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How are your nutrient levels?Can I add macroalgae to my refugium at this point or should I wait until after water changes and retesting? Is the copper and zinc an issue for the macroalgae?
Ammonia and nitrite zero, nitrates around 20 ppm maybe a little more. I just got my protein skimmer running but it is a little deep in the water, I plan to get egg crate coming to lift it up a bit. The icp test said my phosphates were high and I'm guessing that's still true. I still need to do 4 more water changes as recommended by Triton. It took me a bit to get the system changed and the new salt water mixed. I plan to do the 3rd water change this evening. The attached photo is the tray I plan to put the algae in. My intention is to get the 4 pack from Algaebarn but I'm open to suggestions.How are your nutrient levels?
Copper cam slow growth/kill some macro algaes. Higher phosphates and nitrates means you can, but it may be too soon with the copper.Ammonia and nitrite zero, nitrates around 20 ppm maybe a little more. I just got my protein skimmer running but it is a little deep in the water, I plan to get egg crate coming to lift it up a bit. The icp test said my phosphates were high and I'm guessing that's still true. I still need to do 4 more water changes as recommended by Triton. It took me a bit to get the system changed and the new salt water mixed. I plan to do the 3rd water change this evening. The attached photo is the tray I plan to put the algae in. My intention is to get the 4 pack from Algaebarn but I'm open to suggestions.
Thanks. I'll wait then. Enough money has gone down the tube already.Copper cam slow growth/kill some macro algaes. Higher phosphates and nitrates means you can, but it may be too soon with the copper.
Welcome to the party and bless you for the patience of having that many children. It will pay off in that tank! Ha!I posted previously as having a 90 gallon tank, with plans to move into a 180 gallon tank. 2 years ago there was an ice storm here in Oregon and my 90 gallon tank crashed.
I now have a 180 gallon tank with a 50 gallon (ish) sump, and a 90 gallon (my old tank) refugium.
I have 4 chromis and 4 firefish in the 180 who are doing fine. I tried to add some snails, hermit crabs, and emerald crabs. They all died. The crabs lasted a little longer than the snails, but everything died pretty quickly. The LFS owner I got them from talked about the possibility of heavy metals in the water. What's the best way to check for that? If that is the case, the only possible sources I can think of are a chunk of concrete in the water or the pump I use to transport water to the system from my salt water mixing system, which dies have rust on the bleeder plug. Should I eliminate one or both things right away, or test first? My best guess is the fish will be okay for now, and that every crustacean in my rock is already dead. Testing shows no ammonia, no nitrates, and 10 ppm of nitrate. I do have brown algae starting. I thought I knew what I was doing, since I was following the pattern that worked very well when starting my 90 gallon tank, but I guess still have much to learn.
And with cleaner water hopefully!Still a thin stream compared to the first transfer pump but fills the sump faster than the Iwaki did
Straight upAnd with cleaner water hopefully!
Copper | 85.00 µg/l |
Zinc | 112.00 µg/l |
Copper | 38.00 µg/l |
Zinc | 47.00 µg/l |