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[Ponraj A]

@Forsaken77 What kind of dewormer do you suggest please.

 

[Forsaken77]

@Forsaken77 What kind of dewormer do you suggest please.

Prazipro or Aiptasia-X should get rid of them. Don't know if you want to put Prazipro in your display though and the Aiptasia-X has to be squirted on them.

I had them in my overflow and just squashed them and scraped them off with my finger nails. They pop right off. But I would try just using your hands before the chemicals. If you don't have an outbreak, they will just clean the water. They're not bad in small patches. They stick around more if the water is nutrient rich. With lower nutrients they have less food and die off.

 

[Ponraj A]

Thank you so much for your reply and suggestions @Forsaken77 My Nitrates are bit high at 40 and phospahte is 0. I have tried with bacteria and VSV dosing for about two months and no reduction in nitrates. I have read in R2R that minimum amount of phosphate is needed to bring down the nitrates and also my pineapple favia brain is getting white from the bottom which is also sign of less phosphate. Hence from yesterday i have been dosing Brightwell aquatics Neophos along with MB7 and VSV dosing. Will test after 3 days and will see the results.
As you said i will try to reduce the nutrients as nitrates 4 and phosphate 0.04.
Once again thanks for your time and reply.

 

[Forsaken77]

Thank you so much for your reply and suggestions @Forsaken77 My Nitrates are bit high at 40 and phospahte is 0. I have tried with bacteria and VSV dosing for about two months and no reduction in nitrates. I have read in R2R that minimum amount of phosphate is needed to bring down the nitrates and also my pineapple favia brain is getting white from the bottom which is also sign of less phosphate. Hence from yesterday i have been dosing Brightwell aquatics Neophos along with MB7 and VSV dosing. Will test after 3 days and will see the results.
As you said i will try to reduce the nutrients as nitrates 4 and phosphate 0.04.
Once again thanks for your time and reply.

MB7 by itself will not reduce nutrients in the tank, regardless of what the bottle says. I went down that path myself with no results at all. All it is, is bacteria for the nitrogen cycle. If it's dosed with a carbon source, like Reef Biofuel, then they work together to reduce nutrients.

But by far the best all in one product for that is Red Sea No3Po4-X. It's a carbon source with bacteria in it already and is much more efficient at reducing Nitrate levels than Phosphate levels. Either way you go you MUST have an efficient skimmer to pull it out. If you have a crappy skimmer it won't work as well.

 

[Ponraj A]

@Forsaken77 Thanks for your suggestion. Shall i try redsea No3Po4-X alone or together with VSV dosing, or shall i use MB7 with Reef bio fuel along with VSV dosing. Which way you prefer. Please advise.

 

[Ponraj A]

Sorry I missed to say my tank volume is 574ltrs and I am hvaing Skimz SM 163 skimmer rated for 1200 lts. Skimmate i have to clean for every two days now. Skimmate is not so dark as in the begging but its descent.

 

[Forsaken77]

@Forsaken77 Thanks for your suggestion. Shall i try redsea No3Po4-X alone or together with VSV dosing, or shall i use MB7 with Reef bio fuel along with VSV dosing. Which way you prefer. Please advise.

You use it by itself. It has the carbon dosing and bacteria in it already. But you do have to have reliable test kits for Nitrates and Phosphates. Red Sea sells an Algae Control test kit also that is just for Nitrates and Phosphates testing I believe. You'd have to double check. But That test kit works with the No3Po4-X product directly, so it's probably better to stick with the same brand name unless you know you have a reliable kit.

You test each and then it'll tell you how much No3Po4-X to add based on the results. It also has everything in milliliters as well. I'm in the US so that's a product that I can recommend to anyone. It's the easiest route to go and you should get the same results.

 

[Ponraj A]

@Forsaken77 will give a try to. I am currently having Salifert for Nitrate and phosphate. Have ordered No3Po4 already on ebay will also order the test kit too.

 

[Forsaken77]

@Forsaken77 will give a try to. I am currently having Salifert for Nitrate and phosphate. Have ordered No3Po4 already on ebay will also order the test kit too.

But also with Nitrates that high you either need more tank maintenance, gravel vacuuming, or maybe you're feeding to much.

The No3Po4-X will lower the Nitrates, but if you don't maintain a healthy tank they're just going to rise again. So my advice would be to use the product as it says EXACTLY until you get your levels under control, then try to maintain the low levels through water changes and cleanings without having to add chemicals.

Also, do not overdose the product because you will end up with a bacterial bloom. That's why I suggested using their own test kit for this product. And anything you order off eBay make sure it lists the expiration date of the product so it won't go bad in 3 months. Had that happen to me, lol.

 

[Ponraj A]

yes sure will do. Yes i agree as over feeder. I having anthias ans percula which always look at me for food when I am near the tank. I am always tempted to feed for it. From last week I stopped and reduced my auto feeder of flakes from two time a day to one and feeding less quantity of food in morning and night. I will reduce bit more of quantity next week.
Regarding the above i will surely take a look on ebay purchase and will follow only as instructed in the bottle.