phoenix73
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I am at a loss. My system seems stable except for some algae that is improving weekly.
I have a 150g with an 85g sump (in the garage- heated). I have an aqua-C 400 skimmer, large turf scrubber (48" x 24") with excellent growth and a phosban reactor.
For lighting I have 2 icecap 550s with 6 60" T5s, 2 are actinic, 1 blue plus, 1 daylight, 1 6400 and 1 procolor. I have the actinics and blue plus coming on from 11-7 pm and the others from 1-5 pm. I have cut back due to algae growth.
My parameters are:
pH 8.3
Ammonia 0
Nitrates 0
Nitrites 0
Ca 420 mg/l
Alk 3.3 meq/l
Phos 2.5
Copper negative
Iodine 0.06 ppm
The phosphates just went up from 0 and I am not sure why.
I have only a few fish, rainbow wrasse, six line wrasse, powder blue tang, 2 clowns, 3 chromis.
For inverts I've got a ton of various snails, a couple of brittle stars, a few hermits (they have mostly disappeared), lettuce nudibranch and coral banded shrimp.
Corals: Xenia, several different mushrooms, ricordia, 3 varieties of zoos.
The corals are surviving but not thriving. No growth or spread. No coraline algae at all.
I have decent flow with 2 koralia 6 magnums, 2 maxijet 1200 with the upgrade kit. Then the return as well from the sump putting out approximately 1000 g/hr based on head pressure calc. I have to angle all of the pumps up slightly or my sand base gets caught in the current.
I am at a complete loss at this point.
Does anyone have any ideas? I am getting frustrated, things have been stable in terms of chemistries for several months without any growth.
I have a 150g with an 85g sump (in the garage- heated). I have an aqua-C 400 skimmer, large turf scrubber (48" x 24") with excellent growth and a phosban reactor.
For lighting I have 2 icecap 550s with 6 60" T5s, 2 are actinic, 1 blue plus, 1 daylight, 1 6400 and 1 procolor. I have the actinics and blue plus coming on from 11-7 pm and the others from 1-5 pm. I have cut back due to algae growth.
My parameters are:
pH 8.3
Ammonia 0
Nitrates 0
Nitrites 0
Ca 420 mg/l
Alk 3.3 meq/l
Phos 2.5
Copper negative
Iodine 0.06 ppm
The phosphates just went up from 0 and I am not sure why.
I have only a few fish, rainbow wrasse, six line wrasse, powder blue tang, 2 clowns, 3 chromis.
For inverts I've got a ton of various snails, a couple of brittle stars, a few hermits (they have mostly disappeared), lettuce nudibranch and coral banded shrimp.
Corals: Xenia, several different mushrooms, ricordia, 3 varieties of zoos.
The corals are surviving but not thriving. No growth or spread. No coraline algae at all.
I have decent flow with 2 koralia 6 magnums, 2 maxijet 1200 with the upgrade kit. Then the return as well from the sump putting out approximately 1000 g/hr based on head pressure calc. I have to angle all of the pumps up slightly or my sand base gets caught in the current.
I am at a complete loss at this point.
Does anyone have any ideas? I am getting frustrated, things have been stable in terms of chemistries for several months without any growth.
(maybe)
