Setup
40gallon truvu
mag 7 for aqua c Ev90 Skimmer
mag 7 for return - about 4 feet of head - T-d to refugium
2 fish (small true perc and diamond goby)
4 SPS corals, 2 LPS
Problems:
With the increase in temperature (tank temp hits 83 everyday now) I've started get this brown coating of algae on the live sand, and green wispy algae growing in sporadic spots. I've added a power head in a problem area and have not seen an improvement (extra water changes with RO/DI - just tested). I also cut my halide down to 4 hours. I recently felt the flow coming from my return and am wondering if it is enough flow through my sump. According to the pump calculator it's about 420, but I think it could be less than that.
#2 - My skimmer just never seems to work as well as everyone rants about aqua C. It has been setup and I've double checked the setup via pictures with Steve at aqua C.
I guess my question is, I've been considering swapping out the mag7 return for a mag9. Should this improve the skimming due to increase in the amount of water to process, and hopefully help get the algae under control due to less nutrients?
40gallon truvu
mag 7 for aqua c Ev90 Skimmer
mag 7 for return - about 4 feet of head - T-d to refugium
2 fish (small true perc and diamond goby)
4 SPS corals, 2 LPS
Problems:
With the increase in temperature (tank temp hits 83 everyday now) I've started get this brown coating of algae on the live sand, and green wispy algae growing in sporadic spots. I've added a power head in a problem area and have not seen an improvement (extra water changes with RO/DI - just tested). I also cut my halide down to 4 hours. I recently felt the flow coming from my return and am wondering if it is enough flow through my sump. According to the pump calculator it's about 420, but I think it could be less than that.
#2 - My skimmer just never seems to work as well as everyone rants about aqua C. It has been setup and I've double checked the setup via pictures with Steve at aqua C.
I guess my question is, I've been considering swapping out the mag7 return for a mag9. Should this improve the skimming due to increase in the amount of water to process, and hopefully help get the algae under control due to less nutrients?
