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I have also heard that the machines from supermarkets ect are actually worse than tap water. I heard they are sterilizing the water through evaporation through copper coils and then collect the "purified" water in vats...

The only thing I am having a hard time understanding is that I have been using the same water since the tank was set up. Someone had told me that their water treatment practices are different in summer vs winter, and that they add more chemicals in the summer. My wife is not gonna be happy when...

I will upload pictures as soon as I can. Can't thank everyone enough for their help. I wanna keep everyone posted so this doesn't happen to anyone else. It sucks to throw all this money down the drain! I am def switching to rodi.

I am tending to agrees with Mebbid.. I also thought it was velvet but after huge WCs and addition of uv sterilizer, it is still happening. I think I will do a 100% WC and start from scratch. Every single person seems to be stumped and its the only thing I haven't tried.

I am thinking the same thing.. 100% water change, I just hate thought of cycling again, but its for the best!!

55 Gallon reef aquarium. Fluval Canister Filter with Phosgard and Chemi Pure and Bio Floss in it. Protein Skimmer. UV Sterilizer. Tap water Conditioned with Prime SQ 1.024 Am 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Calcium 420 ALK 12 PH 8.2 temp 76 Livestock list 2 turbo snails 13 heads of fine grae coral...

I would recommend a uv sterilizer, I will kill all the free floating algae spores in the water column.

+1 to blert. Although I wouldn't recommend a HOB I would recommend starting a sump for tank. With the size you would really need to do maintenance on the filter every otherday not EverydayI use a canister but I do maintenance on it at twice a week.

Also, I had this issue, I bought a small yellow tang and he made great work of the algae.

Depending on what kind of phosphate remover u are using, make sure u change it out often, after a while they can leach back into the tank. Also the existing algae is locking up the trates and phates, so ur test reading may be okay. U may want to turn lights out for a couple days as the algae...

How old is the tank?

Do you test the water from the store before you add it to your tank? Also even though fish are consuming the food, they still have to expell it from them, by pooping ect. What kind of filtration are u using?

You can use chemiclean. It will help fix the cyano issue, however it is just a band aid, you need to lower your nutrients.

What are your water perameters like? How old is the tank. What kind of lighting do you have?

Carey.. I have read a lot of your posts, u seem to have a really good grasp.. Do you have any ideas for my situation? I am trying to gather as much advice as I can so i don't keep wasting money.