How much Phyto is to much?

[brentlee6969]

Seems like kind of silly question but the situation I have is one I have never been in. So I cycled my new 24g cube and after the cycle added pods and fed with Phyto. Fast forward 2 or so months and my tank is now culturing Phyto. The problem is I want to put fish and coral in the tank, will all the Phyto cause issues to either of them?

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

Culturing phyto is a fancy term for green water. You need a UV or do some serious husbandry.

 

[Lavey29]

So other then pods you had no inhabitants in the tank? How much phyto were you dosing? Have you checked your nitrates?

 

[brentlee6969]

So other then pods you had no inhabitants in the tank? How much phyto were you dosing? Have you checked your nitrates?

I probably dosed a tablespoon like 3 times in a week? No more was added after the bottle was gone.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

show a pic, lets see that green water tank.

 

[brentlee6969]

Culturing phyto is a fancy term for green water. You need a UV or do some serious husbandry.

It isn't a hard problem to fix, Keep the lights off for a week and it isn't there. I guess the main thing is, should i let it all die out before stocking or is it not gonna bother anything?

 

[Lavey29]

I probably dosed a tablespoon like 3 times in a week? No more was added after the bottle was gone.

So 5ml 3x per week of regular phyto or the enhanced stuff like phyto feast? Is your water discolored?

 

[brentlee6969]

So 5ml 3x per week of regular phyto or the enhanced stuff like phyto feast? Is your water discolored?

Bought it from a reefer on ebay.

 

[Lavey29]

It isn't a hard problem to fix, Keep the lights off for a week and it isn't there. I guess the main thing is, should i let it all die out before stocking or is it not gonna bother anything?

Will it cause a mini cycle dying out? Not that it matters but it would kill off his pod population.

 

[brentlee6969]

Will it cause a mini cycle dying out? Not that it matters but it would kill off his pod population.

To be honest, I am moving in a few months and was debating dosing my other tanks out of it lol.

 

[Lavey29]

To be honest, I am moving in a few months and was debating dosing my other tanks out of it lol.

Well it's a small tank so you have multiple options I guess.

 

[brentlee6969]

More or less the solution would be treat it like normal algae?