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    Well I have three things going on with my tank now that could be slowing the scrubbers down at the moment. Water changes, carbon reactor, and protein skimmer.

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    None of those should affect it. But something is indeed in the water, and coming from somewhere.

    What are you feeding?

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    Right now mysis, nori, tetra veggie flakes, and Neptune crossover pellets. All are not feed all at once. Generally three of any combo

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    I forgot about my overflows. They have been acting as scrubber since I had the tank. Takes them awhile to grow. But I do pull some good portions of algae from there.

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    Just pull these this morning after my water chance. Mind you I have two overflows.
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    More reason to just let the scrubbers run without cleaning, like the overflows do, and like when you were gone.

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    Well I am going to put a cover on the overflows to block the light. You think the overflows causing the scrubbers to act slower?

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    No, but the fact that they had forever to develop there, in lower light, could be a clue. Especially since the stronger scrubber light did not help.

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    Might be a good time to try dosing iron, such as Kent's Iron+Manganese.

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    I have magnesium. Will that help?

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