Triton method, low nitr high phos.

[RozZy]

Hi there guys.

 

After a nightmare move and 10 fish deaths that died from the Swedish cold during the move about 1 month ago, my tank has gotten itself a mini restart.
I decided to go with triton balling again since I've been very successful with it in the past with my exact same setup.

At first 3 weeks my algae refused to grow. With nitrates up around 30-40 i figured out that the GFO was stopping the Chaeto to grow.
I made a 70% water change over a period of 5 days and pulled out the GFO, the algae has finally started to grow!
 

My nitrates dropped to 5 but my phosphate spiked and red algae has in a matter of a week started to take over.

 

My nitrates are at 5 and KH is at 10 dkh.

 

Right now my setup is :

Red sea 425 xl
Mars Aqua 300w Macro light.

Arka Core 120 skimmer (rated up to 1000g)

Red sea Carbon.

 

What should i do? Should i just wait it out until the chaeto decides to absorb phosphates as well? 

 

[mcarroll]

try to get some green hair type algae growing....then cleanup crew.....then some corals......then some fish....all slowly......I would not use macro algae in the tank yet.

[mcarroll]

oh...and be patient about it.   At most, borrow some algae or detritus (or sand or rock) from a healthy tank to inoculate your system.   No extra filtration or nutrient reduction though...a protein skimmer and no more.  (Or nothing.)