Is It Time To Remove Sand?

[Sylvester]

Best news ever! I’m going to get on it asap !

 

[Tamberav]

Might be dino, its not uncommon after chemi clean - you chemcially kill one thing, another tanks it's place.

 

[ieatbugman]

It is a 20 gallon tank, tall. The light is a smatfarm 60 watt i think. And the blues and violets are at 100 %. And the whites are at 70%. I don’t know the par levels sadly, i don’t want to pay money for one and everything is going fine right now so i don’t feel a need to rent or buy one

Yes but at what intensity and duration?

Duration is 14 hours

 

[Sylvester]

I’ve been treating tank for 3 weeks and I took a sample today. The Dino’s are there but they ain’t moving. Are they dead? I attached a pic as well

 

[Moe K]

What treatment did you use?

 

[Sylvester]

What treatment did you use?

I bumped up Nitrate to 10 and Phosphate to 0.09 and dosed 30 ml of Excel silicate till I got to 0.1. No water change for 1 month along with tons of new Pods and Microbacter 7 daily 4 caps. Do they look dead. They don’t move

 

[Moe K]

I bumped up Nitrate to 10 and Phosphate to 0.09 and dosed 30 ml of Excel silicate till I got to 0.1. No water change for 1 month along with tons of new Pods and Microbacter 7 daily 4 caps. Do they look dead. They don’t move

They don't die that way I dont believe. They could be in a cyst state for all we know. They should disappear. With silicate dosing you are not done until you can not find a single dino on a slide sample. It could take a month if you are lucky or it could take a year.

 

[Sylvester]

They don't die that way I dont believe. They could be in a cyst state for all we know. They should disappear. With silicate dosing you are not done until you can not find a single dino on a slide sample. It could take a month if you are lucky or it could take a year.

Ah okay. Well I guess the battle continues lol

 

[Moe K]

May the reef gods be with you

 

[Sylvester]

May the reef gods be with you

Most appreciative the blessing lol