Pattycdef Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 major green hair algea in my tank all parameters are great exempt for phosphates I current have a fluval c3 filtration with chemi pure elite but my phos is at 5 ish. And I have a 5.5 gallon aquarium and only one scooter blenny 6 Margarita snails and a crud ton of zoanthids and a mushroom. Salinity 1.024. I don't dose I do 2 cups of fresh saltwater change a day. I also have 2 hermit crabs. Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Your phosphates are ridiculous dude. Normal ocean level is 0.005 ppm (1,000x less than what you are at now). Get a phosphate adsorber and bring your levels down to at least 0.05 Link to comment
jamescstein Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 You need to find out where the phosphate is coming from and get rid of it. Have you tested your source water? Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Are you sure it's 5ppm? That's insanely high if it is. What sort of rock did you start off with? Sometimes dry rock can initially leach out a lot of phosphates. Also, I think you might want to reduce your nutrients by removing the dragonet since they have heavy bioloads. Do you have a pic of your tank? Link to comment
Pattycdef Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 https://flic.kr/p/rDXQ8sya here's a pic sorry I don't know.how to upload picks yet Link to comment
HM3105 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 major green hair algea in my tank all parameters are great exempt for phosphates I current have a fluval c3 filtration with chemi pure elite but my phos is at 5 ish. And I have a 5.5 gallon aquarium and only one scooter blenny 6 Margarita snails and a crud ton of zoanthids and a mushroom. Salinity 1.024. I don't dose I do 2 cups of fresh saltwater change a day. I also have 2 hermit crabs. Where is the water coming from and how much do you feed? Do you add anything else to the tank at all? Link to comment
Pattycdef Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 My waters coming from the lfs ro water and I don't dose at all and only feed the tiny little frozen white shrimp about 1/2 cube a week Link to comment
Fish lover Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 what cleaners do you have?? Link to comment
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