Gradually Increased my Light Cycle.....Now Hair Algae

[acroholic]

jonboyb;352465 wrote: OK, threw some Phosban in a media bag (or wife's pantyhose that is) and put it in the rear overflow for the time being. I'll try to locate a good test tomorrow. I guess I just made a mess when I vacumned that patch of sand. Not a bit of algae anywhere else in the tank.

That is good temporarily, but for best use of the phosban you should have a reactor. I use the Phosban reactor for my GFO and have it is a fluidised state, same way Phosban is supposed to be used.

 

[jonboyb]

The chamber I placed it in (it's actually the SeaChem PhosGaurd) is one of the upward flowing sections and it does ok for keeping the pellets suspended in the bag. Certainly not as efficient as a reactor, but it should help. I love my all-in-one tank, but adding things like reactors is difficult at best. I'm working on getting a custom sump built right now just so I can add a CR. The recent bloom in my SPS propogation has me dosing double what I used to in order to maintain Mg, Ca, and Alk:boo:

 

[acroholic]

Definitily look into a proper GFO reactor once you are set up with a sump.:yes:
Dave