i started my tank about 7 months ago. about two months ago green algae started to grow about the time i got my strip light. it's one 10000k and one blue acintic. i have a regal tang, a domino damsel, a cleaner shrimp about twenty hermit crabs and two turbo snails i bought recently to help with the algae. also i'm still reading no nitrates at all in the tank, and i dont have a phosphate test. i got some water from the lfs to see if something might be wrong with my kit but it read nitrate in there water. i thought this might have something to do with the algae. any information on how to fix this problem? also i bought some snails a while back and they all died. maybe this can help determine the proble. thanks.
hi i just added a phosphate absorber.do you think this will do the job? i dont have a phosphate test so i took a sample to the lfs and they couldn't test for phosphate. i found a test but it was 20 dollars. since i have the phosphate absorber do you still think i need a test? also what are the chances phosphate is my problem?
ok i tested my phosphate and it is zero. hair algae is still growing and i also have brown algae. my nitrate is undetectable. seems like i should have at least a little nitrate since the other tank i have has about 10ppm and i started them at the same time. should i get a protein skimmer? will that help. someone please help me.
ok i tested my phosphate and it is zero. hair algae is still growing and i also have brown algae. my nitrate is undetectable. seems like i should have at least a little nitrate since the other tank i have has about 10ppm and i started them at the same time. should i get a protein skimmer? will that help. someone please help me.
One get a skimmer. As for the hair algea. You need to remove the rock and scrub the algea off. Dont do this in the tank. As it will spread and cause more problems. What tests are you using?
for the phosphate i'm using an api test and for nitrate and everything else i'm using a doc well fish tesk kit. i will take the rock out and scrub it and see if that helps. does a protein skimmer remove phosphate?
i still need an answer to why i still have no nitrates. i have taken my water to two different lfs and all of them read zero. why is this?
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