I Need Help!

[Galantra]

I would like some help into adding some changes to my tank. Right now i am having some problems with my 90 gal tank I been having diatom problems and now hair algae problems. I have been doing constant weekly water changes and i have since thing change my feeding problems. But it isn't stopping anything. But I would like to change my set up i would like to add some reactors and all those other gadgets that some of you have(getting tired of constantly checking my tank and no progression). I am not knowledgeable some of the things out there and would like to know what changes or add-ons that i could do? I don't have allot of funds but i got to try to make this work for me minus the fact i am trying to purchase a larger tank bout 180 or bigger to take down some of the extra tanks i have.

Any help will do also thanks in advance

Rich

 

[crox99]

Hey Rich,

what are the water parameters in tyour tank? How long is it running? What kind of light do you use?

 

[Galantra]

Well since i switch this tank into the 90 I would say it is about 5 months and i have added new rocks to this tank as well so here i go they are

sal=1.025
Nitrate .10
Nitrite 0
ph 8.0
alk 300
ca 350

 

[crox99]

alk 300

Are you sure about this? What are your PO4 levels?

 

[Galantra]

POS? as phos?

 

[crox99]

Sorry. Yes they are phosphates.

 

[meschaefer]

Was this tank transfered over from another, because it sounds like it is going through its natural cycle.

 

[Galantra]

as of right now i need to buy another phos kit but i am assuming it has to be high cause it doesnt end

 

[Galantra]

Was this tank transfered over from another, because it sounds like it is going through its natural cycle.

well thats what i am thinking as well but it is getting so bad that it is on my sand turning green diatoms i kinda understand but i am trying to fix these issues

 

[crox99]

Do you have any cleaning crew?

 

[Galantra]

I do have about ten and i am looking to add some more trying to find a good place to do so

 

[meschaefer]

Are you using ro/di?

 

[Bob 1000]

Buy a container of coralife phosphate remover( half gallon milk container size).. Put it in a mesh bag in the sump PO4 levels will drop in 4 hrs. and hold for a minimum of 4 months...

 

[Galantra]

Do you have any cleaning crew?

I do have 3 em crabs and 9 snails so far

 

[Galantra]

Are you using ro/di?

I am usind a RO/DI always have

 

[Galantra]

Buy a container of coralife phosphate remover( half gallon milk container size).. Put it in a mesh bag in the sump PO4 levels will drop in 4 hrs. and hold for a minimum of 4 months...

Well that help me out? I now must find a place that sells this which my locals dont carry

 

[fritz]

Stripping all the phosphates from your water quickly (which will likely drop your alk as well if it's a GFO based media) is a bad thing. I would pickup a phosban reactor and some phos media, phosban, rowaphos, phosar etc.

You can run it off a maxi jet 400 or 600. If you want to get really fancy buy two reactors and hook one into the other. This way you can run both off of one pump. PLace carbon in the first and phosban in the second as carbon can take more flow than phosban can.

Carbon will remove one type of phosphates while the phosban will remove another. Together it should help out. Please be advised that a cleanup crew likely won't do much for this type of problem. The way to deal with it is to attack the problem not the symptom.

Tony from www.reefexotics.com (MR Sponsor) stocks them.

 

[Galantra]

yea stripping would be bad? anything else?

 

[fritz]

No stripping is good just doing it fast is not. The first rule of reefkeeping is
"Nothing good happens fast"

 

[drperetz]

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how old is ur system?