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So the 75 is making progress.

Here are the details.
Amonia. 2.4 eek.
Salinity 1.028 ugh
Ph. 8.3 haven't had a chance to clock the swing. That will happen tom I'll be home all day.
Calcium. 480
Nitrite. .01
Phosphates. .25
Iron. .01

I dosed a double dose of ammonia down. After 3 days of single dozing. I'm using sachem prime water conditioner. It continues to drop slowly. I'm gonna do a water change tom. Only thing is my return ...

Hi all, I had an infestation of flat worms and after treating the tank for those I now have a significant algae bloom. It has been over a month now and I have done two large water changes and all of my water tests are at good levels. but I have a lot of red and green algae and even some of the brown algae on the sand bed.
Any idea of what is going on? or what I can test for? My skimmer is working well, I am not sure what is going on.

-Steven

Well I switched lights a couple months back from a 150W hanging pendant to a 150W fixture with legs so about 8" closer to the tanks surface. On top of that the old bulb was wicked old. Knowing it was a new bulb, closer to the surface, i assumed it would be a shock to all the corals so i adjusted my photoperiod accordingly. Most of my corals adjusted fine, except for my finger leather which blacked over. I know they shed the outer layer but apparently it just never recovered because this is ...