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Long story short, I had to perform several 3x doses of prazi on my tank for 2 weeks to overcome prazi-resistant flukes. I finally got rid of the flukes but all of this prazi has triggered an unstoppable bacterial bloom in my tank. I've tried running the Green Killing Machine UV for a week and it hasn't helped at all. I'm also running a bag of rox and have my skimmer going. The issue I have now is my phosphate and nitrates keep dropping to 0 due to the bacteria. I dose neonitro and neophos to get levels back to 5ppm and 0.05ppm (testing with Hanna), which fuels further bacterial blooms.
I'm not sure how to break out of this loop unless I let my nutrients flatline at 0 so this bacterial bloom can burn out. However, I fear my SPS and LPS will likely drop dead if I allow that to happen. Should I take the risk and let nutrients drop?
Any suggestions on how to break out of this cycle would be appreciated!
I'm not sure how to break out of this loop unless I let my nutrients flatline at 0 so this bacterial bloom can burn out. However, I fear my SPS and LPS will likely drop dead if I allow that to happen. Should I take the risk and let nutrients drop?
Any suggestions on how to break out of this cycle would be appreciated!