Treefer32
Valuable Member
I saw a resurrected thread on dinos and went through the pictures. And I definitely do not have dinos. I either have Diatoms mixed with Cyano or primarily cyano with air bubbles (lots of them sometimes). Every now and then I see air bubbles releasing from the rocks. My fish graze the algae, etc that grows around the air bubbles. I blow them off and they release to the surface en-masse but, they always come back.
I have a 2 year old 340 gallon display. My phosphates are always in the .12 -.16 range, my nitrates are usually in the 16-20 range. I run a Algae turf scrubber as my primary nutrient export. I have no skimmer running at this point (I used to, but no difference on the diatoms / Cyano mix with or without skimmer.)
Alk is usually 10-11 (try to keep it closer to 10.) Calcium is 440-480, and mag is usually close to 1500. I do 15-20 % water changes weekly. I run filter socks and change them out every 2 days religiously. I run a 25 micron Nu-Clear Cannister filter for water polishing and occasionally run Purigen and /or Carbon to polish the water.
I use 0 TDS RODI and test and change DI often, changed the RO membranes and carbon blocks in the last 8-10 months. The TDS from RO to DI is 10.
I run a water softener and RODI is plumbed off the softener.
I use basic IO salt. I dose Baked Baking soda for alk and BRS Calcium Chloride for calcium. My corals are all growing well for the most part, other than my Acans. I have a hammer with 4-5 new heads and constantly growing, Acros that have tripled in size and continue to grow. I feel like the reef is established and healthy. I have 17 fish.
Yet, I have a 15" shelf rock that (coincidently all my Acros are on). It's probably 50-60% covered in Coraline Algae now, but still continues to grow Diatoms. I blow it off with a turkey baster every 2-3 days, but, the air bubbles and/or Cyano come back, nearly every day.
I've accepted that it's just a part of my reef. But, just checking is this a sign that something is still imbalanced if I have no other algae on my rocks or sand bed? Or is it just a lack of flow on the shelf rock, or something to do with that rock? The rest of my rocks my have a patch of cyano here and there, but nothing that's invasive or damaging to corals. The shelf is most noticable because it's the only spot that gets the bubbles.
I got some MicroBacter 7 I was thinking about dosing at maintenance levels to see if it would out compete the Diatoms and/or Cyano. I guess is the recommendation just to accept it and someday it may go away? Keep blowing it off and someday it may go away? Or is there something I should be taking action on to prevent a bigger outbreak in the future?
I have a 2 year old 340 gallon display. My phosphates are always in the .12 -.16 range, my nitrates are usually in the 16-20 range. I run a Algae turf scrubber as my primary nutrient export. I have no skimmer running at this point (I used to, but no difference on the diatoms / Cyano mix with or without skimmer.)
Alk is usually 10-11 (try to keep it closer to 10.) Calcium is 440-480, and mag is usually close to 1500. I do 15-20 % water changes weekly. I run filter socks and change them out every 2 days religiously. I run a 25 micron Nu-Clear Cannister filter for water polishing and occasionally run Purigen and /or Carbon to polish the water.
I use 0 TDS RODI and test and change DI often, changed the RO membranes and carbon blocks in the last 8-10 months. The TDS from RO to DI is 10.
I run a water softener and RODI is plumbed off the softener.
I use basic IO salt. I dose Baked Baking soda for alk and BRS Calcium Chloride for calcium. My corals are all growing well for the most part, other than my Acans. I have a hammer with 4-5 new heads and constantly growing, Acros that have tripled in size and continue to grow. I feel like the reef is established and healthy. I have 17 fish.
Yet, I have a 15" shelf rock that (coincidently all my Acros are on). It's probably 50-60% covered in Coraline Algae now, but still continues to grow Diatoms. I blow it off with a turkey baster every 2-3 days, but, the air bubbles and/or Cyano come back, nearly every day.
I've accepted that it's just a part of my reef. But, just checking is this a sign that something is still imbalanced if I have no other algae on my rocks or sand bed? Or is it just a lack of flow on the shelf rock, or something to do with that rock? The rest of my rocks my have a patch of cyano here and there, but nothing that's invasive or damaging to corals. The shelf is most noticable because it's the only spot that gets the bubbles.
I got some MicroBacter 7 I was thinking about dosing at maintenance levels to see if it would out compete the Diatoms and/or Cyano. I guess is the recommendation just to accept it and someday it may go away? Keep blowing it off and someday it may go away? Or is there something I should be taking action on to prevent a bigger outbreak in the future?
