Starting a thread to document my progress. Current status is I have large cell amphidinium dinos. It only touches the sand and I have lost 90% of my cleanup crew. My plan of attack is to dose sodium silicate. I opted for the loudwolf 41% water glass because it’s the same place I get my sodium nitrate and is lab grade.
this is the microscope I got. It was $30 on sale when I got. My only regret is I wish I got one that was USB for pictures. It’s a royal pain trying to get pictures with my phone
My tank is 70 gallons of water volume. Nitrate is at 10ppm and phosphate is at .05. I am currently 10 days in dosing. I miscalculated the dose and have been severely under dosing. Once I caught the mistake I worked my way up to dosing 2ml a day of water glass. I am using a seachem silicate test kit and and currently sitting somewhere between 2-3 ppm of silicate. He are som scope and before pictures. I will get some current picture here in a bit and update my progress as I go.
this is the microscope I got. It was $30 on sale when I got. My only regret is I wish I got one that was USB for pictures. It’s a royal pain trying to get pictures with my phone
My tank is 70 gallons of water volume. Nitrate is at 10ppm and phosphate is at .05. I am currently 10 days in dosing. I miscalculated the dose and have been severely under dosing. Once I caught the mistake I worked my way up to dosing 2ml a day of water glass. I am using a seachem silicate test kit and and currently sitting somewhere between 2-3 ppm of silicate. He are som scope and before pictures. I will get some current picture here in a bit and update my progress as I go.
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