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Well, I haven't posted updates for a while because I got hit first by cotton candy algae, like a massive crazy outbreak while I was on a work trip (of course). Then came ostreopsis dinos while the algae was dying off. The dinos came on strong, and very suddenly. I've finally beat them back. This is what I did:
- Dosing Vibrant once a week
- Dosing Fritz Monster 460, Tim's Eco Balance, or Tim's Refresh every day that Vibrant wasn't dosed
- Changing UV flow rate to 400 GPH for my 50W High Output Pentair
- Adding turbo snails to clean up the dying red algae
- Increased skimmer to 40W on my Bubble King Double Cone 200
- Dosing potassium nitrate to keep at least 1ppm of nitrates
- Micro bubbles 10 minutes/hour + 6 hours continuous overnight
- Changing return flow nozzles