craig65
Member
I finally got my 75 up and running
A g2 skimmer
250w metal halide (10,000K)
2 100w actinic blue vho
aprox 75-85 pounds of live rock...90 pounds live sand
Actinics come on at around noon or so...the MH on at 2 off at 6
blues off at 7.
the tank is only two months old....
ph is 8.2
ammonia is 0
nitrite 0
nitrate is about 20
(Aquarium Pharmaceuticals master test kit,New)
The nitrate spiked off the chart when I cleaned out my top off bucket w/ r/o
I added about two gals. right to the sump also.it was down to 20 today
the alge bloom has been slowly taking over for the past 3 or 4 weeks.
I think I might be leaving the lights on to long
I also think I have a large fish load
med sailfin tang (2")
med purple tang (2")
sm saddle clown
lg black damsel(1.5")
4 sm damsels
sm hippo tang (1")
I thought my skimmer was big enough to handle it
The skimmer is rated at 200 gal
or could this be my nitrate problem? have no clue about the green alge...
A g2 skimmer
250w metal halide (10,000K)
2 100w actinic blue vho
aprox 75-85 pounds of live rock...90 pounds live sand
Actinics come on at around noon or so...the MH on at 2 off at 6
blues off at 7.
the tank is only two months old....
ph is 8.2
ammonia is 0
nitrite 0
nitrate is about 20
(Aquarium Pharmaceuticals master test kit,New)
The nitrate spiked off the chart when I cleaned out my top off bucket w/ r/o
I added about two gals. right to the sump also.it was down to 20 today
the alge bloom has been slowly taking over for the past 3 or 4 weeks.
I think I might be leaving the lights on to long
I also think I have a large fish load
med sailfin tang (2")
med purple tang (2")
sm saddle clown
lg black damsel(1.5")
4 sm damsels
sm hippo tang (1")
I thought my skimmer was big enough to handle it
The skimmer is rated at 200 gal
or could this be my nitrate problem? have no clue about the green alge...