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[TheShrimpNibbler]

Tennessee is hit or miss. You have yard cars in some places, and not in others.

Very true! You could have a town full of hoarders with stuff coming out the window an hour away from a big city.

 

[Katrina71]

Rural areas of Tennessee have a serious problem with meth and opioids.

 

[Why-Me]

so...yard cars are one thing.
Having every vehicle you've ever owned since 1955 out back though is another thing especially since up here they sit there and rust into the ground, literally decay into nothing.
They can't be restored and worthless to anyone.

"Rural areas of Tennessee have a serious problem with meth and opioids. "
Rural america has a drug problem...it's easy to hide away from everyone else be left alone to your vices. That's what they want and our rural america allows for that. Not much to do besides end the demand and the supply flow will end, hopefully.

 

[living_tribunal]

The Dino bloom in my display went from 0 to 100 in just this past day. I’m up to dosing .035ppm phosphate 3x a day and still zeroing out very quick.

I’m worried about dosing any more in one sitting causing too quick of a parameter change for my corals.

This situation is really difficult. I’d like to begin full Dino warfare but can’t until I can get a phosphate surplus in my tank.

 

[sfin52]

One of the apartment I service has new bullet holes every time I go out. 1030 in the morning a drive by. Six shots form a pistol 9mil from the sound. I started running toward the gun fire when the maintenance man drags me into a empty unit.

 

[living_tribunal]

Time for war, gonna baste it like it’s thanksgiving, dose some hydrogen peroxide and immediately start a blackout.

Going to give my system a monster phosphate dose tonight and tomorrow morning to try and find the equilibrium ASAP. Almost better to go back and inch down in this situation than incrementally up as I have been.

 

[sfin52]

Time for war, gonna baste it like it’s thanksgiving, dose some hydrogen peroxide and immediately start a blackout.

Going to give my system a monster phosphate dose tonight and tomorrow morning to try and find the equilibrium ASAP. Almost better to go back and inch down in this situation than incrementally up as I have been.

I wouldn't do a water change it fuels dino. I would siphon water into a bucket through a 5-10 micron sock and empty bucket back into the tank.
Osteoporosis is what I felt with. If it's them a UV is going to be your best friend. They enter the water volume at night.

 

[living_tribunal]

I wouldn't do a water change it fuels dino. I would siphon water into a bucket through a 5-10 micron sock and empty bucket back into the tank.
Osteoporosis is what I felt with. If it's them a UV is going to be your best friend. They enter the water volume at night.

I’m not doing any water changes.

If it’s the Home Depot bucket, that just holds my filter socks that will be washed.

I added my new uv today so my game plan just now was to baste as much as possible off the rock and lightly stir up the sand so the uv can get to work.

I also turned off the lights immediately after basting to suspend them in the water column for as long as possible while my uv does its thing.

I work from home tomorrow so I’m going to do an initial .03ppm dose of phosphate and test every subsequent hour to determine the rate of phosphate binding. That should give me a decent approximation to what I will need to dose.

Hopefully I can get that phosphate surplus before my lights go back on in 3-4 days.

My poor corals and fish just took a beating.

 

[living_tribunal]

I wouldn't do a water change it fuels dino. I would siphon water into a bucket through a 5-10 micron sock and empty bucket back into the tank.
Osteoporosis is what I felt with. If it's them a UV is going to be your best friend. They enter the water volume at night.

Do you think I should add a carbon packet for the toxins coming from the dead Dino or should my skimmer be enough to export it?

 

[Katrina71]

I'd add carbon if it was mine.

 

[living_tribunal]

I'd add carbon if it was mine.

I think it’s smart as well. Those toxins really do a lot of harm. They killed my old Duncan, I miss the dude still.

 

[Katrina71]

Do you have an airstone you can drop in? I think it might ease the stress on your fish.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I'd add carbon if it was mine.

I run carbon 24/7... I swear I have something environmental that doesn't show up on an ICP test.

 

[Katrina71]

I run carbon 24/7... I swear I have something environmental that doesn't show up on an ICP test.

Pest control on the dogs maybe? On the shed fur?

 

[living_tribunal]

Do you have an airstone you can drop in? I think it might ease the stress on your fish.

I do but it’s hooked up to my qt that’s cycling right now. What would an air stone do in this instance?

 

[Katrina71]

I do but it’s hooked up to my qt that’s cycling right now. What would an air stone do in this instance?

Everytime you go to the ER, you get O2. I think it reduces stress. I always drop one in when I have an event. It may be Overkill, but never any negative results.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Agreed. Oxygenating the water is good for stressful times. I do not know much about Dinos, but if they are polluting the water column it may have other benefits as well.

 

[living_tribunal]

Everytime you go to the ER, you get O2. I think it reduces stress. I always drop one in when I have an event. It may be Overkill, but never any negative results.

I didn’t know that’s what it’s for! I’ll see if I can make some space to add one.

My fish and corals have taken a beating before so I’m sure they’ll be alright with some sand and detritus getting on them for a bit. I tried my best to lightly blow it off their polyps afterwards.

There’s unfortunately no easy way to remove this crap bacteria :/

What stunned me was how much detritus or like decomposed rock was on my structures. There was so much of it. That seemed to be where the Dino was blooming the worst.

 

[Katrina71]

I didn’t know that’s what it’s for! I’ll see if I can make some space to add one.

My fish and corals have taken a beating before so I’m sure they’ll be alright with some sand and detritus getting on them for a bit. I tried my best to lightly blow it off their polyps afterwards.

There’s unfortunately no easy way to remove this crap bacteria :/

What stunned me was how much detritus or like decomposed rock was on my structures. There was so much of it. That seemed to be where the Dino was blooming the worst.

Like compost in the soil, I'd imagine.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Katrina, this beautiful plate just popped up on BZA. I think I am in love

http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productdetailcc.asp?did=11&cid=329&pid=30199