Dinos cyano??!!

[sixty_reefer]

Why would someone dose more phosphate if the gha is eating it all wouldn’t it make it grow faster?! And I’m just trying to make sure it stays away with the cuc

Every organism in a reef tank needs phosphate in a way or another, some beneficial bacteria will need phosphate to be able to create tissue. You won’t slow down or starve the algae from growing as organic forms of phosphate will still be available.
Some of this beneficial bacteria if allowed to grow will also compete with the algae for other essential nutrients like ammonium.
By raising phosphate in a system that is depleted in phosphate you should notice that algae will be present, just not growing as fast as before, due to a beneficial microbial competition being re established.

 

[Bcook1016]

And will I get an algae bloom after that micro bacteria is esstablished or no, and how long until I have to do a water change or do I just keep it all in?

 

[Bcook1016]

When do I start regular water changes again ?!

 

[Bcook1016]

Anybody know?

 

[sixty_reefer]

Anybody know?

How’s everything at the moment? Can you update with a full pic under white light and what’s your current No3 and Po4.

 

[Bcook1016]

How’s everything at the moment? Can you update with a full pic under white light and what’s your current No3 and Po4.

How’s everything at the moment? Can you update with a full pic under white light and what’s your current No3 and Po4.

Here’s the tank now there’s barely any algae now which is very surprising I’ve been dosing Microbacter7 and neophos everyday with feeding, when do you think i can do a real water change again and stop dosing microbacter7 and just neonitro and neophos? My current nitrates are at 10-15 and phosphates are at 0 I can’t get the phosphates up.