atquin
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
He does have a sump. I went back and looked at previous posts and he says he has a 25 gallon tank turned into a sump on the first page
carey said:Ah I understand the want for the uv then. I just pulled up this
Amazon.com: Fluval G3 Advanced Filtration System: Pet Supplies
It has the specs for the g3 on the page. It looks like an awesome filter though.
Have you considered going with a skimmer? Since you have no sump they do make hang on skimemrs that are just as good almost as an in sump model. That would also help your filtering.
Usually the algae is a sign of excess nutrients in the water, what all do you have in the tank and hwo often do you feed? What are your lights and their schedule? A uv should knock out algae issues but it's always better to try to find the cause and go from there.
rob_mango said:I do have a refugium no macro yet getting it on Friday and I do 10% pwc every week I have no idea y I have greenish water
carey said:Is the tank in direct sunlight or anything? Or maybe the bulbs ar going? I;ve heard, not sure if it's true that older bulbs can cause algae as they arent coated with whatever they are coated with when new as time goes on. Not sure how true that is though but thought I;d throw it out there.
Ricksreef said:It is an algae bloom.You could try leaving your lights off a few days,but the uv sterilizer will take care of it quickly.
rob_mango said:Wont that hurt my corals and my clam