I have been in the hobby for about 7 or 8 years, excluding a year and a half hiatus. Before I left the hobby, I had set up my previous 3 or 4 tanks all the same way and had a lot of success. I’d set up the tank, put the real reef brand live rock in, wait a week and add my first fish and wait a couple more days and introduce some Zoas. If the zoas looked good for a week or two I’d start adding additional corals here and there. Never had any issues.
Fast forward to my most recent two tanks. I follow the same process. The only difference is I’m tackling SPS/Zoas instead of softies and LPS. Waited about a month or so before putting in a test acro in both tanks. Everything looks good for a month and then BOOM! Dinos.
For whatever reason I can’t seem to keep nutrients up in these two most recent tanks and it causes a crazy bloom of Dinos. I also have Chrysophytes, or however you spell it.
The only thing I can think of is maybe I’m moving things along faster than I remember or perhaps it’s just a difference between SPS and LPS. Thoughts?
Fast forward to my most recent two tanks. I follow the same process. The only difference is I’m tackling SPS/Zoas instead of softies and LPS. Waited about a month or so before putting in a test acro in both tanks. Everything looks good for a month and then BOOM! Dinos.
For whatever reason I can’t seem to keep nutrients up in these two most recent tanks and it causes a crazy bloom of Dinos. I also have Chrysophytes, or however you spell it.
The only thing I can think of is maybe I’m moving things along faster than I remember or perhaps it’s just a difference between SPS and LPS. Thoughts?