What are your nutrient levels at now? I've had the same kind of problem: bottomed out nutrients and still algae. @sempsis101 so does alk affect...
Interesting. I've been "experimenting" with my 40 gallon and trying to raise nutrients (always reads 0, drives me crazy). It went from nothing...
This hasn't been the case either in my experience. Algae grows fine in the ocean with levels near 0, otherwise there would be no herbivores....
I don't understand this. :confused: At low levels of N and P, are the cuc and microorganisms just keeping algae under control?
Thanks for the reply! Heres what I don't understand: Let's say that I put in, for example, 5ppm of nitrate per day and my scrubber is working at...
I know this isn't specifically about scrubbers, but nobody can give me an answer and I figure you guys are the algae experts :)
I've this asked on other forums, but I can't seem to get a clear answer. This is kind of a general algae question, not algae scrubber specific....
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