Tank is about 3 months old, 20 gallons, KP live rock, mixed reef.
A few weeks ago I had a dino outbreak. Nothing died but corals were very irritated, sand was gross, and I started growing quite a bit of algae.
It reduced about 70% with heavy feeding but many corals were still not fully open, rocks still had some unsightly algae and my sand was gross.
I moved this month, pulling the rock, seems to have kicked up all the detritus, maybe the air killed some algae, not sure. I tossed most of the sand as well. I did do a small water change but only about 3 gallons a week before and maybe 4 gallons after to make up for lost volume.
Now my tank looks great, clean rocks, happy coral, clear water. Interesting, maybe not shocking in hindsight, but not something I would have thought to do either.
A few weeks ago I had a dino outbreak. Nothing died but corals were very irritated, sand was gross, and I started growing quite a bit of algae.
It reduced about 70% with heavy feeding but many corals were still not fully open, rocks still had some unsightly algae and my sand was gross.
I moved this month, pulling the rock, seems to have kicked up all the detritus, maybe the air killed some algae, not sure. I tossed most of the sand as well. I did do a small water change but only about 3 gallons a week before and maybe 4 gallons after to make up for lost volume.
Now my tank looks great, clean rocks, happy coral, clear water. Interesting, maybe not shocking in hindsight, but not something I would have thought to do either.
