Lol club Refugium, it's where all the cool kids hangout 🤣

Thanks Scott.

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my tank won’t fit a tang so i got a tuxedo urchin lol

Had Under gravel filters.

How did you get on?

Reef update coming soon.

Sounds like your tank is out competing your reactors try the methods mentioned in this video. Also possibly your reactor maybe too small and can't compete with your large tank

Thanks for your response, my tank is 1000ltr the reactor I'm using is by Marine sources and is one of the largest they do, I have a pump which is pushing 1800l/hr through the reactor. Im using a 5 meter strip LED grow light with reds and blues, all of the lights are in contact with the reactor. I also have a GFO reactor with a turnover of around 1000l/hr. I've tried just about everything. I'm going to add the kessil light to the reactor and continue with the maintenance, I'm doing a 25% water change weekly, which is getting a little painful now!! LOL. Once again thanks for the response and keep up the great work on this channel, really informative and useful.

You will never eliminate the need to clean the glass, its part of reefing. Even with the best refugium, you will still need to clean it every few days so don't stress over it. Cyano is a pain to get rid of and even with low nutrient systems, you may still get it. It is thought to be to do with a balance between organic compounds in the water (have a look at the redfield ratio if you are interested in learning more.) Trition are shortly bringing out a new test that will help with testing these levels. However one of the big things with cyano is flow, so make sure you have a good flow in the areas it is being found and also you can use a black out period to try and battle it. However it doesnt always work and may come back. There are also some good compounds that I havent tried that many people swear by. Nice video Aaron, well described :)

battyjoe thanks for this, it is really frustrating but hopefully with all this advice I’ll eventually get on top of it. I felt something had gone out of whack a little as the tank was great for around four months after cycling then it started. I suppose there are so many factors involved it’s difficult to pin it. I’ll certainly look at the flow. Once again thanks for the advice.

Currently 24/7 but once it's taking too much I'll reduce the time.

Canister filters are never any good for a reef tank if you want a good reef tank you must have a sump there is just too many things that you can’t use with a canister filter and reef tanks need Like rectors and skimmers

I’m a year late but you can get a hang on refugium to use with an attachable light for growing macros. Also like the other guy said, canister filters aren’t the best for reef tanks since they tend to harbor a lot of nitrates over time

Diamond goby will do wonders for your sand bed and a turkey baster for your zoanthids that will get covered in dinos

Of course a new fish will not help your nutrient problem

E SHACKELFORD did you ever end up doing a blackout?

I'd also like some feedback here, I assume it's ok to run your fuge light since the idea is that it's good to feed the good algae (chaetomorpha etc. in fuge) that also consume nutrients, all while starving the unwanted GHA in your DT by taking away light. I'd probably only do this if I didn't have any GHA in my fuge or anywhere in my sump that light could reach. Is a combination of chemistry and methods like this possibly more effective of managing algae?

In your case you have to balance import and export. What goes in must equally come out. If you have more going in than out then that's where issues may arise. As mentioned in the video Corals consume Nitrates and Phosphates. Utilise that ability to your advantage. Remember this video was created to help you understand how Algae works so you can then use that understanding and implement that into your system. Hope this helps 👍🏽

Keen eye pal. There will be one coming soon.

Look forward to it

It's the same cabinet I've always had?

Lol it's the place to be 🤣

Kevin Jones siphoning the reef and turkey basting ?

Reef coming soon. This video is about Green Hair Algae pal.

I just see you doing mostly live streams lately and I don't watch those, so I wasn't sure if you talked about it already in those and I missed it.

Yes all that is changing now live streams I going to be reduced and videos like this are going to take precedent again. Aarons Aquarium is back baby

Cyano can be caused by too little nutrients. I always get cyano when I dose carbon

@@00Mass00 yep, zero phosphate and moderate nitrate and long light cycle and cyano is right around the corner.

Just don't feed. Or just put the food in, they don't need light to know food is around.

Aarons Aquarium thanks

How long keeping lights in the sump for refugium?