FishFace NJ build

[Evil1]

Have you tried dosing Brightwell Purple M? I purchased some when it was released and I will tell you in my experience I do see a cleaner sand bed, clearer water, happier corals and slightly lower nutrients. So I dose as directed for initial dose. Then I dose 1 capful weekly after that.

 

[CoralB]

How do you know if phyto is dead?

It has a sign of RIP on it . Lol !!

 

[CoralB]

When it smells like . Generally it will only last a week or 2 in fridge. I don’t care what they say that is what I experienced

If it smells like it’s already in the trash !

 

[fishguy242]

Yummy...

 

[CoralB]

Yummy...

Nice ! What does your smell like Frank ?

 

[fishguy242]

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[fishface NJ]

If it smells like it’s already in the trash !

Thank you!

 

[fishface NJ]

Sand is 98% clean. I didn't clean the cyano from the sand against the tank glass. I hovered my hose and sucked out the cyano that was on top of the sand bed. A lot of sand stuck to the cyano mat. Emptied and refilled my ATO container. I will start the change out of the ATI T5 8 bulbs tomorrow.

 

[fishface NJ]

To be honest I dosed varieties of live phyto some time ago for almost a year and saw no benefit to doing so. It became quite expensive to purchase and I was not willing to cultivate my own. That’s my truth and I’m sticking to it. I will tell you that during my time using it I did notice an uptick in algae blooms. Nothing crazy and could have been a coincidence.

I purchased pods with phyto April, July and Aug. I am not motivated to culture my own pods and phyto. The wrasses wipe out the pods quickly. I will stop with the phyto.

 

[fishface NJ]

Have you tried dosing Brightwell Purple M? I purchased some when it was released and I will tell you in my experience I do see a cleaner sand bed, clearer water, happier corals and slightly lower nutrients. So I dose as directed for initial dose. Then I dose 1 capful weekly after that.

I will try it.

I have tried Hydospace ProBio which I think is the same thing. They are both PNSB

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