Hi All,
I have dinoflagellates, have been doing a ton of reading, and I'm confused. Do dinos feed off nitrate and phosphate, or what? I read some guides that say to lower your phosphate and nitrate, and other that say low nitrate & phosphate are the problem. Which is it?
I feel like my fuge started it. I was running the light 12h and my chaeto has been overrun with algae for a while. I did a sump clean-out but it just all came back. I use filter floss to keep big chucks from entering my DT.
So what do I do? Also, I'm battling ich at the same time. what the heck? I've been trying to do all the right things, I have all the right equipment, I try not to make drastic changes, I don't feed a lot. I dose some phyto for the coral and dose alk to keep the alk stable.
I'm starting to get discouraged.
Salinity: 1.024 - held steady with ATO
Phos: 0.5 (API)
Nitrate: 0 (API)
pH: 8.2 ish (API is inconclusive)
Alk: 7.5 - 8 depending (Also API)
Tank 40g breeder
Fuge: 20 gal with chaeto in fuge and par38 bulb
Lighting: Orbit 36inch and Beamswork quad30 (150 watt)
UV: Coralife 3X Turbotwist
GFO tumbler with a small amount of PO4X4
Stock: 6 small fish, BTA, couple frags, some snails, hermits, and a fighting conch
6 month old tank
Edit: temp set at 79F with inkbird
Skimmer = Brand new Aquamaxx HOB in sump
I have dinoflagellates, have been doing a ton of reading, and I'm confused. Do dinos feed off nitrate and phosphate, or what? I read some guides that say to lower your phosphate and nitrate, and other that say low nitrate & phosphate are the problem. Which is it?
I feel like my fuge started it. I was running the light 12h and my chaeto has been overrun with algae for a while. I did a sump clean-out but it just all came back. I use filter floss to keep big chucks from entering my DT.
So what do I do? Also, I'm battling ich at the same time. what the heck? I've been trying to do all the right things, I have all the right equipment, I try not to make drastic changes, I don't feed a lot. I dose some phyto for the coral and dose alk to keep the alk stable.
I'm starting to get discouraged.
Salinity: 1.024 - held steady with ATO
Phos: 0.5 (API)
Nitrate: 0 (API)
pH: 8.2 ish (API is inconclusive)
Alk: 7.5 - 8 depending (Also API)
Tank 40g breeder
Fuge: 20 gal with chaeto in fuge and par38 bulb
Lighting: Orbit 36inch and Beamswork quad30 (150 watt)
UV: Coralife 3X Turbotwist
GFO tumbler with a small amount of PO4X4
Stock: 6 small fish, BTA, couple frags, some snails, hermits, and a fighting conch
6 month old tank
Edit: temp set at 79F with inkbird
Skimmer = Brand new Aquamaxx HOB in sump
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