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Hello Everyone,
I have been battling Cyano/Dino/Retracted coral growth issues for the last 3-4 months and I may pull my hair out.
Tank INFO:
Tank - Reefer 350
Skimmer - OCTO 150 SSS
Lights - Reef LED 90 x 2
Powerhead - MP60 + Gyer 4k
Filtation - Cabon filtration
Water Changes - 5-10 gallons per week
Parameters:
Nitrate - 0
Phophate 0.25ish
Ammonia - 0
Nitrites - 0
pH - 8.4
Temp - 81-82
SG - 1.022-1.024
One thing to note is I have tried dissing brightwell phosphate and nitrates and for some reason I havent been able to get the nitrates above 0 and I am adding 5-10 ppm per day. Phosphates have effectively gone up when added and I do see algae growth finally...I know that is hard to say.
Quick overview - Started with Dino’s a few months ago. Did a 3-4 day blackout, water change, filtered and life was good For a bit. Shortly after I had cyano start to breakout and was noticeable on my sand bed along with getting on coral. I upgraded my flow a bit, cut lights, more frequent water changes, cleaning sand bed, and I also used chem-pure but results were iffy. While i did get rid of the cyano I kept reading about 0 nutrients causing issues. I have been dosing and dosing and now I have green glass algae every day and Dino‘s have returned with a vengeance.
Few Questions or thought and if anyone else has any ideas I am all ears!
1. Should I remove carbon filtration?
2. Is my skimmer to large for my system? I never really get a dark skimmate it seems and nutrients are always 0.
3. Should I stay the course and hope the algae outcompetes the dinos or just cut the lights for 3-4 days and continue on?
4. For whatever reason, my corals have always stayed closed up and I cant get them to open up. I certainly knows a lot of it has to do with so many swings in parameters. My anemone on the other hand is a tank and has no issues with whatever I throw at it. Same with all of the fish.
5. If anyone needs photos or has any questions please ask and I will be more than happy to provide Information.
This forum is awesome!
-Matt
I have been battling Cyano/Dino/Retracted coral growth issues for the last 3-4 months and I may pull my hair out.
Tank INFO:
Tank - Reefer 350
Skimmer - OCTO 150 SSS
Lights - Reef LED 90 x 2
Powerhead - MP60 + Gyer 4k
Filtation - Cabon filtration
Water Changes - 5-10 gallons per week
Parameters:
Nitrate - 0
Phophate 0.25ish
Ammonia - 0
Nitrites - 0
pH - 8.4
Temp - 81-82
SG - 1.022-1.024
One thing to note is I have tried dissing brightwell phosphate and nitrates and for some reason I havent been able to get the nitrates above 0 and I am adding 5-10 ppm per day. Phosphates have effectively gone up when added and I do see algae growth finally...I know that is hard to say.
Quick overview - Started with Dino’s a few months ago. Did a 3-4 day blackout, water change, filtered and life was good For a bit. Shortly after I had cyano start to breakout and was noticeable on my sand bed along with getting on coral. I upgraded my flow a bit, cut lights, more frequent water changes, cleaning sand bed, and I also used chem-pure but results were iffy. While i did get rid of the cyano I kept reading about 0 nutrients causing issues. I have been dosing and dosing and now I have green glass algae every day and Dino‘s have returned with a vengeance.
Few Questions or thought and if anyone else has any ideas I am all ears!
1. Should I remove carbon filtration?
2. Is my skimmer to large for my system? I never really get a dark skimmate it seems and nutrients are always 0.
3. Should I stay the course and hope the algae outcompetes the dinos or just cut the lights for 3-4 days and continue on?
4. For whatever reason, my corals have always stayed closed up and I cant get them to open up. I certainly knows a lot of it has to do with so many swings in parameters. My anemone on the other hand is a tank and has no issues with whatever I throw at it. Same with all of the fish.
5. If anyone needs photos or has any questions please ask and I will be more than happy to provide Information.
This forum is awesome!
-Matt