Thanks for the info! I have been having the same issues with my 6 month old 180gal reef tank. I change the socks every three days & have been doing water changes every 2 weeks. Sounds like it's time to step them up!
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Many times too we see a cause/effect relationship that's a false positive
Ted have you tried a drop or two of bacteria ?
Forgot Pictures, but nothing in harvested Chaeto, yes brown on outside...But nothing in tank, only reactor....but no carbon, no scrubbing, time to time salinity correction....So I Built put together a Mini Tank, has a Pump Supplying a Chaeto Reactor that Overflows into the Tank or the Ball Valve Return Water for movement back into the tank.
Not a mixing Station, but where I put water to just run, keep oxygenated and filled with emergency bacteria.
The Chaeto Reactor, I do small daily or twice a day adjustments from increasing flow to reactor and minimizing...
I Bio-load it from time to time.
I just harvested the Chaeto from reactor, kept bio loading, no carbon use...and out of no where Cyno plagued the reactor...
I examined the harvest, no real sign of Cyno..
The light runs 24/7..
I've only adjusted the flow since, waiting to see results after first week of not Bio-Loading setup...
Thanx. I thought my observation was right in line with what ted was saying.
I hate to put my ignorance on display, but its hard to hide sometimes.
When you said combine with some method of export- are you referring to like a protein skimmer or water changes or are you talking manual export via vacuuming sand bed and hand removal. My new plan is to put filter sock changes on a regular cycle, 3 days, and move to weekly wc's when possible due to work schedule.
Is there another method you are referring to or can recommend.?
Sorry, I should have clarified, yes some other method of removal like those you listed. Best of luck!
Sorry - that's another myth. The calcium in Kalkwasser only can react with a certain type of PO4 and even then - kinetically - it hardly makes an impact.Kalkwasser dosing is also a great way to kick po4 in the shins, though I like to make sure where it is coming from first. To check if rocks are leeching, Take a rock out, put it in a container with fresh made saltwater, test every 12 hours and see if it creeps up on you over a day or two. If it does, there a few ways to get it down to a lower amount without having to spend a ton on GFO. Just a couple thoughts.