Ok weird plan
Since my algae barn macros did not arrive on time.(what was going in the qt)
Half emptied my 20g qt.
Refilled with 10g of collected nsw. Kessil light, powerhead, 2lbs of dirty dry rock(nutrient source), going to dose silica to 2.7ppm(highest nsw numbers for silica). After a bloom of non-dinoflagellate micro algae occurs. Will begin adding water from this tank to the dt.
If diatoms will slowly raise silica up to the same 2.7ppm(theres live stock and i dont want the ph and alkalinity effects of the sodium silicate to be a concerning factor)
Since my algae barn macros did not arrive on time.(what was going in the qt)
Half emptied my 20g qt.
Refilled with 10g of collected nsw. Kessil light, powerhead, 2lbs of dirty dry rock(nutrient source), going to dose silica to 2.7ppm(highest nsw numbers for silica). After a bloom of non-dinoflagellate micro algae occurs. Will begin adding water from this tank to the dt.
If diatoms will slowly raise silica up to the same 2.7ppm(theres live stock and i dont want the ph and alkalinity effects of the sodium silicate to be a concerning factor)