Hi all,
Long story short:
Started a 32g tank 8 months ago, since then:
Added macros in the dt
Added some fish
Got dino and cyano outbreak
Added more fish for nutrients
Added frags
Got GHA outbreak
Few frags died
Did some blackout witb UV on
GHA gone, more frags died, gha back on
Connected a 15g sump to the system with more macros to outcompete gha
Most of frags died, 2 clowns died of bacterial infection, most of snails disappear within few days
what the heck AM I SUPPOSED TO DO
When I remove manually gha they come back within a week. I have nitrates between 0 and 5 ppm, phosphates near 0 but hard to tell with my tests.
I also added a phosphate reactor with GFO and carbon mixed.
Some more details:
Viparspectra light at minimum (1:20)
No skimmer
All parameters in normal range but I start to not trust them, I will get an icp test to doublecheck. Any suggestion on how to proceed? I am at the point where I am considering starting from scratch getting rid of all rocks
Long story short:
Started a 32g tank 8 months ago, since then:
Added macros in the dt
Added some fish
Got dino and cyano outbreak
Added more fish for nutrients
Added frags
Got GHA outbreak
Few frags died
Did some blackout witb UV on
GHA gone, more frags died, gha back on
Connected a 15g sump to the system with more macros to outcompete gha
Most of frags died, 2 clowns died of bacterial infection, most of snails disappear within few days
what the heck AM I SUPPOSED TO DO
When I remove manually gha they come back within a week. I have nitrates between 0 and 5 ppm, phosphates near 0 but hard to tell with my tests.
I also added a phosphate reactor with GFO and carbon mixed.
Some more details:
Viparspectra light at minimum (1:20)
No skimmer
All parameters in normal range but I start to not trust them, I will get an icp test to doublecheck. Any suggestion on how to proceed? I am at the point where I am considering starting from scratch getting rid of all rocks
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