by Excalibur26 » Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:08 pm
Long time no update hehehe...
few months back I've been nattling with diatoms and cyano. d ko alam bkt ganun ang water parameters ko ok naman lahat except for phosphates na 0.25. after so much research, i decided to clean the house.
nilipat ko lahat ng ls ko sa qt (balde lng to hahaha) then sa tank mismo, nilinis ko ng soft toothbrush ung mga LR and sides ng glass, siphoned the dead organics and cleaned the sand (100% water removed, binanlawan ng new SW ung sand sa tank mismo to make sure malinis hanggang ilalim, yes hinalukay ko cya hanggang ilalim) then topped of with new LS (washed with FW, sundried for 1 day then washed with FW twice). 100% water change and voila! sobrang linis na ng tank and it's been 2 weeks at lahat ng water parameters ko is stable na. nitrate na ng meron ako around 10-20ppm.
unfortunately due to the diatom/cyano/green algae infestation, most of my corals did not make it.. natira na lng sa akin ung 2 brain and GSP.. badtrip lahat ng zoa di na bumuka so hindi ko na bilaik sa tank kasi parang lumiit sila ng sobra and nawala na lng bigla... will post udpated tank pic pag may time.. sobrang busy kasi ngaun...
bro Marty sorry ung frag na binigay mo did not make it... may hermit kasi ko nag ng pucha binanatan... white spotted hermit pla cya.. aun todas na rin cya... binigay ko sa pinsan ko di ko na alam kng ano nangyari sa kanya,..
anyways, again lesson learned the hard way... i realized na mali ung restart na ginawa ko noon.. dapat ganitong process pla ginawa ko.. ang culprit ko talaga is ung sand from carti.. now ok na kasi 4" na cya pinatungan ko lng ung luma pero both are washed and so far ok naman lahat ng parameters ko ang zero signs of diatoms/cyano and green algae.. ang meron ako ngaun itlog ng nerite 12 sila and waiting for them to hatch hehehe...
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