Plan of attack?

[Tonyf]

Hi guys just hoping for some advice on the next steps I should take.
I have started dosing Pro bio s and NP pro about 3 weeks ago.
First week was 1 drop each daily, 2nd and 3rd weeks have been 2drops daily.
I also dose ABEV nightly at 2drops each AV & BE alternating nights.
Since starting my p & n have slowly crept up. Nothing drastic but have still noticed a rise.
Before starting I was having trouble registering either.
ATM they are sitting on :
Phos 0.05
Nitrate Between 2-3.
Now today is water change and phos minus and Carbon (which I run in reactor) is due for renewal.
But one thing that has happened is I have an outbreak of GHA. Now in saying that I always had a tiny bit before but now it just seem to spreading. Even a couple of snails have developed some on there shells
Anyway my other params are
Cal 410
alk 7.2
Mg 1320
Using AF powdered supps. Gonna add the component strong to them on the next batch I make up.

Acros are growing but should be more colourful.
Tank is roughly 300l and I dont have any bio media, just live rock.
Just added 3 anthias (Dispar) so thinkin bio load will increase.
Anyway should i be looking at adding a Media (Life Bio Fill)?
And maybe increase Pro bio and np pro from 2 to 3 drops daily.
Sorry for the long winded post, just didn't want to leave anything out.
Thanks

 

[Anirban]

Dose half the recommended volume or 1 drop of amino. Try to add some substrate like siporax and if you wish BioFil too. Your big 3 parameters are fine may be a bit high on the Alk part. It will take atleast a month or two for the system to adjust. Keep doing water change and change GFO often will help till that time. But your NO3 and PO4 are not that high so you will be good but you need to wait a bit. Keep us posted.

 

[Tonyf]

Dose half the recommended volume or 1 drop of amino. Try to add some substrate like siporax and if you wish BioFil too. Your big 3 parameters are fine may be a bit high on the Alk part. It will take atleast a month or two for the system to adjust. Keep doing water change and change GFO often will help till that time. But your NO3 and PO4 are not that high so you will be good but you need to wait a bit. Keep us posted.

Thankyou.
If I add the bio fill, how much should I add? I will be putting it in a reactor. Also I think they recommend 1 liter for 400l tank. How much is 1 liter in grams of bio fill?

 

[Anirban]

Thankyou.
If I add the bio fill, how much should I add? I will be putting it in a reactor. Also I think they recommend 1 liter for 400l tank. How much is 1 liter in grams of bio fill?

It depends how much you want to put I ran siporax and Life biofil. Life bio fil need to be replenished so I prefer running siporax along with Bio fil. So my siporax supply steady source of bacteria.

 

[SewerynAquaforest]

As about Life Bio Fil it is recommended to replenishing but it is not a must. If you will not add "shot" new bacteria when you add Life Bio Fil it will work as well. It will be a media like Siporax.

 

[SewerynAquaforest]

The difference is that in the media bacteria is already "installed" you don't need to wait till bacteria will settle there. It is work immediately after added