Guess the algae

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by acepumping

raised magnesium real fast.

How fast is fast? I'm brave

[acepumping]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

How fast is fast? I'm brave

let's put it this way!! I free poured haha.

I didn't have specific amount. tested next day and spiked it up 350 lol

[Aquattro]

lol.. Ok, that gives me enough to play with

[gregzz4]

Brad, I think all your problems are stemming from your purchase of 'dead' rock and too many critters too fast.
Didn't you start with dry rock, and then switch to Walt Smith stuff ? And all the while you were adding your livestock ?
And while you were trying to deal with your LR/whatever rock, you added a fairly large amount of fish with high feeding demands ... ??

Forgive me for bringing it all up, I have no idea what I'm talking about

[Aquattro]

Greg, I ran dead rock for a couple months maybe, then moved over to all Walt Smith rock.
Yes, I had a lot of die off that couldn't be removed, although pulling all the sand has apparently helped, nutrients are now at 0. I'm probably going in the rigth direction now, and Tim's advice is good, adding fozdown and carbon source directly to the tank.
Removing by hand is tough, as it's short little clusters that don't come off easily, although I got a bit out last night with tweezers.
I might look at cheato for sump if I can add some light and find some cheato

I still have some sand and crap behind the rock that I'm struggling to get at, I might have to stick a pump down in the back and blow it out

Topping up Mg on Dave's accelerated program now, hopefully I'm one of the lucky ones that gets some results from it.

[TimT]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I still have some sand and crap behind the rock that I'm struggling to get at, I might have to stick a pump down in the back and blow it out

Before you do that try a siphon hose inside some 1/2" pvc to get in behind the rocks. Another option is to zip strap siphon hose to an old wire coat hanger.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by TimT

Before you do that try a siphon hose inside some 1/2" pvc to get in behind the rocks. Another option is to zip strap siphon hose to an old wire coat hanger.

Ya, thought of the pipe trick, I'll try to get it out without mixing it up if at all possible