8 days reef flux hd - bryopsis

[Michael Gray]

I used waste away for just 1 week then completely stopped and just started to dose phosphates to keep it above 0, a month later and i still gotta dose phosphates but its getting stable. Dinos almost completely gone. Also siphoning them out and putting the same water back into the tank helps a TON specially if you siphon it through a 1 micron filter sock since dino cells cant go through that.

I been siphoning through 10 micron sock and notice the water I pour back sometimes has a red/pink tint so I'm assuming Dino's still go through 10 micron somewhere. Sock collects alot of brown/red. But water has a tint

 

[Marc2952]

I been siphoning through 10 micron sock and notice the water I pour back sometimes has a red/pink tint so I'm assuming Dino's still go through 10 micron somewhere. Sock collects alot of brown/red. But water has a tint

Yep 1 micron is recommended for siphoning as most if not all the dino cells will be caught.

 

[Michael Gray]

Yep 1 micron is recommended for siphoning as most if not all the dino cells will be caught.

Where to get a few 1 micron 7 inch socks

 

[Marc2952]

Where to get a few 1 micron 7 inch socks

Amazon has them for a good price, and you can always re use it since its easy to clean

 

[Michael Gray]

So since waste away will drop po4 fast. And we have to keep po4 up for Dino's. So I just keep dosing po4 during waste away dosing???

 

[Michael Gray]

@Marc2952

 

[Marc2952]

So since waste away will drop po4 fast. And we have to keep po4 up for Dino's. So I just keep dosing po4 during waste away dosing???

Correct as your goal is to not let p4 drop to 0 while helping the good bacteria populate, then after a week stop the waste away and just keep dosing p04 until it stabilizes.

 

[Michael Gray]

Correct as your goal is to not let p4 drop to 0 while helping the good bacteria populate, then after a week stop the waste away and just keep dosing p04 until it stabilizes.

Copy that

 

[Marc2952]

Copy that

Good luck let me know how it goes