Fudsey's 135.4 Box of Water

[Jason mack]

I was doing the same thing ...I found that it just started appearing over more of the rocks ...I really think you need too be aggressive in trying too remove as much as possible each day ...I also found that using the aquavac seemed too help more as opposed too siphoning...and have you thought about adding a power filter too your tank rather than letting it just go into the overflow and filter socks ...doing that at night and pulling the filter before the lights come back on ....I know your getting the pods and the bacteria ...but there's still a few things you can do in the meantime ...I know how hard it is too look at your tank when it's covered in dinos or cyno ....I even thought if I left it it would burn it's self out ....till I couldn't stand too look at my tank anymore....

 

[Crabby48]

No not really, I blow it up so it gets in the water column and try to get it to go in the overflow. I do siphon up some but not enough to really make a dent in it.

I am assuming blowing it up in the water column won’t make it spread if some fall back down in other areas?
Maybe a silly questions but learning

 

[Fudsey]

@Crabby48 dinos are single cell organisms that band together making strands. I'm not sure if stirring them up would make them any worse though.... Good question

 

[Fudsey]

Pods and phyto received and look to be OK....

 

[Jason mack]

That's a lot of pods and bacteria..

 

[Fudsey]

Going to put one of each in every other day and see how it goes. Already did one of each. I really don't want the corals eating it all so I did it while lights are on. Maybe give them a chance to get into the sand and rocks...

 

[._Z_.]

Pods and phyto received and look to be OK....

How do the numbers of pods look? I’m looking to place an order for some soon. Last vendor I used only had a dozen or so visible critters in the bag, so I want to try a new vendor. Hoping it will help with my fight against dinos too

 

[Jason mack]

I Add when lights are off otherwise my fish eat them all, Don't forget too turn your pumps off as well when adding them ..!

 

[najer]

Don't forget if you put a fine sock in the sump and siphon into it you can siphon into it all day if you want!

 

[Scurvy]

Glad they arrived! Keep us posted. I would add all the pods tonight once the lights go out or at least the wrasse goes to bed. The Phyto I would dose over the course of the next week or two. JMO.

 

[Ruben's Reef]

@Fudsey , Like Jason said, is better to add it on the tank while the light are off turning the return pump off at least. I feed the Phyto on the tank and in the sump while I turn off the return pump and the skimmer.

 

[._Z_.]

I’ve also poured the pods into a tube with the other end wedged into a rock crevice. Not sure how much that makes a difference

 

[Fudsey]

Well I'm not trying to feed the corals with them. I want them in the rocks and sand. These pods are microscopic, you can't see anything except a green hue. It looks like the bags you get from Algagen. Couldn't see a pod without a microscope. All you see is dots. I want them to feed on the dinos and the phyto to out compete them.

 

[Jason mack]

Pods aren't going too eat dinos ....they just eat the nutrients your dinos are competing for ....

 

[Fudsey]

Tank is looking so so. Not as bad as it did but not gone either. They are still present and are making some of the stuff miserable.

Got a question for anyone who might know. Do Foxface eat dinos? I see mine pecking at places where all I see is dinos (frag rack) and looks to be eating it. Is this even a possibility?

 

[Scurvy]

Tank is looking so so. Not as bad as it did but not gone either. They are still present and are making some of the stuff miserable.

Got a question for anyone who might know. Do Foxface eat dinos? I see mine pecking at places where all I see is dinos (frag rack) and looks to be eating it. Is this even a possibility?

That's interesting.... I thought it was more likely to be toxic than edible. Think it depends on the strain though.

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Good question on the Foxface, I'm curious to see the answers for future reference.

 

[Jason mack]

I know foxface is known for eating bubble algae....never heard of them eating dinos ..by the way @Fudsey my dinos are back again after my 3days lights out ...never really made a difference...

 

[Fudsey]

Sorry to hear @Jason mack

 

[Jason mack]

Sorry to hear @Jason mack

No worries ...I'm gonna go get dinoX, I can't get them copepods and bacteria form Algae barn over here ...or not without paying a fortune for it ..