peterac
Aquarium Advice Activist
I recently returned from a few day vacation to find my 450 gallon tank had turned cloudy and green on me. The water was actually starting to look pretty clear-this tank finished cycling about a month and a half ago.
I still plan on getting a protein skimmer and UV sterilizer for this system. I am sure the UV sterilizer would have prevented or at least suppressed the free-floating green algae which I am now faced with.
Since I do not have the protein skimmer or UV sterilizer yet does anyone have any advice on how I can get this tank looking clear again. All of my parameters seem to be pretty good. Nitrates are around 30 ppm. Phosphates are below 1 ppm. There there are very few fish in this tank as well as 380 pounds of live rock.
Please give me any advice you may have. Also, which of the protein skimmer or UV sterilizer would you guys get first if you had to choose.
As always, thanks for your input and advice.
Pete R.
I still plan on getting a protein skimmer and UV sterilizer for this system. I am sure the UV sterilizer would have prevented or at least suppressed the free-floating green algae which I am now faced with.
Since I do not have the protein skimmer or UV sterilizer yet does anyone have any advice on how I can get this tank looking clear again. All of my parameters seem to be pretty good. Nitrates are around 30 ppm. Phosphates are below 1 ppm. There there are very few fish in this tank as well as 380 pounds of live rock.
Please give me any advice you may have. Also, which of the protein skimmer or UV sterilizer would you guys get first if you had to choose.
As always, thanks for your input and advice.
Pete R.