heedicus
03/12/2002, 01:19 AM
Hello,
I got home from a four day vacation and there is all this ugly brown algae all over all the live rocks and glass and everything. I have a 55 gal FOWLR (1 yellow tail damsel, 1 neon damsel, 2 percula clowns). i am using and emporer 400 with only carbon and bio wheels goin. about 70 watts in random lights (all bulbs new, 2 17 watt 10.000 lamps and 1 40 watt 50/50, they are all new) i put phosphate eating pads in the emporer to try to help but there is all this brown algae everywhere. it wasnt at bad when i left and i had about 10 snails to hopefully eat em, well the snails were happly eating, then i leave and when i come home, all the snails are dead. i have some hermits and they are still alive, all the fishies are still happy nothing new was added or anything. there is about 40-45 # of LR.
any sugguestions?
i have been looking to put in a sump or referigium(spelling?).
anywho any and all is appreciated.
thanks
tren
I got home from a four day vacation and there is all this ugly brown algae all over all the live rocks and glass and everything. I have a 55 gal FOWLR (1 yellow tail damsel, 1 neon damsel, 2 percula clowns). i am using and emporer 400 with only carbon and bio wheels goin. about 70 watts in random lights (all bulbs new, 2 17 watt 10.000 lamps and 1 40 watt 50/50, they are all new) i put phosphate eating pads in the emporer to try to help but there is all this brown algae everywhere. it wasnt at bad when i left and i had about 10 snails to hopefully eat em, well the snails were happly eating, then i leave and when i come home, all the snails are dead. i have some hermits and they are still alive, all the fishies are still happy nothing new was added or anything. there is about 40-45 # of LR.
any sugguestions?
i have been looking to put in a sump or referigium(spelling?).
anywho any and all is appreciated.
thanks
tren