cleaned tank

Yep that's right. And also limit nutrient input.

And when you have fast coral growth you have a form
of nutrient uptake.

Wayne Sallee



Pszemol wrote on 2/19/2008 9:38 PM:
"jthread" wrote in message
...
The light from the kitchen on and the sky light are just too much
light. I've cut the aquarium lights and I'm hoping
by just vacuuming it regularly the algae will die out.

Just this statement sugests that something is seriously
wrong with your tank setup or stocking - there should be
never too much sun/light in a reef tank!
You do not limit the light intake, you increase the
nutrients export from the tank to avoid algae outbreaks.

Red algae usually means too much phosphates.
Have you measured if you have them as low as in the real ocean?

And every reef keeper should have a good sized
refugium with macro algae.

Wayne Sallee



Wayne Sallee wrote on 2/20/2008 9:20 AM:
Yep that's right. And also limit nutrient input.

And when you have fast coral growth you have a form of nutrient uptake.

Wayne Sallee



Pszemol wrote on 2/19/2008 9:38 PM:
"jthread" wrote in message
...
The light from the kitchen on and the sky light are just too much
light. I've cut the aquarium lights and I'm hoping
by just vacuuming it regularly the algae will die out.

Just this statement sugests that something is seriously
wrong with your tank setup or stocking - there should be
never too much sun/light in a reef tank!
You do not limit the light intake, you increase the
nutrients export from the tank to avoid algae outbreaks.

Red algae usually means too much phosphates.
Have you measured if you have them as low as in the real ocean?