tpirovol
Active Member
Hi Everyone.
So I posted about my two tanks and how I used GFO to what I thought was bottom out nitrate and phosphate. Since I didn’t have any good testers that I could tell the color differences I got the nitrate and phosphate Hanna kits. This is what I have done and hoping people can let me know how I should proceed
Main Issue: Brown algae on the sand and some on the rock that disappears at night. Used a microscope and both tanks look like diatom but people keep telling me diatoms don’t disappear at night!
Filter: Just floss and carbon, changing the floss daily.
Day -3: Doses MB7 and over fed. Levels on API and salifert looked like 0/0. Cheap UV setup as good UV will take a week
Day -2: Doses pods and phyto
Day -1: Dosed Phyto, phosphate showed .3 and .06 and nitrate looked like 5-10 on API.
Today: Dosed phyto, tank 1: .02/4.5 tank 2: .10/11.3.
It’s been two weeks should I do a water change? Should I dose the tank 1 with phosphate to get it up a bit more? Should I continue phyto daily.
Thanks T
So I posted about my two tanks and how I used GFO to what I thought was bottom out nitrate and phosphate. Since I didn’t have any good testers that I could tell the color differences I got the nitrate and phosphate Hanna kits. This is what I have done and hoping people can let me know how I should proceed
Main Issue: Brown algae on the sand and some on the rock that disappears at night. Used a microscope and both tanks look like diatom but people keep telling me diatoms don’t disappear at night!
Filter: Just floss and carbon, changing the floss daily.
Day -3: Doses MB7 and over fed. Levels on API and salifert looked like 0/0. Cheap UV setup as good UV will take a week
Day -2: Doses pods and phyto
Day -1: Dosed Phyto, phosphate showed .3 and .06 and nitrate looked like 5-10 on API.
Today: Dosed phyto, tank 1: .02/4.5 tank 2: .10/11.3.
It’s been two weeks should I do a water change? Should I dose the tank 1 with phosphate to get it up a bit more? Should I continue phyto daily.
Thanks T
