I have posted a few threads prior to this and since then I have been losing the battle. To sum up the beginning of the battle....
Noticed the dreaded brown substrate and film on walls and bought a microscope to confirm or deny Dinos.
Confirmed Dinos and tested water to see if nitrates and Phosphate bottomed out. Interestingly enough Phosphates were at 0.0 and Nitrates were at 15ppm. Regardless I tried everything besides blackout which is risky as I have GSP, Xenia, and a Condy. Also have not added a refugium since I do not have another light.
I ran PhosGuard to remove any Silicates while dosing Phosphate to keep Phosphate detectable. I siphoned substrate and siphoned anything scraped off walls into a 5 micron filter sock to avoid a water change since I know a water change could make things worse. I dosed Seed by Seachem to give Dinos some competition. I have even been using phyto.
All of this with no success.
I understand with the photosynthetic livestock in the tank i can run a blackout for a week MAX. Is this something i should do or does anyone have other recommendations? I also have not used chemical warfare (i.e chemiclean, Dinox etc)
Noticed the dreaded brown substrate and film on walls and bought a microscope to confirm or deny Dinos.
Confirmed Dinos and tested water to see if nitrates and Phosphate bottomed out. Interestingly enough Phosphates were at 0.0 and Nitrates were at 15ppm. Regardless I tried everything besides blackout which is risky as I have GSP, Xenia, and a Condy. Also have not added a refugium since I do not have another light.
I ran PhosGuard to remove any Silicates while dosing Phosphate to keep Phosphate detectable. I siphoned substrate and siphoned anything scraped off walls into a 5 micron filter sock to avoid a water change since I know a water change could make things worse. I dosed Seed by Seachem to give Dinos some competition. I have even been using phyto.
All of this with no success.
I understand with the photosynthetic livestock in the tank i can run a blackout for a week MAX. Is this something i should do or does anyone have other recommendations? I also have not used chemical warfare (i.e chemiclean, Dinox etc)