So after doing what I thought was *everything* right, I am now experiencing an ostreopsis bloom. Of course immediately after adding some nicer corals as well.
NO3 and PO4 never reached undetectable levels (5-12 nyos, and .01-.02 Hanna) ok, ok, po4 was admittedly too low! I was trying to keep it up with heavy pellet feeding. I eradicated some nuisance macro algae that was growing on rocks and suddenly BOOM, dinos...
So, a couple of questions...
I plan to raise my nitrates, which are now 5, up to 12, and phosphates, which have crashed to 0 (guessing the dinos are using them), up to .05. If I maintain these numbers will that be sufficient, or should I aim higher?
I plan on dosing sponge excel, how should I go about this?
I ordered a pentair 40w smart UV and a varios6 to run it. Should I plumb from sump to display or display back to display? Also what setting on the varios should I use for optimal flow through?
I did also dose some pods, and have started dosing phyto as well. min addition I removed filter socks, halted my awc, and dialed back the water height on my skimmer.
Thank you all so much in advance, and any other tips are so appreciated.
NO3 and PO4 never reached undetectable levels (5-12 nyos, and .01-.02 Hanna) ok, ok, po4 was admittedly too low! I was trying to keep it up with heavy pellet feeding. I eradicated some nuisance macro algae that was growing on rocks and suddenly BOOM, dinos...
So, a couple of questions...
I plan to raise my nitrates, which are now 5, up to 12, and phosphates, which have crashed to 0 (guessing the dinos are using them), up to .05. If I maintain these numbers will that be sufficient, or should I aim higher?
I plan on dosing sponge excel, how should I go about this?
I ordered a pentair 40w smart UV and a varios6 to run it. Should I plumb from sump to display or display back to display? Also what setting on the varios should I use for optimal flow through?
I did also dose some pods, and have started dosing phyto as well. min addition I removed filter socks, halted my awc, and dialed back the water height on my skimmer.
Thank you all so much in advance, and any other tips are so appreciated.