Hey guys,
Been dealing with a gritty tank for a while now and discovered yesterday I have small cell Dino. Been dosing 10ml phyto daily and pods once a week, along with manual removal using a 50 Macron sock.
Have seen a small improvement in the water quality, it used to stay cloudy nearly all day but now it just seems cloudy from when I get up at about 7am and I put the blue light on. Understand I need to use silicate but I'm a little short on cash having bought nitrate and phosphate this week as I thought initially it may be another variety.
Is there any other method I can use? Seen also about removal of sand completely, I don't have a sump so I would have to Syphon it through a hose, into my filter sock then into a bucket (guessing I would then put same water back into tank, but wouldn't that defeat the purpose?).
Looking for some help if possible so I can get this tank back to where it should be and replace some of my dead corals.
TIA
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Been dealing with a gritty tank for a while now and discovered yesterday I have small cell Dino. Been dosing 10ml phyto daily and pods once a week, along with manual removal using a 50 Macron sock.
Have seen a small improvement in the water quality, it used to stay cloudy nearly all day but now it just seems cloudy from when I get up at about 7am and I put the blue light on. Understand I need to use silicate but I'm a little short on cash having bought nitrate and phosphate this week as I thought initially it may be another variety.
Is there any other method I can use? Seen also about removal of sand completely, I don't have a sump so I would have to Syphon it through a hose, into my filter sock then into a bucket (guessing I would then put same water back into tank, but wouldn't that defeat the purpose?).
Looking for some help if possible so I can get this tank back to where it should be and replace some of my dead corals.
TIA
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