Hi guys
I got my first 200 liter marine tank running for 3 months now.
Parameters:
Kh: 7.8
No3: < 1
Po4: 0.04
Mg: 1380
Cal: 460
Temp: 25.2 °C
Lightning shedule (Red Sea Led 90):
Blue: 9:30 - 22:00 80% (ramps up and down)
White: 9:30 - 22:00 25% (ramps up and down)
Equipment:
Tunze macro algae reactor with chaeto (lights from 22:30 - 09:00), doesn't grow much lately, covered in algae
Deltec skimmer 400i
I added Seachem denitrate in the sump, to get my nitrates down because they were high
Corals:
4 Euphyllia
some sps
I'm dosing the fauna marine balling light and I dose Nitrates and Phospates to keep them from getting 0 since there are no fish in the tank now.
Microsope pictures of the algae (I think it's ostreopsis?):
What I did:
- Added copepods
- Added extra snails (I hope they don't die because it can be toxic I think?)
- Increased nitrate dosing
- Lowered temperature to 24°C
What can I do more? Should I clean the macro algae or throw it away. Should I get rid of the Seachem Denitrate? Different Lightning schedule? Dose bacteria? Get a UV light?
Thanks in advance
I got my first 200 liter marine tank running for 3 months now.
Parameters:
Kh: 7.8
No3: < 1
Po4: 0.04
Mg: 1380
Cal: 460
Temp: 25.2 °C
Lightning shedule (Red Sea Led 90):
Blue: 9:30 - 22:00 80% (ramps up and down)
White: 9:30 - 22:00 25% (ramps up and down)
Equipment:
Tunze macro algae reactor with chaeto (lights from 22:30 - 09:00), doesn't grow much lately, covered in algae
Deltec skimmer 400i
I added Seachem denitrate in the sump, to get my nitrates down because they were high
Corals:
4 Euphyllia
some sps
I'm dosing the fauna marine balling light and I dose Nitrates and Phospates to keep them from getting 0 since there are no fish in the tank now.
Microsope pictures of the algae (I think it's ostreopsis?):
What I did:
- Added copepods
- Added extra snails (I hope they don't die because it can be toxic I think?)
- Increased nitrate dosing
- Lowered temperature to 24°C
What can I do more? Should I clean the macro algae or throw it away. Should I get rid of the Seachem Denitrate? Different Lightning schedule? Dose bacteria? Get a UV light?
Thanks in advance