@GiddyRow90 216d

Haha look at those pods go! Green juice magic

@MaizeandBlue 216d

So from all the videos, I’ve been watching you may need to add a little bit more flow on the phytoplankton to keep it from settling on the bottom. And your copepod culture will get lighter in color as copepods eat it.

@javier813 216d

Yes.. thank you.. I think I do need more flow. 🙂

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@MaizeandBlue 216d

How are you lighting up your canisters?

@javier813 216d

Hi... I think I went a little overboard with light. But I brought 4000 lumens 3 ft T bulb light. It was $15 dollars at Home Depot. They also had a 2 ft light. But I couldn't believe it was $25 dollars for a 2 ft light..🤣🤣🤣🤣 yes I'm a cheapo.. got the 3ft..🙂🙂🤭

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@MaizeandBlue 216d

You’re not a cheapo if this is your hobby! Everybody asks me how do you afford that hobby? And when I tell them I’m over 11 even maybe closer to $12,000 a freak out.

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@javier813 216d

Yes... It feels just like that..🤣🤣🤣 but the hobby is cool. I like to watch how these organisms and fish thrive. They are some interesting pets..🤣🤣

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@MaizeandBlue 216d

So my question to you is this. Did you start dosing this to your aquarium and see it added a significant change to the corals? Or are you doing it to combat an issue such as diatoms which is why I’m doing it trying to fight the diatoms with phytoplankton? Because I have a friend that has a 400 gallon tank that doesn’t dose phytoplankton at all and his tank is beautiful.

@javier813 216d

Good question.. I haven't dose this yet. I'm planning to start next weekend. I have a 125 gallon tank. My visual issue that was in my tank was the GHA. Now my phosphate is under control and the GHA is gone. But now my next issue is that I'm visually noticing that my corals are not as fluffy. I have high nitrates and I'm cleaning out vermidit snails by hand. So my thoughts with the nitrates is to dose the phyto to help with that and hopefully help my corals have some natural food. And that my copepods help with the corals and my fish as well. I hope it makes a difference.

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@MaizeandBlue 216d

Well, my reasoning is I have a diatom bloom because I have a little bit of silicate in my water. Part of the way to combat the diatoms is to add an additional bit of extra Anion resin to my mixed bed resin. But I have heard that phytoplankton and diatoms eat the same thing so if I keep dosing phytoplankton, the diatoms will end up starving.

@javier813 216d

Understood... Good to know this. I hope your diatoms get under control. Do you use RODI water system? I read that it helps keep silicates out of water.

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@MaizeandBlue 216d

Yes, I do use an RODI unit. But when the resin runs out it no longer keeps silicates from passing through the resin. So once the TDS meter reads anything other than 0 you start letting issues through the membrane. So unfortunately, my LFS said “oh you can use 1 TDS water no problem”.Well that’s why I don’t deal with my LFS any longer. Because that little bit that gets through is usually silicate. So I get anywhere from 42 to 45 gallons of zero TDS water per cartridge change. So when it gets toward the end, I have to be extra observant of the TDS meter on my RODI unit. So that’s why in a sense mixing your water up in a 55 gallon trashcan isn’t necessarily the best. I only have a 20 gallon trashcan, but that also means I only had 20 gallons of tainted water. And unfortunately, I had two batches of water affected by the silicates because I only do an ICP test every other month.

@MaizeandBlue 216d

And now it’s a whole lot harder to get the silicate out of the aquarium than it is to just pour 20 gallons of tainted water down the drain.

@javier813 216d

Understood.. well.. let's keep fighting those silicates. It will take some time. Stay on top of it...🙂

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@MaizeandBlue 216d

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