STILL having algae issues…..

Posted by ReefLounge_Admin on Oct 5, 2009 in General Reef Discussions | 0 comments

Searching around the forums i have read MANY issues with other people that have algae issues. It has come to the point where i don’t want to look at my tank anymore lol. Here is a list of fish and my clean up crew…

2 Clowns (false perc i think)
1 Green Chromis
1 African Starfish
1 Scooter Blennie
1 Small Zoa colony (15 or so polyps)

29 gallon Tank with a 15 gallon sump built by myself
Proclear Aquatics 75 protein skimmer (good dry VERY SMELLY skimmate)
1 power head rated for 150 gph or so
and the only other source of water movement is the return pump from my sump. 200-300 gph.

I am running a DSB (4-7 inches deep all around)
10 or so lbs of live rock.

15 hermits (don’t know which ones specifically) but they eat and eat and eat and eat algae. (they do a good job)

I will clean my glass every day, and by the next moarning there will be a brownish tint to them covered in what i think is algae. Same thing with the sand bed, around the base of the live rock is clean tho its odd. Two days ago i did a 10 gallon water change got water from my LFS RO/DI. Have been dosing with BIONIC for about 2 weeks now. Coralline growth has stopped i think. I have never had coralline growth on any of the glass in my tank, NOT EVEN THE PLASTIC which is weird because that is the first place it grows.

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STILL having algae issues…..

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