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Hey Randy. I made diy nopox and experienced cyano for the first time in my reefing life. HORRIBLE!! I got it mainly on the sand and some corals and I believe it was triggered by having imeasurable phosphate while still having high nitrates due to using Phosphate rx and then trying to feed more to bri g up phosphate because the nitrate frop wasnt happening. I also went only blues lights for a week and it slowed it some but I then got great results by changing out my sandbed to finer material rather than a little larger grained coral sand.
My problem is that now im dosing just vinegar per your recommendation after not having done any carbon dosing for a month and even .5 ml causes a pronounced bacterial bloom on my rocks in the tank though I dose in the sump. I have some rock rubble in my sump. Ive never really gotten any skimmate change either at any point carbon dosing.
1.Why such and exaggerated response at such a low dose?
2. Will I experience lowering if nitrate with such a small dose?
3. Why my skimmate no stinky?
4. What is really pulled out of Carbon dosing? Bacteria in the water or some by product of the bacteria? I have lots of snot in the tank but not lowering nitrates.
Help me Puleeaaase!!!
My problem is that now im dosing just vinegar per your recommendation after not having done any carbon dosing for a month and even .5 ml causes a pronounced bacterial bloom on my rocks in the tank though I dose in the sump. I have some rock rubble in my sump. Ive never really gotten any skimmate change either at any point carbon dosing.
1.Why such and exaggerated response at such a low dose?
2. Will I experience lowering if nitrate with such a small dose?
3. Why my skimmate no stinky?
4. What is really pulled out of Carbon dosing? Bacteria in the water or some by product of the bacteria? I have lots of snot in the tank but not lowering nitrates.
Help me Puleeaaase!!!