Hi all. My tank is a 3 month setup Innovate Marine sr-60, 60 gal. Started with live rock & sand.
Fish: 3 anthias
1 orchid dottyback
1 yellow clown goby
1 one spot foxface
About a dozen small spa & lps frags
1 cleaner shrimp. 4 turbo snails and about 10 various other snails.
Temp: 79.2
Sal: 1.025
dKh:9.0
Ca: 480
Mg: 1480
NO3: was 0.5 when bloom occurred
PO4: was 0.01
On may 4th those were tank parameters prior to me going out of town for 6 days. There was a small brown algae patch developing in sandbed. I posted pic in other forum, was told it's new rank uglies, dont worry about it. Added seachem matrix to sump (first time using carbon in tank).
Came home 6 days later. Tank completely covered in snotty stringy substance. Rocks & frags too. Siphoned out what I could, and began research here. I did not notice bubbles in the strings.
NO3 tested 1.5, PO4 0.01
I began feeding heavy to raise #s per this thread. Ordered chemicals to dose no3 & po4 & a microscope. Continued siphoning daily into a filter stock & returned water to tank.
Microscope just delivered. Please ID this Dino:
I also took video & posted it YouTube. Trying to figure out how to link.
Thanks in advance!
Fish: 3 anthias
1 orchid dottyback
1 yellow clown goby
1 one spot foxface
About a dozen small spa & lps frags
1 cleaner shrimp. 4 turbo snails and about 10 various other snails.
Temp: 79.2
Sal: 1.025
dKh:9.0
Ca: 480
Mg: 1480
NO3: was 0.5 when bloom occurred
PO4: was 0.01
On may 4th those were tank parameters prior to me going out of town for 6 days. There was a small brown algae patch developing in sandbed. I posted pic in other forum, was told it's new rank uglies, dont worry about it. Added seachem matrix to sump (first time using carbon in tank).
Came home 6 days later. Tank completely covered in snotty stringy substance. Rocks & frags too. Siphoned out what I could, and began research here. I did not notice bubbles in the strings.
NO3 tested 1.5, PO4 0.01
I began feeding heavy to raise #s per this thread. Ordered chemicals to dose no3 & po4 & a microscope. Continued siphoning daily into a filter stock & returned water to tank.
Microscope just delivered. Please ID this Dino:
I also took video & posted it YouTube. Trying to figure out how to link.
Thanks in advance!
