@Randy Holmes-Farley and others.
I have a zoa/paly dominated tank to the tune of a 250ish gal total water volume.
I've been these last 2 months brewing my own Tetraselmis Phytoplankton from Mercer of Montana.... THEN doing a slow 6seconds/drip into my 180g DT.
All has been swell until I started seeing most if my Tangs seem irritated. Not sure if my water quality was off so ran tests:
NO3 = 10'ish
PO4 = solid 2-3
Magnesium = oddly enough seemed low at 1200'ish
I used-to carbon dose using a blend of 80proof Vodka plus 3% Vinegar to the tune of 5ml per night.
But after 6mos of carbon dosing my tank became ULM and LR was turning pale and I never had algea to scrape off the glass. So I stopped....
Shottly after stopping carbon dosing.... decided to dose tetraselmis phyto starting 2mos ago.
Now you see the test result above and I believe my fish ARE NOT HAPPY.
$1,000,000 QUESTION.....
*Can I dose tetraselmis phytoplankton 24/7 via my drip -AND- start carbon dosing again?
* Or are those two things CANCELLING each other out? (dripping live phyto only for the carbon dose to KILL it (?)
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I have a zoa/paly dominated tank to the tune of a 250ish gal total water volume.
I've been these last 2 months brewing my own Tetraselmis Phytoplankton from Mercer of Montana.... THEN doing a slow 6seconds/drip into my 180g DT.
All has been swell until I started seeing most if my Tangs seem irritated. Not sure if my water quality was off so ran tests:
NO3 = 10'ish
PO4 = solid 2-3
Magnesium = oddly enough seemed low at 1200'ish
I used-to carbon dose using a blend of 80proof Vodka plus 3% Vinegar to the tune of 5ml per night.
But after 6mos of carbon dosing my tank became ULM and LR was turning pale and I never had algea to scrape off the glass. So I stopped....
Shottly after stopping carbon dosing.... decided to dose tetraselmis phyto starting 2mos ago.
Now you see the test result above and I believe my fish ARE NOT HAPPY.
$1,000,000 QUESTION.....
*Can I dose tetraselmis phytoplankton 24/7 via my drip -AND- start carbon dosing again?
* Or are those two things CANCELLING each other out? (dripping live phyto only for the carbon dose to KILL it (?)
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