Current parameters 25 nitrate, 0.20 phospahte.
So I was getting lots of hair algae (didn't have hannah phospahte checker so it always read zero till i bought it) and my nitrate would hoover around 15. To combat it I did bigger water changes for 2/3 weeks. My nitrates dropped to 0 and phosphate was at 0.35 so that introduced dinos. I've made my water "dirty" again but it still keeps coming back and gha wont grow. Its a 40 breeder with a small tunze 9001 skimmer and a hob seachem tidal filter. I was siphoning some of the dinos out and passing the water through a filter and putting the cleanest water back in. Any other things that may help? I've lowered the amount of light the tank gets as well it has 2 ai primes, it only gets worse even with dirty water. I was thinking of making a refugium out of an aquaclear 70 i have laying around, i also have a 20g nano which was my first tank but its a total loss. SO much dino in that one its insane, has 3 fish and i feed a lot but its always 0 nitrate and like .30 phospate. If high nutrients is supposed to keep dinos at bay why dont they stop spreading in my 40 breeder? My nems have gotten super super stressed ever since it happened, they've all shrunk like crazy and spread through out the tank. LITERALLY the same thing they did in my 20g....... the 20g is like 18 months old the 40 breeder is about to be a year old. Please i would like help just dont suggest expensive things as its pointless since i wont be able to acquire anything. MY BEST BET FOR NEW EQUIPMENT IS TURNING AN AQUACLEAR INTO A REFUGIUM
So I was getting lots of hair algae (didn't have hannah phospahte checker so it always read zero till i bought it) and my nitrate would hoover around 15. To combat it I did bigger water changes for 2/3 weeks. My nitrates dropped to 0 and phosphate was at 0.35 so that introduced dinos. I've made my water "dirty" again but it still keeps coming back and gha wont grow. Its a 40 breeder with a small tunze 9001 skimmer and a hob seachem tidal filter. I was siphoning some of the dinos out and passing the water through a filter and putting the cleanest water back in. Any other things that may help? I've lowered the amount of light the tank gets as well it has 2 ai primes, it only gets worse even with dirty water. I was thinking of making a refugium out of an aquaclear 70 i have laying around, i also have a 20g nano which was my first tank but its a total loss. SO much dino in that one its insane, has 3 fish and i feed a lot but its always 0 nitrate and like .30 phospate. If high nutrients is supposed to keep dinos at bay why dont they stop spreading in my 40 breeder? My nems have gotten super super stressed ever since it happened, they've all shrunk like crazy and spread through out the tank. LITERALLY the same thing they did in my 20g....... the 20g is like 18 months old the 40 breeder is about to be a year old. Please i would like help just dont suggest expensive things as its pointless since i wont be able to acquire anything. MY BEST BET FOR NEW EQUIPMENT IS TURNING AN AQUACLEAR INTO A REFUGIUM