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Hey all,
I am pretty much having the worst beginning to a reef tank, especially comparing to my last tank almost a decade ago. It looks like I got myself a nice dino outbreak. I cycled my Waterbox 220.6 with dry rock/sand and bottle bacteria. When it completed the ammonia cycle, I added the two clown. I then waiting for a bit of diatoms until I ordered my CUC. Then every other week I added a fish until I had 6.
A little over a week ago, I thought I was just getting a large diatom bloom. Then I noticed it was different when it started looking like snot with air bubbles. I tested my phosphates and nitrates and sure enough, double zeros. Ammonia and nitrite are also zero. Also, did the tank water/dino in a cup after straining through a coffee filter, it clumped shortly afterwards.
Also, do Dinos make your water cloudy and smelly? My tank is cloudy I could barely see my Vortech on the other side and its smelling my basement up with a low-tide smell. I threw some carbon in there to help get this under control.
Steps I have taken:
- Skimmed through "Dinoflagellates - Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether" sticky (don't have time to ready all five hundred pages, wife and I have a 1 week old newborn)
- Turned off skimmer
- Stopped water changes
- Ordered microbacter 7 to dose for diversity (I cycled with XLM)
- Ordered Brightwell phosphate and nitrate additive
I am totally defeated to have this happening so early into my tank. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I want to rid the tank of this outbreak.
I am pretty much having the worst beginning to a reef tank, especially comparing to my last tank almost a decade ago. It looks like I got myself a nice dino outbreak. I cycled my Waterbox 220.6 with dry rock/sand and bottle bacteria. When it completed the ammonia cycle, I added the two clown. I then waiting for a bit of diatoms until I ordered my CUC. Then every other week I added a fish until I had 6.
A little over a week ago, I thought I was just getting a large diatom bloom. Then I noticed it was different when it started looking like snot with air bubbles. I tested my phosphates and nitrates and sure enough, double zeros. Ammonia and nitrite are also zero. Also, did the tank water/dino in a cup after straining through a coffee filter, it clumped shortly afterwards.
Also, do Dinos make your water cloudy and smelly? My tank is cloudy I could barely see my Vortech on the other side and its smelling my basement up with a low-tide smell. I threw some carbon in there to help get this under control.
Steps I have taken:
- Skimmed through "Dinoflagellates - Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether" sticky (don't have time to ready all five hundred pages, wife and I have a 1 week old newborn)
- Turned off skimmer
- Stopped water changes
- Ordered microbacter 7 to dose for diversity (I cycled with XLM)
- Ordered Brightwell phosphate and nitrate additive
I am totally defeated to have this happening so early into my tank. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I want to rid the tank of this outbreak.