Identification

ok as promised here are some pictures:

day 1 6/10/13


Day 7 6/17/13 4 doses of algaefix light reduction 5 hours daily and 10ml H2O2 daily


making some progress, everything I'm reading about algaefix says dose number 5 is the magic one.. crossing my finger..

 

looks like your coral likes the improvement also

 

My clowns are always messing with my duncans its a love hate relationship..

 

Mine is totaly gone !!!

Added 4 mexican turbo snails
Added 1 blenny
Changed gfo for seachem
Did 2% water change daily
Reduced the feeding to once a day

I Which you luck with your

 

woo hoo! go potager! So happy to hear!

 

Free and clear here.. doing my last dose of algaefix today.. and a 30% water change tomorrow..

 

I too switched from bulk GFO to phosguard, I can get phosguard(250ml) locally for 7 dollars. easier and cleaner then GFO to deal with.. no issues with corals.. we shall see..

 

Great results and photo documentation.

 

Question when do you know it's time to change the seachem ?

 

you don't.. the bottle says run until you start seeing po4 rise then replace.. I don't have a PO4 tester just yet.. I split the bottle in 3 equal parts, and run it for about 6 days each. once I get out of this nightmare and in the clear again, I will be switching back to GFO and switching out monthly.. when i was running GFO with this slime out break it would clog my slow tumble in about 2 days, with the phosgaurd i lock it in between sponges using the inserts in the phosban reactor backwards on full flow. no clog. I'll take a picture. IMO using any phosphate removing media passively is a waste of money.. within a few days just about everything in an aquarium is covered in a slime coat so that fine mesh bag doesn't get much flow through it, just my 2 cents..