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I know extra nutrients can attribute to dinos, diatoms, and cyano.
I should preface by saying that I lost a lot of Zoas a week or so before the events to follow occurred. Lets say you had a dino or diatom outbreak and once one the Ds were "dying" out a cyano outbreak started. I would imagine that the nutrients expelled are now being consumed by the cyano. Now my brain starts working trying to figure out what do. Before the D outbreak I was running BRS GFO in a TLF reactor after I noticed a small amount of red cyano starting, as the cyano regressed a brown slimy film with long stringy "sweepers" took its place (I would guess diatoms being little to no bubbles on brown slime). I took the GFO offline, as things were deteriorating with it running, so to try and eliminate variables in the water column. I also siphoned out as much of the brown film as possible doing small water changes. The I vacuumed 90% of the sump just to remove detritus and film substance from the refuge area. Finally this slime was receding to now theres no sign anywhere.......but now theres is a very noticeable cyano outbreak. Im thinking theres something in my water that these are competing over, and I cannot test for, or I do not have the test for. The brown slime was noticeably harmful to corals by smothering them and cyano can have the same effect but is not visually affecting the inhabitants as of now. Should I monitor the cyano and let it continue for a little while keeping it away from corals and somewhat at bay so that i can use it for the nutrient export and keep the Ds away. In further thinking this will allow the cyano to consume the X nutrient and then I can address the cyano when it starts to digress naturally because X is depleting from the water. But of course a question or two for those who may be more chemically inclined than I...
1. What problem may arise from letting cyano continue even though its kept at bay?
2. What element in the water could both be competing over?
3. Would higher or lower salt level benefit this situation?
4. Within reason, would raising or lower pH be beneficial?
5. Continue with small WCs or fewer larger changes? NOTE* ( 100g water vol- 10g every two days or 20-30 g week?) I have questioned the RODI and some of the info Ive read about the CO level of the water and nutrients passing thru due to pH of incoming water. * I am putting an additional dual canister inline today with Anion and Cation Resins which from what I understand will help address the possibility of these nutrients/minerals getting passed thru. I currently run the BRS with dual DI, Dual RO, Booster set at constant 75psi, I have the preinstalled TDS meter and added an additional TDS. Incoming water is city supplied (water utility lists chloramine) normally show 210- 257, output shows 0 and rejection rate is correct.
6. Connect my ATS, add aggressive amount of GFO, heavy carbon, reduce light......?
7. Buy a new tank and start over?
I should preface by saying that I lost a lot of Zoas a week or so before the events to follow occurred. Lets say you had a dino or diatom outbreak and once one the Ds were "dying" out a cyano outbreak started. I would imagine that the nutrients expelled are now being consumed by the cyano. Now my brain starts working trying to figure out what do. Before the D outbreak I was running BRS GFO in a TLF reactor after I noticed a small amount of red cyano starting, as the cyano regressed a brown slimy film with long stringy "sweepers" took its place (I would guess diatoms being little to no bubbles on brown slime). I took the GFO offline, as things were deteriorating with it running, so to try and eliminate variables in the water column. I also siphoned out as much of the brown film as possible doing small water changes. The I vacuumed 90% of the sump just to remove detritus and film substance from the refuge area. Finally this slime was receding to now theres no sign anywhere.......but now theres is a very noticeable cyano outbreak. Im thinking theres something in my water that these are competing over, and I cannot test for, or I do not have the test for. The brown slime was noticeably harmful to corals by smothering them and cyano can have the same effect but is not visually affecting the inhabitants as of now. Should I monitor the cyano and let it continue for a little while keeping it away from corals and somewhat at bay so that i can use it for the nutrient export and keep the Ds away. In further thinking this will allow the cyano to consume the X nutrient and then I can address the cyano when it starts to digress naturally because X is depleting from the water. But of course a question or two for those who may be more chemically inclined than I...
1. What problem may arise from letting cyano continue even though its kept at bay?
2. What element in the water could both be competing over?
3. Would higher or lower salt level benefit this situation?
4. Within reason, would raising or lower pH be beneficial?
5. Continue with small WCs or fewer larger changes? NOTE* ( 100g water vol- 10g every two days or 20-30 g week?) I have questioned the RODI and some of the info Ive read about the CO level of the water and nutrients passing thru due to pH of incoming water. * I am putting an additional dual canister inline today with Anion and Cation Resins which from what I understand will help address the possibility of these nutrients/minerals getting passed thru. I currently run the BRS with dual DI, Dual RO, Booster set at constant 75psi, I have the preinstalled TDS meter and added an additional TDS. Incoming water is city supplied (water utility lists chloramine) normally show 210- 257, output shows 0 and rejection rate is correct.
6. Connect my ATS, add aggressive amount of GFO, heavy carbon, reduce light......?
7. Buy a new tank and start over?
