Hello everyone! “Long Time reader, first time posting”.... First off, thank you all for sharing all the fun you’re having with Dinos!
I’m hoping someone can help me ID these buggers... I’m thinking procentrum. They remain in the sand bed when the lights are on & migrate to the water column when the lights ramp down/turn off. Manual removal every other day has more or less kept them off the rock work & corals but within 48 hrs the tank is looking like I'm back to square one.
I plan on purchasing/installing a Pentair Aquatics Smart UV 25w sterilizer (about $400 on brs) but I’m wondering if anyone has a different 1 they’ve installed to a Protozoa flow that they would recommend? Preferably less expensive!
In addition to the UV I’m going to open up the roller-mat (allow higher amounts of gunk to bypass the felt pads of the roller-mat) & increase coral & fish feeding.
My pH ranged from 7.7-7.9 for the past few months, I’m slowly bringing it up, currently 7.9-8.1 (goal is 8.2-8.4 by the end of January)
Tank overview :
Red Sea 425 xl (roughly 95 gals water, 80ish lbs of sand, 80ish lbs of Caribsea Life rock.
Tough call on the ID; I am torn. I will attach the ID guide for you to judge for yourself. Good UV are expensive, sorry. While you have your wallet exposed, maybe order some NeoNitrate and NeoPhos along with a Red Sea nitrate test kit and Hanna ULR Phosphate checker. Avoid aminos and water changes for a while.
And........ WELCOME TO R2R!