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I don't know if this has been mentioned yet because I didn't want to read all 4 pages.
I manage a Reef maintenance business in my city. With people who know little to nothing about waste, nutrient, and chemical balance it's hard for them to understand what and how to feed, dose and so forth......... thus we get nitrates, phosphates and great amounts of disolved organics. Perfect fertalizer.
My proven method. THE NUKE.
step
1. mix a high (dead sea salt solution) 1.070 or higher spc grav. in a five gal bucket with a power head
2. syphon 2 gal tank water into a nother container for scrubbing
3. carefull to remove coral from rock. Or just to avoid. Scrub the ever loving life out of the rock.
4. Once clean put into dead sea salt water. (if coral is attached to rock just place back in tank scrubbed and clean)
5. Let rock sit in super salt water for 5 or so minutes. then take it out and put in a dry bucket.
6. do this with all your rock with hair algae. Clean all noticable hair algae from tank.
7. replace rock (carefull not to raise salinity from accumulated salt on rock)
8. Add snail, crabs, urchins, lettice nudibranchs,
9. add organics sponges, adsorbants.
10. enjoy... be carefull with nutrient overload.
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