Refugium questions/help

[Beano1169]

I have a small 2.7 gallon pico, its been going strong for like 25 days now. Diatom bloom is in full spread but the Cuc take care of that. My issue is I am recieving some frags today and will be cleaning my filter out abit before they show up. I am curious if I take out my "feather caulerpa"(which shouldnt be there anyways was told it was macro algae) will I have any spiking in the tank seeing as how they are a nitrite and nitrate soak?

The filter is a Aquaclear 30 fuge mod, with ac foam, 100ml purigen bag, LR chunks not really rubble, and that feather nonsense. I'm worried if I remove the caulerpa my tank will spike and murder my frags

[gobytron]

Caulerpa is a macro algae.
With a system this small, anything can cause a wipe out.
Taking out the caulerpa could cause a spike but it's unlikely.

[Beano1169]

gah ok well maybe Ill wait it out untill I get a less invasive type of macro algae. I just dont wanna cause that wipe out you speak of. Could cleaning the filter cause that? I doubt it but likeliness? by cleaning the filter I mean just dumping it out reconfiguring the fuge lay out and replacing the foam

[Snaz]

If the filter media contains a significant portion of your de-nitrifying bacteria then removing it could cause a crash. If your frags arrive today I would advise not to clean it. If they are coming in a few days then do it now.

[Beano1169]

they do come today, when do you think would be a good time to clean it ? cause to be honest it has been on there since start up, well the bio junk has been it was prob 2 weeks got purigen and new foam went in.

[Snaz]

Originally Posted by Beano1169

they do come today, when do you think would be a good time to clean it ? cause to be honest it has been on there since start up, well the bio junk has been it was prob 2 weeks got purigen and new foam went in.

Wait a few days until after the frags have settled before making any changes I wound advise.