I did. Well at least the fish. Not the acans and lobos.That will be fine you're still in range make sure you feed everything before you black everything out
Should I put a little fish food in tomorrow?
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I did. Well at least the fish. Not the acans and lobos.That will be fine you're still in range make sure you feed everything before you black everything out
7.6 according to randy.Also slightly worried about ph. Usually runs up to 8.1 with lights on and at night with alk dose it drops to about 7.95.
At 335pm it's around 7.94.
How low is too low
Are u saying u would not do the blackout or u would feed the fish during it??dont starve the fish. Its just cyano and will work its self out. its just the ugly phase. you be better off adding vitaminn c and or bacteria. probidio mb7 etc. a refugium would also be with looking into.
7.6 according to randy.
the DSB takes time to get going(build large beneficial bacteria). and gravity has a way of making things fall down on it and collect there. consider some more or diverse CUC for that. I have a 4 in dsb.
also double check you flow and make sure its nice and turbulent so stuff stays in suspension as long as possible so it gets to the skimmer. Is you sump funky, is the first indicator.
peroxide, imo an oxidiser will take out as much good stuff as bad just by its nature. So in a young tank with un established bio filter I personally wouldn't. By the time the peroxide treatment has an effect it may be gone just due to good husbandry. chemiclean is another option if it hangs around too long. but has its limits and is labor intensive with water changes.
also look into the food your feeding. In my tank I cant feed two little fishies marine snow. I get cyano the next day. I can over feed frozen and bottled phyto and zoo like a fool for weeks but the Snow just zaps me instantly. I have friends who use it daily too with no probs.
every tank is different.
i would feed the fish. fish like food. why stress them out.Are u saying u would not do the blackout or u would feed the fish during it??
Still not sure. Did the 3 day. Well , sort of. Did full black out with black garbage bags on tank for 48 hours. Then lights out for 24. Got a little nervous about my anthias. Did 25% water change as well and vacuumed out the little bid of cyano that was still there. As of yesterday, im out of town, sand still looked good except sand facing front towards glass has started to pick up a little red. I also added 2 voyager powerheads behind the rocks to increase circulation. Now have 2 gyre 150s and 2 voyagers in a 59" tank. I think it's enough.How did everything turn out
Got home last night. Brown is starting to come back on sand. Even in pretty high flow areas. Not sure of next move.
Got home last night. Brown is starting to come back on sand. Even in pretty high flow areas. Not sure of next move.
+1 to all of this. For poops and grins, do a phosphate check on your top off water to make sure it's not feeding po4 into your water.I still think its ugly phase.
Def check out what it is for sure.
rule out unintended carbon dosing sources if its cyano, like amino dosing vitamin c,some even in foods etc
double check TDS in water sources
beef up CUC for variety of eaters, mostly snails I believe.
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What power microscope would I need
Reduce it to 2 inch or less
Problem must be from that
Yes looks like cyano. They love sand mainly. Love organics in the sand.
I have a couple anthias amongst others and they love to eat.
I did. Well at least the fish. Not the acans and lobos.
Yes.(Didn't we have a conversation about this a little while back....or maybe we were both just in the same conversation?)