i am getting a carpet looking algae with a red ish brown color, it is taking over my sand bed. any ideas?
40 gallons
over 1000gph
backpack skimmer
4 inches sand
50 lbs rock
190W light on 10 hours
few haermit crabs and snails, 3 shrip, 2 clownfish, birttle star
nitrate - 0
ph - 7.8
ammonia- 0
salinity - 1.027
temp - 78
alkalinty - 2.8 milli equilavent per liter
mag - 1200
calc - 500
i know my ph is low, for some reason i can not raise it. are these diatoms? i was thinking about getting some macro algae and a in take refugium. i was using tap water and was told not to unless treated, so i started buying the water. i will be getting an r/o.
40 gallons
over 1000gph
backpack skimmer
4 inches sand
50 lbs rock
190W light on 10 hours
few haermit crabs and snails, 3 shrip, 2 clownfish, birttle star
nitrate - 0
ph - 7.8
ammonia- 0
salinity - 1.027
temp - 78
alkalinty - 2.8 milli equilavent per liter
mag - 1200
calc - 500
i know my ph is low, for some reason i can not raise it. are these diatoms? i was thinking about getting some macro algae and a in take refugium. i was using tap water and was told not to unless treated, so i started buying the water. i will be getting an r/o.
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