Fishboy-from-NY
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hell everyone, I got another poll question for you all. I am in the process of upgrading my tank and was wondering what should I do in order to control the green slime algae, dead spots and waste to be collecting in the sand bed, do I go with sand shifters or increase the water flow. also, let me know how you solved this problem in your tank since I know that it a problem everyone had to face once in their life.
Current pump:
1-Iwaki external 900 GPH- Powers my wet/dry
1-Mag 5 Pump-300 GPH- Powers my UV & Nitrate Filter
1-Mag 5 Pump-300 GPH--Powers my Refugium
ALSO, I KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT WHEN THINKING ABOUT SAND SHIFTERs, Here are the current fish in my tank:
Current fish in the my 130G Tank:
1 Humu Trigger
1 Niger Trigger
1 Yellow Tang
1 Purple Tang
1 Green Bird Wrasse
1 Ghost Eel
1 Snowflake Eel
1 Watchman Goby
9 3 Stripe damsels
Also, please let me know if anyone has actual set ups that they can disclose to me that has help them battle this nasty algae.
Sometimes I feel that my fish play golf everyday since it does get nasty like that sometimes, I have been albe to control some of the growth with a Marc Weiss product called a Phosphate & Silicate magnet. Also, I have alll the tools that sould prevent this from coming from my tap water:
130G SW F/O
1-Ehiem 2217 Filters-for circulation and media.
1-EcoAqualizor 125 Magnet Filter.
1-Maxi Reef 200 Wet/Dry Filter with Bio Balls.
1-125 Watt Sterilizer-Pentair Aquatics.
1-Nature Reef CDEX-3 Nitrate & Phophate filter
1-Kent Natilus TE Skimmer.
1-JBJ Arctica 1/3hp Drop-in Chiller.
1-20G Refugium with Macro Algae.
1-30G Hospital Tank and Algae Harvesting.
Current pump:
1-Iwaki external 900 GPH- Powers my wet/dry
1-Mag 5 Pump-300 GPH- Powers my UV & Nitrate Filter
1-Mag 5 Pump-300 GPH--Powers my Refugium
ALSO, I KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT WHEN THINKING ABOUT SAND SHIFTERs, Here are the current fish in my tank:
Current fish in the my 130G Tank:
1 Humu Trigger
1 Niger Trigger
1 Yellow Tang
1 Purple Tang
1 Green Bird Wrasse
1 Ghost Eel
1 Snowflake Eel
1 Watchman Goby
9 3 Stripe damsels
Also, please let me know if anyone has actual set ups that they can disclose to me that has help them battle this nasty algae.
Sometimes I feel that my fish play golf everyday since it does get nasty like that sometimes, I have been albe to control some of the growth with a Marc Weiss product called a Phosphate & Silicate magnet. Also, I have alll the tools that sould prevent this from coming from my tap water:
130G SW F/O
1-Ehiem 2217 Filters-for circulation and media.
1-EcoAqualizor 125 Magnet Filter.
1-Maxi Reef 200 Wet/Dry Filter with Bio Balls.
1-125 Watt Sterilizer-Pentair Aquatics.
1-Nature Reef CDEX-3 Nitrate & Phophate filter
1-Kent Natilus TE Skimmer.
1-JBJ Arctica 1/3hp Drop-in Chiller.
1-20G Refugium with Macro Algae.
1-30G Hospital Tank and Algae Harvesting.