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I dipped several zoas In hydrogen peroxide in order to kill off GHA on their plugs and i thought i melted two of them.
My Rastas and Blue berry fields were not happy and retreated to the point that I thought they had melted. Today some 18 days later, they are fully open and none were lost. That was my first time dipping them and it was definitely an experience.
Like all new tanks started with dead rock I experienced the ugly stages and the last of those was the GHA stage.
Playing the numbers game with Phosphates is a tough game to win.
I lowered them to the magic .03 in order to stave off GHA but the GHA came back with a fury so I tried dosing Phyto along with Vibrant and syphoning GHA daily and finally after a few weeks I see huge improvement. But I can't say with any degree of certainty what was the winning item or was it a combo.
But as the GHA has waned, dinos started to reappear. I noticed that my nitrates had bottomed out so I am doubling up on feeding and running my skimmer intermittently.
I have never been so aware of tank parameters as I am this go round with a reef tank.
Fuge, skimmer, scrubber oh my lol
So many things to watch and balance.
Reefing is AWESOME!!!
My Rastas and Blue berry fields were not happy and retreated to the point that I thought they had melted. Today some 18 days later, they are fully open and none were lost. That was my first time dipping them and it was definitely an experience.
Like all new tanks started with dead rock I experienced the ugly stages and the last of those was the GHA stage.
Playing the numbers game with Phosphates is a tough game to win.
I lowered them to the magic .03 in order to stave off GHA but the GHA came back with a fury so I tried dosing Phyto along with Vibrant and syphoning GHA daily and finally after a few weeks I see huge improvement. But I can't say with any degree of certainty what was the winning item or was it a combo.
But as the GHA has waned, dinos started to reappear. I noticed that my nitrates had bottomed out so I am doubling up on feeding and running my skimmer intermittently.
I have never been so aware of tank parameters as I am this go round with a reef tank.
Fuge, skimmer, scrubber oh my lol
So many things to watch and balance.
Reefing is AWESOME!!!