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Old 03-15-2012, 04:43 PM
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Po4=GHA=FML. That is all
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Old 03-15-2012, 05:00 PM
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ATS and GFO buddy
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Old 03-15-2012, 05:03 PM
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I'll second that.

Also, blasting the GHA with boiling water does a pretty good job keeping it in check.
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Old 03-15-2012, 05:07 PM
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H2O2 works wonders on all algae
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Old 03-15-2012, 05:07 PM
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Old 03-15-2012, 05:16 PM
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Removing it was never my problem. It was stopping it from coming back
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Thanks guys. Put in 70 pounds of dried live rock. Didn't know to cook it. By the time I bought a phosphate test kit I was around 5ppm. Glad I caught it before the algea started. So I'm doing 2 water changes a week, and running gfo. Got it down to .75 ppm so I'm on the right track. Hopefully I can force it down with water changes and keep any leaching on track with gfo. Nitrates have been below 10ppm so it's not out of control but guess it's all part of a new tank.
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algae scrubber.....?
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Old 03-16-2012, 02:44 AM
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Do you have any corals in the tank yet? If not, keep the lights off as it will help keep algae at bay while you can get the phosphate down. Also, tossing a ball of chaeto in the sump with a light and a powerhead to keep it turning does wonders and is cheap and super easy to set up.
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