Expert level stuff here, but I want to share my own experience.
Everyone has their own husbandry and is entitled their their own-way-of-doing-things.
I have for awhile now been dosing 32ozs of tetraselmis phytoplankton algae that I brew on my basement in two big 5gal containers with spouts. 32ozs going into a total water volume if around 250gals.
Brew station
I started the "brew" buying a bottle of Mercer of Montana strain of tetraselmis in a bottle.
Much like keeping a strain of Yeast going and going to brew homemade beer, I keep brewing this tetraselmis phyto on scale where I dose a 32oz bottle of the stuff straight from the brewing container into my DT roughly about 1hr before the lights go out for the overnight.
Benefits I'm seeing:
> nuisance algae on all LR is gone. Ive read that my tetraselmis is a plant-based algae that outcompetes bad algae. Do I still get algae film on my glass? Yes, but its tetraselmis algae that scrapes off easily. My tank water is a constant shape of light hue of green that you only see in a white bucket during waterchanges. There is no murkiness when I'm just sitting looking at my cirals and fish
> extremely happy corals. Im a dominated zoa/paly tank and I've never seen my polyps more colorful and plump/fleshy. I do have several mushrooms and these guys are my early-warning guys. If they look slightly shriveled,I know something isn't right with my water quality. Ever since dosing tetraselmis my mushrooms look like Goodyear Blimps they have gotten so fleshy.
I wish I had before'n'after pics of my corals because the change has been dramatic.
Am I saying dosing tetraselmis phyto is the "hidden secret" most reefers don't know about and don't utilize???? Maybe....
Problem is with suggesting to you a change on the way you do things gets "personal" really quick because we all believe we've done the research and are doing the best for our tanks.
Anyone else out there dosing tetraselmis phyto? Please tell us your experiences...
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Everyone has their own husbandry and is entitled their their own-way-of-doing-things.
I have for awhile now been dosing 32ozs of tetraselmis phytoplankton algae that I brew on my basement in two big 5gal containers with spouts. 32ozs going into a total water volume if around 250gals.
Brew station
I started the "brew" buying a bottle of Mercer of Montana strain of tetraselmis in a bottle.
Much like keeping a strain of Yeast going and going to brew homemade beer, I keep brewing this tetraselmis phyto on scale where I dose a 32oz bottle of the stuff straight from the brewing container into my DT roughly about 1hr before the lights go out for the overnight.
Benefits I'm seeing:
> nuisance algae on all LR is gone. Ive read that my tetraselmis is a plant-based algae that outcompetes bad algae. Do I still get algae film on my glass? Yes, but its tetraselmis algae that scrapes off easily. My tank water is a constant shape of light hue of green that you only see in a white bucket during waterchanges. There is no murkiness when I'm just sitting looking at my cirals and fish
> extremely happy corals. Im a dominated zoa/paly tank and I've never seen my polyps more colorful and plump/fleshy. I do have several mushrooms and these guys are my early-warning guys. If they look slightly shriveled,I know something isn't right with my water quality. Ever since dosing tetraselmis my mushrooms look like Goodyear Blimps they have gotten so fleshy.
I wish I had before'n'after pics of my corals because the change has been dramatic.
Am I saying dosing tetraselmis phyto is the "hidden secret" most reefers don't know about and don't utilize???? Maybe....
Problem is with suggesting to you a change on the way you do things gets "personal" really quick because we all believe we've done the research and are doing the best for our tanks.
Anyone else out there dosing tetraselmis phyto? Please tell us your experiences...
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