Hello All. I NEED HELP lol.
So I have been trying to get my Reefer 450 up and running since June. I started from scratch and cycled with Brightwell's dry rock starter kit and added a couple of clowns. Everything has been going well. Now I keep getting bacteria blooms. My Nitrate and Phospates are reading 0.00 on my Hanna Checkers (color blind so can only use them). I have been treating the bacteria blooms with UV light but they keep coming back. After attempting to feed more with no success. I decided to dose Brightwells NeoPhos and NeoNitro. After falling the intructions on the bottles. I see no changes. Still at zero for both phosphate and Nitrate. According to the instructions it says I may be "carbon-limited" and to dose BioFuel. Would Red Sea NoPox (I have some at home)be the same as bio fuel? Just looking for any suggestions. I just wanna try and do this right. Don't wanna just chase numbers and keep dumping additives into the tank. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Frank
Tank Details
92 Gallon Display (116G total volume). Current bacterial bloom
Current Stock - 3 Clowns, 6 Chromis, Firefish, Foxface assorted snails.
Temp - 79.4
Salt - 34.9
PH - 7.55
Alk - 10.2
CA- 436
MG - 1333
Nitrate - 0
Phos - 0
Skimmer is turned off. Water changes put on hold.
So I have been trying to get my Reefer 450 up and running since June. I started from scratch and cycled with Brightwell's dry rock starter kit and added a couple of clowns. Everything has been going well. Now I keep getting bacteria blooms. My Nitrate and Phospates are reading 0.00 on my Hanna Checkers (color blind so can only use them). I have been treating the bacteria blooms with UV light but they keep coming back. After attempting to feed more with no success. I decided to dose Brightwells NeoPhos and NeoNitro. After falling the intructions on the bottles. I see no changes. Still at zero for both phosphate and Nitrate. According to the instructions it says I may be "carbon-limited" and to dose BioFuel. Would Red Sea NoPox (I have some at home)be the same as bio fuel? Just looking for any suggestions. I just wanna try and do this right. Don't wanna just chase numbers and keep dumping additives into the tank. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Frank
Tank Details
92 Gallon Display (116G total volume). Current bacterial bloom
Current Stock - 3 Clowns, 6 Chromis, Firefish, Foxface assorted snails.
Temp - 79.4
Salt - 34.9
PH - 7.55
Alk - 10.2
CA- 436
MG - 1333
Nitrate - 0
Phos - 0
Skimmer is turned off. Water changes put on hold.