Algae bloom?

[Thade_hicks]

Im colour blind so cant see the red but beleive it was purple.Not snotty to touch... always been like that I think

Does it wipe off?

 

[H-C6179]

I’ve never used dry rock we need the op to chime in.

Read a few things getting started and through the dry rock would be better

 

[H-C6179]

Does it wipe off?

Not that I can see?

 

[Thade_hicks]

Not that I can see

Good. Just wanted to make sure you didn't have the starts of cyano. Watch your other nutrients the best you can. If they are out of portion you'll end up with a cyano bloom.

 

[H-C6179]

Good. Just wanted to make sure you didn't have the starts of cyano. Watch your other nutrients the best you can. If they are out of portion you'll end up with a cyano bloom.

Lovely thanks @Thade_hicks appreciate your input. Ill grab some Copepods as @kevgib67 suggests

 

[Thade_hicks]

Lovely thanks @Thade_hicks appreciate your input. Ill grab some Copepods as @kevgib67 suggests

Make sure you do the phyto. That's what's going to help combat that nutrient imbalance. The copepods will eat the dino (I think) and keep they phytoplankton from taking over the tank good luck friend!

 

[H-C6179]

@kevgib67 @Thade_hicks I've added pods... should I turn return and protein skimmer off? If so how long for?

 

[cpschult]

@kevgib67 @Thade_hicks I've added pods... should I turn return and protein skimmer off? If so how long for?

Pump for 30 minutes. Probably same time for skimmer

 

[H-C6179]

Pump for 30 minutes. Probably same time for skimmer

Thats what a I read! Lovely thanks @cpschult

 

[Thade_hicks]

Pump for 30 minutes. Probably same time for skimmer

Agree. Just for future make sure you do it before you add them. As for the return pump, with that tank you can probably leave that on so they can also get into your filter pad. That would be totally up to you. I would agree that 30 min should be plenty.

 

[Jay'sReefBugs]

If it's dinoflagellates which by your readings it leaves me to believe it is just remember that copepods will only eat certain strains of dinoflagellates the other's they wont touch . So before you dump a bunch of money into copepods it's best to identify what you acutaly have .

 

[olonmv]

Completely unrelated but, if you plug the hole on the AIO wall it improves filtration.

 

[Thade_hicks]

Hold up,

Completely unrelated but, if you plug the hole on the AIO wall it improves filtration.

Hold up, actually?

 

[kevgib67]

@kevgib67 @Thade_hicks I've added pods... should I turn return and protein skimmer off? If so how long for?

Ya typically I turn off everything, including lights so they could get to safe places and not get eaten, for an hour.

 

[olonmv]

Hold up,

Hold up, actually?

Um, yes. It’s meant to be a fail safe in case the 1st chamber clogs. I have the evo as well and have never had issues with clogging. It won’t dramatically help filtration but it won’t allow dirty water to bypass filtration.

 

[Thade_hicks]

Um, yes. It’s meant to be a fail safe in case the 1st chamber clogs. I have the evo as well and have never had issues with clogging. It won’t dramatically help filtration but it won’t allow dirty water to bypass filtration.

That makes sense

 

[H-C6179]

If it's dinoflagellates which by your readings it leaves me to believe it is just remember that copepods will only eat certain strains of dinoflagellates the other's they wont touch . So before you dump a bunch of money into copepods it's best to identify what you acutaly have .

I havent given any readings?

 

[Jay'sReefBugs]

I havent given any readings?

" Phosphates a near 0..." that's a reading of Po4 ...... since that's bottomed more then likely No3 is as well .

 

[H-C6179]

" Phosphates a near 0..." that's a reading of Po4 ...... since that's bottomed more then likely No3 is as well .

So it does lol my bad.