nim6us
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I've been battling dinos and going down the list of treatment options over the past few months. Currently I'm treating with H202, 1ml per 10g every 12 hours and have been for 7 days now. It's actually the first thing to really start having an affect on the dinos.
However...
I've noticed my water has gone a bit hazy. This is odd because from everything I've read one added benefit of H202 dosing is nice clear water. I even changed my carbon out in my reactor a few days ago which again usually makes the water sparkly but it didn't remove the haze. In full transparency, I've taken my skimmer offline to increase PO4/NO3, but that's been for about 3 weeks now and the water has been clear.
From everything I can find this sounds like a bacterial bloom. I had been dosing 20ml of Microbacter7 once a week before starting the H202 regimen. But again, I read H202 if anything will kill bacteria not make it bloom.
Normally I wouldn't worry too much about a little haze to the water, but last time it was a bacterial bloom my Foxface got an infection, went blind, fins frayed, just generally did not have a good time. He was in the hospital tank for three weeks! I've noticed his behavior changing and hes got a couple tiny orange/yellow patches on him, could be coincidence, but I'd rather spare him another bacterial infection if that's the case. All other fish are fine and unaffected. But I've been dosing H202 twice a day for a week so is it a bacterial bloom? Or something else, any input is welcome.
However...
I've noticed my water has gone a bit hazy. This is odd because from everything I've read one added benefit of H202 dosing is nice clear water. I even changed my carbon out in my reactor a few days ago which again usually makes the water sparkly but it didn't remove the haze. In full transparency, I've taken my skimmer offline to increase PO4/NO3, but that's been for about 3 weeks now and the water has been clear.
From everything I can find this sounds like a bacterial bloom. I had been dosing 20ml of Microbacter7 once a week before starting the H202 regimen. But again, I read H202 if anything will kill bacteria not make it bloom.
Normally I wouldn't worry too much about a little haze to the water, but last time it was a bacterial bloom my Foxface got an infection, went blind, fins frayed, just generally did not have a good time. He was in the hospital tank for three weeks! I've noticed his behavior changing and hes got a couple tiny orange/yellow patches on him, could be coincidence, but I'd rather spare him another bacterial infection if that's the case. All other fish are fine and unaffected. But I've been dosing H202 twice a day for a week so is it a bacterial bloom? Or something else, any input is welcome.
