Does the lighting effect a bacteria bloom? Is it worth turning them off until it clears up?
So the tank has been set up a couple of weeks with live rock. I have been adding microbactor 7 for nearly a week but now I've stopped because I'm experiencing a fairly heavy bacteria bloom to the point where I cannot see the back of the tank.
I'm running the skimmer without the cup off and letting it overflow to help oxygenate the water and I also have an airstone going in the sump. I'm running a filter sock in the sump and as the tank is new there's very little detritus build up. I also have a bag of carbon in the sump.
I have some fish, cuc and a couple of frags that seem quite happy in there at the moment.
Ideally I would like it to run its course rather than installing a UV - I would only do this as a last ditch effort to clear it.
Parameters
NH4 has risen today from 0 to 0.2
PO4 - 0.02
NO3 - 11
Alk - 7.6
Mag - 1278
Cal 425
So the tank has been set up a couple of weeks with live rock. I have been adding microbactor 7 for nearly a week but now I've stopped because I'm experiencing a fairly heavy bacteria bloom to the point where I cannot see the back of the tank.
I'm running the skimmer without the cup off and letting it overflow to help oxygenate the water and I also have an airstone going in the sump. I'm running a filter sock in the sump and as the tank is new there's very little detritus build up. I also have a bag of carbon in the sump.
I have some fish, cuc and a couple of frags that seem quite happy in there at the moment.
Ideally I would like it to run its course rather than installing a UV - I would only do this as a last ditch effort to clear it.
Parameters
NH4 has risen today from 0 to 0.2
PO4 - 0.02
NO3 - 11
Alk - 7.6
Mag - 1278
Cal 425