+Jakedoza Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 After fighting an algae problem since last November I have finally beat it. Some may remember my post and video.. http://www.austinree...e__hl__jakedoza I tried everything under the sun to get rid of the algae problem... snails, algae eating fish, darkness for days at a time, I even went as far as scrubbing the rock clean, but the algae just grew back... I have to thank Jeremy (offroadodge) and hydro innovations for the tip that finally got me going in the positive direction. I had tested every aspect of my water except the magnesium. I started dosing and weeks later the algae started ending up in the filter instead of in my tank. The algae is 97% gone and I am finally ready to start adding corals to the tank. If anyone has any frags they are willing to donate, they will be appreciated. I want to get the tank looking nice so I can host meetings here in the future. I also want to do an advanced photography workshop for those that are interested, but I have nothing really worth taking photos of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medi Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Congrats! Just curious....how high was your Mg before you started noticing dieoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 I never could get it above 1200.. so, 1200. Lol Sent from my Android using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Alvarado Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 At the same time you posted that a couple months back, I also had a Bryopsis breakout. I raised the MG to 2300 for 4 weeks and it knocked it out. Haven't seen it since. I also pulled the worst rock and scrubbed it off to reduce the die off from cluttering the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Did raising your Mg levels that high have any effect on corals, fish, or inverts in the tank? How long did you take to get it that high? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Alvarado Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Not much to look at, but here is today. Sorry for the blurry pictures, phone takes terrible pictures close to the glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 I didn't have much coral to speak of, but no. Sent from my Android using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Alvarado Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Did raising your Mg levels that high have any effect on corals, fish, or inverts in the tank? How long did you take to get it that high? For me, I did it over the course of a week. I saw no ill effects on anything in the tank at the time. But, I only had a few corals and fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barderer Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 What Mg product did you use Kent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 I used ESV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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