What it’s the best macro algae to control phosphate?

[horseplay]

Back in the day I had a basement system and a dedicated tank growing cheato. It worked really well. But I would not grow cheato in the sump. Too messy because of the lighting. I like a clean sump.

When dosing carbon cyano is part of the game. This happens when the phosphate is dropped to zero. Dial back on the dosing the cyano almost always disappear for me. My tank is ultra low in nutrients now without dosing and it also has cyano from time to time. just have to increase feeding. When carbon dosing, always test for phosphate and nitrate levels weekly and adjust as needed.

 

[ericrodriguez]

Back in the day I had a basement system and a dedicated tank growing cheato. It worked really well. But I would not grow cheato in the sump. Too messy because of the lighting. I like a clean sump.

When dosing carbon cyano is part of the game. This happens when the phosphate is dropped to zero. Dial back on the dosing the cyano almost always disappear for me. My tank is ultra low in nutrients now without dosing and it also has cyano from time to time. just have to increase feeding. When carbon dosing, always test for phosphate and nitrate levels weekly and adjust as needed.

My phosphate are so high that my Hanna ultra low can’t read it. It blinks too

 

[ericrodriguez]

Now it should be around 0.05
I’ll check it out later in the day

 

[NJTaxMan]

I use cheato and dose potassium nitrate. Keeps phosphates undetectable not to mention just enough nitrates to say I have some. Never made sense to me until I found out that cheating takes up nitrate faster than phosphate. As such, I dosed nitrate to cheato will take up both fast. Love it

 

[ericrodriguez]

Got this from maximusreef
I don’t have the light yet it’s been a little bit busy but I’ll place it on the side with a little container like that one in the picture

 

[kabal2]

for me dragon breath and red orgo, cheato just stays there, doesn't grow or melt it just exist in my tank

 

[Goodair]

Red macros have potential to look so good! Just a matter of who you got that eats it.

 

[ericrodriguez]

Red macros have potential to look so good! Just a matter of who you got that eats it.

It’s going to end up being in back chamber
I’m very excited about this dragon breath