Blennymower

And so far I'm liking it. Life is much easier now. I no longer have to worry about changing and cleaning the filter socks (which I hate), and no sand bed in the refugium section of my sump means I can now stir/vacuum the bottom of the sump to remove detritus .

And call it science or just strange, but ever since, for the past three days, since I removed the Caulerpa I had growing my pH has maintained itself between 8.1-8.15 as opposed to the previous readings of 7.8-7.9. Let's see if this last.

To summarize I'm adopting the regimen I have seen many others use; strong skimming and water changes.

If I ever have issues with NO3 and PO4 then I'll add some chaetomorpha, I don't think I'll return to adding Caulerpa.