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Hi all. Appreciate all of the feedback I always receive on this forum!!!! My dilema is that I have a 3 year old established 8 gallon AOI saltwater macroalgae/turtlegrass/refugium/dwarf seahorse tank with a 4 inch sandbed, AI Prime lighing with mostly red and green spectrum, sg 1.023/24, nitrates 2-5 ppm. phosphates .08, iron .09, a refugium in the back with RDP growing chaeto. I've been trying to raise pods with some success but now been having a dino outbreak for the last few month that only a temporary fix of a blackout helps with. The tank tends to run with a high pH (as high as 8.6/7 on occasion (like now). I have been experimenting with CO2 injection by Fluval but go through a cartridge in like 2 hours without any significant rise in CO2 or decrease in pH. I am at my wits end. Does the sg of the tank interfere with the CO2 diffusion? I get not much bubbles from any diffuser even whit a bubble rate cranking on the bubble counter. I really want to keep my macros thriving as well as my pods and seahorses (none in tank now). I recently purchased 1000 mysid and palced them in the tank but all died within 2 hours. That's when I decided to check the pH and alkalinity (11.4). I could really use your advice.
Thanks in advance!!! Stay safe!!!
Ron
Thanks in advance!!! Stay safe!!!
Ron