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pbnjtx commented 10 months ago

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Update after water change and rock scrubbing.

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pbnjtx said:

@ZZMann33 Mike, a bag of phosphate remover in the sump won't help. The water needs to flow through the media, preferrably GFO, in a pressurized system (like a media reactor). GFO needs to "tumble" slightly.

• pbnjtx commented 10 months ago

  3:27 Add to

  Reef Tank

  Update after water change and rock scrubbing.

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  pbnjtx said:

  @ZZMann33 Mike, a bag of phosphate remover in the sump won't help. The water needs to flow through the media, preferrably GFO, in a pressurized system (like a media reactor). GFO needs to "tumble" slightly.

• pbnjtx commented 10 months ago

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  Update after water change and rock scrubbing.

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  pbnjtx said:

  Lastly, you'll be surprised at how much detritus can build-up in your sand. If you get a "mushroom cloud" every time you shift the sand, you should siphon some out or at least siphon it clean.

• pbnjtx commented 10 months ago

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  pbnjtx said:

  It might be time to clean-out that sump once-and-for-all. At least clean-out the refugium section. A couple of pieces of ruble and some chaeto is not really doing you any good. Chaeto only works if you constantly trim it back. Phosphates build-up in the chaeto and only gets removed if you phy...

• pbnjtx commented 10 months ago

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  pbnjtx said:

  You have hair algae, so you have phosphates. 1) Most importantly, even two cubes of frozen food is WAY too much food. Cut back the feeding to every-other-day and only feed pellets (no flakes or frozen food); maybe some spirulina/sheets if your tangs won't eat pellets. 2) Running GFO will definit...

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