NuAlgi update.

[Flyride95]

Hello, I just wanted to give all of you an update on my aquarium. Almost 2 months ago I recieved my NuAlgi trail package and gave it a shot. When I first started my tank was growing hair algae and the water needed a 100% change. Which with 200+ gallons that is not happening.
On Monday I will be dosing it for an 8th time and I can honestly say that I will be dosing this in my aquarium for the rest of its life. My GHA is receding and is only on 1 rock now. And my water is crystal clear. Now I am not a good husband to my aquarium because I only do a 40 gal water change once a month. But honestly if it wasn't for the trace elements I wouldn't need to do a water change now. All of my statistics are spot on, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 0 NITRATES, ext ext. that is huge as my nitrates 3 months ago where on the 30-40s. I will personally say that NuAlgi has given my aquarium back to me and took all the hard work out of it.
The past 3 months the only things I have put into my aquarium is:

Kent PH raise to get 8.2ph in my ato
Larry's reef services - reef frenzy nightly (JJ at Zephyr Aquatics sells this, it is fantastic!)
NuAlgi dose
Kent Lugoli drops
Monthly 40gal water change (instant ocean)
Carbon reactor

I am not running any filters what so ever. The water flows down to my sump where it goes to my Bubble Magus NAC7 then through a huge thing of rock rubble then to chaeto ( which is dying right now because there are no nitrates). More rock, carbon reactor then back up top.

I am blown away with NuAlgi and if you where like me with GHA growing uncontrollably even with 50% water changes then this stuff is a great option. Btw I had cyano growing in my sump that has also cleared up but I am not giving this the credit for that but it may of been involved with the nitrate drop.


180gal + 30gal sump with an awesome wave.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

thats awesome. What fish are in the tank and feeding habits? lmk

[Flyride95]

Yellow tang, Melanarus wrasse, six line wrasse, cleaner wrasse, 2x chromis, 2x clownfish, firefish, bicolor blenny, lawnmower blenny and a diamond goby. I put in a seaweed sheet every 4 days and I feed LRS nightly.


180gal + 30gal sump with an awesome wave.

[Dean]

What are the dosing instructions on this product? I'm curious as to how expensive it is to dose long term.
*Edit I found it. 1 ml per 30 gallons once a week. A 100ml bottle would last me a looong time. I am going to give this a shot!

[Flyride95]

I dose 6ml every week. But the dosing is supposed to be 1ml per 30 gal.

By the way I only have to clean my glass every 7-10 days. It will be crystal clear for right at 7 days.


180gal + 30gal sump with an awesome wave.

[Dean]

Did you have a spike in nitrates or phosphates when you started dosing it? This stuff sounds awesome after reading up on it a bit.

[Flyride95]

No I have not. But I did have a slight diatom break out but it only lasted like 5 days. And the fluid is sort of brown.


180gal + 30gal sump with an awesome wave.

[Flyride95]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/30/uzahusyg.jpg I was sooooo excited to see this test this morning.


180gal + 30gal sump with an awesome wave.

[Dean]

That's awesome! They say it kicks off the "cleaning" process by kick starting a diatom bloom so that sounds right. Where do you purchase it from?

[Flyride95]

I just signed up for a free trail from nualgiaquarium.com


180gal + 30gal sump with an awesome wave.

[Dean]

Mine is on the way.

[Flyride95]

Awesome.


180gal + 30gal sump with an awesome wave.

[grouch]

Same here free trials over but 1/2 off first order now.


Mine is on the way.

[THE_BEAST]

This sounds cool. Can we get some tank shots :)


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[kkiel02]

I ordered some to try it out. Getting some slight hair algae even with all the tangs. Don't think it will last too long but I did see they had wholesale sizes.

[Flyride95]

Sure. I actually just upgraded my phone from the iPhone 5 to a Samsung s5 and this new phone takes amazing pictures and it is WATERPROOF lol. I just need to get this thing figured out and get moved over from iTunes. :)

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[Bill S]

Interesting. But, I have a problem when someone uses "400x smaller". They OBVIOUSLY aren't scientists. There's no way to be 400 times smaller. Like the toilet paper, there's no way to use 4 times less. Unless I wiped my butt with 2 sheets and you gave me back 8.

Just to add to my comments above. I fail to see how you can continue to dump nutrients into your tank (food), and not export them.

Randy Holmes-Farley pretty much tore them up on RC: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2395144


(http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2395144)

[Dean]

Week 3 on my biocube and everybody is happy. The water looks clearer than it has in a long time and have 0 nuisance algae other than the occasional bubble. This tank had started showing signs of a slight cyano outbreak on a small section of the sand bed that has disappeared in the last week. The only thing I am doing different is the Nualgi so it must have had something to do with the cyano being vanquished.

Week 2 on my 65 gallon mixed reef. The diatom bloom came and went in a couple of days and the water has cleared nicely. I have had and still do, some small patches of hair algae as well as some cyano in a couple of places on my rock work. My fingers are crossed that the Nualgi wipes them out. Will update soon.

Anyone else have any updates?