message received and understood (fg). Thanks. I'll report back. Is there a
phosphate remover you'd recommend?
Larry
At 10:21 AM 11/1/01 -0700, you wrote:
>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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