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    So it's two weeks of scrubbing now. I made some new reflectors
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    Some pictures running before cleaning
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    and taken of for cleaning
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    There is a lot more green this week and first benefit I obtain is that I didn't clean the front glass in the display tank for a week now and it's not realy necesery. Before I was cleaning the glass every other day but DHA still is the same and growing. But I know it's only two weeks and it needs a lot more time.
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    Display algae on the rocks may grow more before getting better.

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    I know it's becouse all the phosphate in the rocks true? I also have a lot of HA in the acrilic ( my tank is bare bottom and have some white acrilic in a bottom glass)
    I know it will take a lot time to kill the alge from the rocks but how much time it needs to kill the algea in the acrilic and back glass? Next week I will measure my parameters when the test arrives and I will compare them every week.

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    Correct.

    If there is no coralline on the acrylic, it will clear quickly. If there is coralline, it will take weeks. Coralline is made of the same material as the rocks.

    The rocks will take many months.

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    I have a lot of coraline in the front but it do not have HA but the back behind the rocks have a lot of HA but no coraline so I hope it will go away soon.For the rocks I need to be veeeeeery patient then

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    So my Salifert test arrived today and this is the parameters

    Nitrate NO3 - 5
    Phosphate - 0

    What do you think?

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    That's really good, I like to see my NO3 between 0-5 and the Phos zero-ish.
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    I think all the algae in the DT consume all the nitrate and phosphate thats why its at low levels, I think I would need to feed more to up a little bit the phosphate to get my nitrate down to 0, or am I wrong?

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    You should not have to feed more. Just scrub strong, and give time.

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    Ok I will do so, thanks a lot for your help

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