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Cool and thanks again for all this help.Hold off on the snails they don't eat dinos. Honestly, I think the little bloom will be short lived. It's not uncommon for young tanks to see dinos especially if Coral were added prematurely. Most folks see them as diatoms, unless ID'd.
I would consider adding pods in steps. Purchase live rock and marine blocks, then add pods to display and sump, then start dosing rotifers followed up with plankton. The pods will go to town on rotifers and plankton but if I'm not mistaken rotifers will also eat plankton. So you are supplying the whole tank with food that it needs and enough food for procreation. That's the goal right now.
If the bloom persists between now and a week after the new additions, I suspect this bloom to only last a month at most. I think in the long run you'll be very happy with your decisions and start seeing corals and fish thriving. What you are adding is something that a lot of reefers neglect to add resulting in issues after issues. Trust me, I was that reefer lol.
Do you think I put corals in prematurely? I waited about 6 months before I put coral in my tank.
I had no idea that pods played a big role in a reef system. I just thought they were live food and that was it.
Well I have ordered the pods now so if o can't get live rock from my LFS at the weekend will I just take a piece out of my display and put it in my sump to add the pods?