Vics CD 180G Peninsula
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Looking good Vic! Can’t wait to see it when everything is all grown out.
Is that bright yellow one WD? Man, I dont like you right now 
Lol yes. It turned all yellow when my nitrates bottomed out. My bonsai started to STN because of this. Stopped vodka dosing and now feeding 6+ times a day plus a 1/2 sheet of seaweed. Some other corals lost color as well, which has me concerned.Is that bright yellow one WD? Man, I dont like you right now
Oh, also when my nitrates bottomed out about 2 weeks ago, dinos came on strong, so hooked up my UV as well.
Just an update -- I been battling dinos for quite some time now with not much luck increasing nutrients. I feed a lot as it is, 4x 1/2tsp times a day pellets, 5-6 cubes of frozen, 1/2 a sheet of nori and nitrates remain at zero.
About a month ago, I hooked up a UV. After 2 weeks of blowing rocks and sand off nightly hoping that the UV would kill it overnight in the water column, I saw no change, dinos seem to be getting worst.
Then I read about vodka dosing to have the bacteria compete with dinos, which I thought was crazy cause vodka dosing is what bottomed out my nutrients in the first place. But I figured why not at this point, so 2 weeks ago I started vodka dosing and to my surprise, IT'S WORKING!!
I just wanted to share in case anyone struggles like I did.
About a month ago, I hooked up a UV. After 2 weeks of blowing rocks and sand off nightly hoping that the UV would kill it overnight in the water column, I saw no change, dinos seem to be getting worst.
Then I read about vodka dosing to have the bacteria compete with dinos, which I thought was crazy cause vodka dosing is what bottomed out my nutrients in the first place. But I figured why not at this point, so 2 weeks ago I started vodka dosing and to my surprise, IT'S WORKING!!
I just wanted to share in case anyone struggles like I did.
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That’s good to know!
I am also vodka dosing and I’ve noticed green film (bacteria), that covers the low flow area that are getting lots of lights. And goes away when lights are out. I’m going to assume it is cyano. I keep my nutrients high. But vodka is stronger than my feeding I’m guessing. I manually dose nitrate and phosphate as safety measure once to twice a week. And I dose quite a bit.
From my understanding, carbon dosing. There will be one dominant strain of bacteria that will be present in the tank.
In your case, if you caught the low nutrient in faster time, you probably wouldn’t have cyano over take but perhaps manageable but that’s my theory. Now that cyano is gone, keep an eye on a some different strains of bacteria overtake or you might not have one.
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I am also vodka dosing and I’ve noticed green film (bacteria), that covers the low flow area that are getting lots of lights. And goes away when lights are out. I’m going to assume it is cyano. I keep my nutrients high. But vodka is stronger than my feeding I’m guessing. I manually dose nitrate and phosphate as safety measure once to twice a week. And I dose quite a bit.
From my understanding, carbon dosing. There will be one dominant strain of bacteria that will be present in the tank.
In your case, if you caught the low nutrient in faster time, you probably wouldn’t have cyano over take but perhaps manageable but that’s my theory. Now that cyano is gone, keep an eye on a some different strains of bacteria overtake or you might not have one.
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It's not cyano that I'm battling, it's dinoflagellates (dinos). Cyano is easy to deal with compared to this.
I stopped vodka dosing when my nitrates finally got below 10ppm. My phos remains steady at around .01-.03ppm. Even then, my nitrates continued to fall rapidly down to zero from 10ppm in less than a week with vodka dosing stopped.
Nonetheless, bringing back vodka dosing to now combat dinos is new to me. In my last tank, UV, increasing feeding, and nightly blowing off rocks and sand worked. I'm just glad it's looking better now.
What’re you whining about - your tank looks fabulous
And look at you with some torches…lol
Nice find. Rit normally doesn’t have any fish available
I know. I was in there to get some sand and just happen to see something moving in a dark tank.
So pretty. I’ve never even heard of them until you got one.
Me neither. I guess it’s not that popular. Hard to capture a pic of him. He’s constantly darting in and out
