I agree with not doing anything chemical within the tank. If you do the lantanum chloride treatment for your uncured Pukani, I’d do it in a remote Brute trashcam for the safety of the livestock in the rank.
Santa Monica RAIN2 Algae Scrubber Follow Along
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Thank you! At this point i dont have much gha left as i pulled all the rock 2 weeks ago and scrubbed it, but they are coming back in some places. Ok so i guess ill keep on doing water changes untill that paramaters are dropping???
Yes I would keep doing water changes until levels drop. Really no downside to putting in clean water, it will keep driving those nitrate/phosphate levels down. BTW hold old is your tank? Are you feeding heavily? Just trying to understand why those levels aren’t dropping.
my tank is about a year 1/2 right now i feed about a cube a day, thing is i started with uncured pukani rock plus i was trying to go the no water change method which didnt work out for me i think now it just gonna take time till my rock leaches out everything and has nothing left. i was thinking of bleaching the rock what do you think?
I would not bleach the rocks, if you do that you will kill all your good bacteria, and you will be starting your tank from scratch again. My rock was not cured when I started my tank. I used the live rock/live sand to start my cycle with the addition of Dr.Tim's live bacteria. I think you got in trouble with the no water changes. I've always been a supporter of water changes, on an established(no issues) tank I do either 10% a week or 20% every two weeks as a general rule. I would definitely cut back on feeding, go every other day, the fish will be fine till you get your levels under control. If it's a fish only tank go no lights for 24hrs, I've went 36hrs in other tanks to kill off algae. I really don't want to send you down a rabbit hole with chemical solutions/etc. I really think you will be best to do water changes, less feeding, stop the addition of any additives and maybe use GFO in a reactor or even poly filter pad(s) to really clean the water. Sometimes keeping it simple is the best way to get your tank back on track. Water changes, good skimmer, your algae scrubber, keeping clean filters/filter socks, good flow, and monitoring/testing should have you seeing results in a week or two depending on what exactly is happening.
Ok so this is the second round of growing after the first scrape, i dont know why it coming in this light color any idea? I did bring down the phosphate a bit with phosphate RX but not all the way my water still has phosphates for sure. im currently running both lights 21/3. Oh and im also doing water changes to help bring the nutrients down.
Nutrient levels:
Phosphates: 0.03
Nitrates: 30
Nutrient levels:
Phosphates: 0.03
Nitrates: 30
A phosphate number of .03 is where you want to be. You definitely don’t want to be 0. However, if there is still phosphate bound in your rock, that .03 number should increase. Keep an eye on it and perform water changes as needed to bring it down.
As far as your screen goes, how much did you scrape off when you first cleaned it. It looks as though you may have cleaned it too well. It still looks like you’re in the slime stages. Not to worry, your screen is still maturing.
As far as your screen goes, how much did you scrape off when you first cleaned it. It looks as though you may have cleaned it too well. It still looks like you’re in the slime stages. Not to worry, your screen is still maturing.
Yup looks like slime stage. You are on the right track, seems your phosphate number is good and nitrates are getting there. I would maybe consider cutting back on the scrubber lights a few hrs. My understanding is seeing white on your screen can be a sign of too much light. I would keep up with the water changes and stay the track, looks like things are getting better from your numbers. Only thing I would consider adjusting is time on for the algae scrubber, imo it's on too many hours.
no i didnt scrape it all off i left some to grow for the 2nd round, i was just getting very frustrated with the GHA on my rock that i wanted to lower my phosphates so i dosed phosphate RX which works wonders if you know how it works but i did not deplete it and besides that my rock is still leaching too. However my nitrates are still up there. I also got a sea hare yesterday and OMG this thing is amazing hes eating all the algae up when none else in my tank would touch it i have snails crabs tangs.
I agree with cutting back on your lighting schedule. Also, try grabbing some GHA from your rocks and rub it onto your screen. It definitely helps to seed your screen with GHA.
So while the scrubber is braking in and actually start having an impact at lowering my nutrients, i decided to take matters into my own hands, so po4 i was able to bring down no problem with some phosphate RX it is now at 0.03 and not rising yet, however my nitrates is what im having an issue with, even after doing a 40% water change followed by a few smaller ones and bringing it down to 10 within a week ill be back at 30 any ideas what can be the issue?
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