Jonas' Red Sea Reefer 525XL
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ebeez
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your tank looks GREAT!
jdTrader
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To be honest, it doesn't look like Dinos at all to me. I would expect snot type like stuff on the sandbed and/or very stringy with bubble at the top of them.
If this is a fairly new bank, even with a carry over of livestock I bet you are just going through a diatom stage.
If you know for sure you have Dinos, what worked well for one friend is Dino-X with Tim's Waste Away. For someone else, they finally got rid of Dinos with the following:
1 - Added Fritz 460 bacteria
2 - Bubble scrub with a Toms Aqua Lifter pump and wooden airstone for 3 hours a night
3 - Added a UV Sterilizer with really low flow.
A common thing I see is introducing another competing bacteria, although like I mentioned I don't think you have Dinos. Even if you did, it's super mild and I'd just have it run it's coarse unless it got worse.
If this is a fairly new bank, even with a carry over of livestock I bet you are just going through a diatom stage.
If you know for sure you have Dinos, what worked well for one friend is Dino-X with Tim's Waste Away. For someone else, they finally got rid of Dinos with the following:
1 - Added Fritz 460 bacteria
2 - Bubble scrub with a Toms Aqua Lifter pump and wooden airstone for 3 hours a night
3 - Added a UV Sterilizer with really low flow.
A common thing I see is introducing another competing bacteria, although like I mentioned I don't think you have Dinos. Even if you did, it's super mild and I'd just have it run it's coarse unless it got worse.
ebeez
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Thanks you for the help!!! In know when I had my previous tank (Marineland 120) it was the snot like stringy stuff with air bubbles on it. Once i transferred everything over it was ok then it showed signs again. I did a 10% water change in the morning and then by the end of the day I saw small stringy stuff and the little air bubbles. that's when I went lights out for a few days.
I'm going to keep an eye out and see what transpires. I have the lights on all blues for now and see how that goes as well. I haven't set up my air-stone since I switched tanks but I think I willmget it going on the weekend.
Thanks again for the help.
Question for you.. which skimmer are you using? And do you have an Apex running?
jdTrader
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A lot of people say when you have Dinos doing a water change makes things worse and most recommend against it.
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/regal-200sss-space-saving-protein-skimmer-reef-octopus.html
I can't decide if I want the apex yet. For now I'm enjoying being really hands on with my tank.
ebeez
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yes I read the same.. I wasn't convinced o the dinos until i did the water change and saw what i did.
On the apex front I am still hands on but it's nice to have some readings at your finger tips. Pushing 1 button to turn off your pumps, feed and then have everything start up automatically is nice though.
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