Green water issue

[DSAfanatic]

How can I stop getting green water in my tank? I have a DSA Neo 90 with a AquaC EV120 skimmer, small section in my fuge full of macro and 3-4 in dsb, two media reactors with carbon in one and phosguard in the other. I have tried doing several small water changes weekly, big water changes twice weekly, a really big water change once weekly, but I continue to have to spend 10-15 minutes cleaning my glass everyday.

I think my next step is to get a EuroReef skimmer and a UV sterilizer, but I am open to any suggestions.

I am also curious about ozone as well. If anyone is using or has used ozone, please let me know how it worked.

[hobogato]

how long has the tank been set up?

what livestock do you have in it?

how much are you feeding?


may be a little shallow on the sand here.

...3-4 in dsb...

[DSAfanatic]

The tank is bare bottom

I currently have about 90-100lbs liverock, sailfin tang, bristletooth tang, 2 clowns, sixline and a neon goby and about 20 different sps, a few lps and some zoas.

The refugium section of my sump is pretty small so thats why there is only 3-4 inches of sand in it.

[DSAfanatic]

And the tank is about 3 months old, but I upgraded from a 40 so the sand and half the rock are from my old tank.

[brewercm]

If you are going to have that much sand I'd go ahead and get another bag and put it in. Either that or only go with a 1" for asthetics.

[Bill S]

Water source?

[CoryDude]

Water source?

That and nitrate levels.

[DSAfanatic]

I get my water from a local water place called Pure Water. They have a huge RODI system and its only 35 cents per gallon.

According to my API tests, my phos and nitrate are both zero. I know that there has to be phosphates though bc of my algae.

[Gseclipse02]

let a lfs test it

[Bill S]

I wouldn't trust an API kit.