mrg02d
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hello all,
I have a 20g reef tank and am considering a protein skimmer for it. I was wondering whether or not it would be worth it. I do PWC each week, but still have brown film algae that I have to clean off the sides of the tank daily as well as the power heads, frag rack, and in tank refugium.
I feed every other day and only enough for each fish to get a mouthful. I dont understand the brown film algae issue, but am tried of having to pull things out of the tank to clean this stinky brown film algae. My nitrates and phosphates show as zero, but I imagine there is something in there feeding the algae. Other than this film algae, there is no other algae at all that I can see aside from coralline.
Would a protein skimmer save me some work, or wind up being a waste of money?
Thanks guys!
Matt
I have a 20g reef tank and am considering a protein skimmer for it. I was wondering whether or not it would be worth it. I do PWC each week, but still have brown film algae that I have to clean off the sides of the tank daily as well as the power heads, frag rack, and in tank refugium.
I feed every other day and only enough for each fish to get a mouthful. I dont understand the brown film algae issue, but am tried of having to pull things out of the tank to clean this stinky brown film algae. My nitrates and phosphates show as zero, but I imagine there is something in there feeding the algae. Other than this film algae, there is no other algae at all that I can see aside from coralline.
Would a protein skimmer save me some work, or wind up being a waste of money?
Thanks guys!
Matt