Well, we are still battling the hair algae problem. I’ve done three things very recently that hopefully will aid us in eradicating the hair algae. The first is removing the filter sock from water ingress into the sump. I had been changing the sock weekly but realized the sock is a nitrate trap and hence removed it. I also slowed down the flow through the Bulk Reef Supply reactor in the hopes that having the water spend more time in contact with the GFO will help with the problem. Lastly, I added a bunch of blue legged hermit crabs to help eat away at the problem. Mellina and I looked last night and we are hopefully optimistic that we are making progress. 

We don’t want to tear the tank down and start again, that would be miserable so we are trying everything possible to get control of the situation.

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