Some interesting stuff I've been reading on food and algae

[Europhyllia]

got ya. ;)

Nothing wrong with skimming, GFO, etc.

I have just a little hair algae (small tufts I guess) and I am already past a little outbreak of Bryosis, cyano is gone too.

What his point was (if I understand it correctly) is that normally as the biological filtration adjusts you go through the usual cyano, brypsis, hair algae cycle.
Did you read Holmes-Farley's article on how he got rid of hair algae by boosting his macro with iron?
I thought that was pretty interesting.

What amazes me is that I put in algae paste daily, 6-7 cubes of frozen. Powdered and freeze dried foods every 4 hours for a duration of 2 hours each. That's a lot IMO.
I can compare that to a ULN system I saw recently and can say mine looks cleaner in regards to algae.
I don't think the 'feed your fish sparingly' is justified anymore.

That's just my opinion of course.

And I wouldn't introduce anything on purpose that I know has no convenient herbivore to go with it (Caulerpa racemosa has no place in my tank)

still...look for the next TOTM thread It's such a fantastic example of where patience can take you even in a really long-term set up and when faced with pests and algae. Truly inspiring.