy green algae off it. it's never brown or do I have a bald spot on the screen, but it's never nice lush GHA like I see on most screens.

Now I have 0 fish right now, and only feed my corals twice a week. Is the algae this way only because of low nutrients? I have for months been testing super low nutrients, PO4(.004 - .010), and NO3 has always been 0.

It does grow some algae and I have 0 in my display, just curious why the algae is slimy and not lush GHA like I see on most screens.

05/02/2018, 06:30 AM	#9980
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	I have a question for Floyd or SantaMonica..... I've been running a box style ATS for about a year now. While I clean it weekly, I get about a cup of slimy green algae off it. it's never brown or do I have a bald spot on the screen, but it's never nice lush GHA like I see on most screens. Now I have 0 fish right now, and only feed my corals twice a week. Is the algae this way only because of low nutrients? I have for months been testing super low nutrients, PO4(.004 - .010), and NO3 has always been 0. It does grow some algae and I have 0 in my display, just curious why the algae is slimy and not lush GHA like I see on most screens. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"