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Well, it looks like I have another outbreak of cyano and maybe some diatoms. I'll update tomorrow with pics and my parameters....
Plague proportions or just localized in a few spots? If you see it on your coral, blow it off.
Cyano is strange. I have 1 Rock that has been getting covered lately. No where else in the tank though. I Pull it out and scrub it on water change day.
 
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Plague proportions or just localized in a few spots? If you see it on your coral, blow it off.
Cyano is strange. I have 1 Rock that has been getting covered lately. No where else in the tank though. I Pull it out and scrub it on water change day.
Entire tank again, i’m about to test my params
 
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Nitrate and Phosphates are undetectable....again after trying to keep them up
Calcium: 451 Alk 8.9dkh

Going to buy a microscope to see what type of dinos these actually are. There is long and stringy brown pieces, some algae that looks like dinos but have a grass like look, and red coating on rocks with bubbles trapped underneath. All of the algae looks like there is bubbles trapped underneath
 

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Nitrate and Phosphates are undetectable....again after trying to keep them up
Calcium: 451 Alk 8.9dkh
Missed this update. Your tank still mis behaving!!? Dinos again!? Sorry man, it’s a tough battle.
 
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Missed this update. Your tank still mis behaving!!? Dinos again!? Sorry man, it’s a tough battle.
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Did a blackout with hydrogen peroxide for a week and here is the result. Now how do I keep the tank like this???!!!
 

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Did a blackout with hydrogen peroxide for a week and here is the result. Now how do I keep the tank like this???!!!
Looks great! Hopefully the dino don’t come back now that lights are on. Test your parameters. Specifically nitrate and phosphate. Keep them measurable. Focus on keeping Alkalinity stable. IMO smaller and more frequent water changes help keep tank more stable.
Keep adding the bacteria every couple days.
 

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