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Old 04-17-2014, 05:21 AM
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I also experienced the same issue when i jacked my whites up to increase growth of coral (it did that but also spurred algae growth as well). In the short term i found that lowering white channel helped a ton until i got my phos under control then slowly raised the white channel back to high.
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Old 04-17-2014, 06:13 AM
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I will take you up on that offer. Gotta get my camera out and do some better pics of this mess for you.

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Old 04-17-2014, 07:18 AM
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I also experienced the same issue when i jacked my whites up to increase growth of coral (it did that but also spurred algae growth as well). In the short term i found that lowering white channel helped a ton until i got my phos under control then slowly raised the white channel back to high.
As far as I know, Nick. The white doesn't actually do anything except aesthetics. Corals need the blues. If you ran a reef with just whites, everything would die!

I would attribute your algae to diatoms, which is a normal progression of a cycle during the new-tank-syndrome phase. I'm going to assume your tank is pretty young?
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Old 04-18-2014, 05:31 AM
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I've seen some pretty great success with this product, check it out! It works!

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I had the same stuff for about a year, then it just went away. Don't go crazy trying to get rid of it. It will just go away once it cycles through.
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My tank is indeed very young going about 5 months. So how long can I expect this algae cycle? My RO/DI water is reading 2, im doing regular changes. I turned down my lighting and am actually gonna leave my lights off for a few days. I don't over feed. ???? I also have some Nualgi on the way, we will see if it helps.


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Old 04-19-2014, 07:25 PM
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My tank is indeed very young going about 5 months. So how long can I expect this algae cycle? My RO/DI water is reading 2, im doing regular changes. I turned down my lighting and am actually gonna leave my lights off for a few days. I don't over feed. ???? I also have some Nualgi on the way, we will see if it helps.


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