Gomer4378
Aquarium Advice Activist
its been a week and all of a sudden my sand is overrun with diatoms and algea.
let me give all of my specs first.
amm - 0
nitrite - 0
nitrate - 5
ph - 8.2
phos - 0
temp - 79
these readings are from today and the last pwc was 1 1/2 wks ago.
I run 80W total of T5's from 2 pm to 10pm
and 2 250W mh from 3:30pm to 8 pm
I've had the diatoms before and they went away but this time there is a crap load of green also. I almost have no visible white sand left.
I have 2 fish and 4 corals and I feed every other sometimes every 3 days, I also run a reactor in the sump with phosban, only use RO/DI.
On a second thought, my Coral Banded Shrimp just died all of a sudden 3 days ago.
any thoughts would be great and is there anything else that I need to test for, just let me know.
let me give all of my specs first.
amm - 0
nitrite - 0
nitrate - 5
ph - 8.2
phos - 0
temp - 79
these readings are from today and the last pwc was 1 1/2 wks ago.
I run 80W total of T5's from 2 pm to 10pm
and 2 250W mh from 3:30pm to 8 pm
I've had the diatoms before and they went away but this time there is a crap load of green also. I almost have no visible white sand left.
I have 2 fish and 4 corals and I feed every other sometimes every 3 days, I also run a reactor in the sump with phosban, only use RO/DI.
On a second thought, my Coral Banded Shrimp just died all of a sudden 3 days ago.
any thoughts would be great and is there anything else that I need to test for, just let me know.