vendredi 18 décembre 2015

Purple Algae =(

Hello All:

I have been seeing purplish algae on my sand bed lately.

I have a 6.5 month old 92 gallon corner bow front. I have a skimmer, an overflow chamber, 25 gallon sump, UV sterilizer and media reactor running NPX pellets.

I have 3 blue/green chromis, one Red Flame Angel, 2 Ocellaris clowns and a scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp. I also have about 35lbs of LR.

As of 20 minutes ago my parameters are:
Nitrites-O
Nitrates-5 or 10 (Red Sea vs. API)
Ammonia-0
Phosphates-.1 or less
pH-8.2

My usual WC is every 12-14 days with about 15-20 gallons changed.

My light have been cut down to about 6 or 7 hours per day. And I feed once a day - frozen mysis,brine or spirulina - usually less than a full cube.

Pictures are attached. All the stock seems very happy, but I don't think the sand algae is good. What could I be doing better?

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