Larry,
Cutting the brine, and running a phosphate sponge are important. Remember,
phosphate is drawn to your substrate and LR, and actually attaches itself to
them. When you do water changes, you DO NOT remove phosphate (well, a little
tiny bit that is in your water column). Thus, it is neccesary to run
phophate removers. These actually create a stronger "attraction" for the
phosphate and thus they will leave the substrate and be absorbed by the
phosphate remover. Then you remove the remover, and essentaily remove the
phosphate from the system. You may consider running another dose of PR right
after the first. Carbon is also not a bad idea. You can double it up, and
run it for 4-5 days then pull it and run a new batch again. Also, if you
feed your corals any type of micro foods, stop doing that for a while and
cut your fish feedings back to once a day for a while if you are feeding
more right now.
FWIW
Shane C.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry J. Geguzis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 10:12 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: slime algae(Chris)
>
> Chris,
> Thanks a lot for the "book". It's exactly what I need. I'm fighting a
> horrendous outbreak, which looks like it might be because of daily brine
> shrimp feeding. I thought I was doing the fish a favor. I'll get a
> phosphate sponge, carbon, and quit the brine shrimp. I already am doing
> frequent water changes of 20% / week (lately). I've also "blown" alot off
> and physically removed it so it won't break down in the tank. I think I
> have plenty of fish, and I had HOPED not too much excess nutrients (40
> gallon sump and 30 gallon refugium), protein skimmer (Ron's), 300+ lbs of
> LR. Some one mentioned Formula One as a food. I'd using OSI Marine
> Aquarium
> flake food, but just (yesterday) bought some Omega One since the
> ingredients looked like more fish products and less grain. Is there
> something better?
> Thanks alot,
> Larry
>
>
> At 09:47 AM 11/1/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >Chris,
> >
> >Cyno, along with other nusiance algaes, can come from many things. The
> first
> >thing that should be considered ARE excess nutrients. Nutrients seem to
> be
> >defined generally as nitrates and phosphates, and some times as dissolved
> >organic compounds (DOCs) There are many possible sources for nutrients
> >including food, water, additives, salt, substrate, rock and just about
> >anything else you put in. The goal is to limit those sources by using
> >quality stuff, ex: water run through an RO/DI system etc. Yes, type of
> food
> >can make a difference. Many frozen foods are high in phosphates, and that
> is
> >pure fuel for cyno and algae.
>
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