PaulMrks Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Well I went too fast and got a bacteria bloom. Someone told me add bio spira an air stone and lights off. Which I did. Any tips? Corals aren't retracted. Fish are fine. Even without the air stone. Ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate under 5. Tanks been running like 2 months ish. Added a lot of corals at once. That probably set this off. Link to comment
Reef Queso Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 What was the point of adding the bio-spira? Weren't you already cycled? My tip is: Don't listen to anyone until you've had multiple opinions from members on nano-reef LOL. I just bought live rocks from a guy that told me I could drop them straight into my tank, which caused a mini cycle and I just lost a fish loved dearly by my family, and now I have a bacterial bloom! Link to comment
PaulMrks Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 What was the point of adding the bio-spira? Weren't you already cycled? My tip is: Don't listen to anyone until you've had multiple opinions from members on nano-reef LOL. I just bought live rocks from a guy that told me I could drop them straight into my tank, which caused a mini cycle and I just lost a fish loved dearly by my family, and now I have a bacterial bloom! I don't know I figured that bacteria eats this bacteria ? Nothing is stressed. The air stone is a good a idea as the bacteria depletes oxygen. I don't know about the lights. I'm gonna turn my skimmer back on and run GFO. I just did another test right before writing this everything is 0 as usual. 3 trates. Link to comment
Reef Queso Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Probably do water 20% water changes twice a week and eventually it will go away. What size tank? Link to comment
PaulMrks Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Probably do water 20% water changes twice a week and eventually it will go away. What size tank? 25 gal. I'm actually to blame I've been over feeding with garlic and vitamin infused foods because I don't know what's going on with the Royal gramma I wanted to boost everyone's immunities. I went from feeding every other day to everyday twice. Link to comment
seabass Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Bacterial blooms will usually go away on their own. However, to shorten the bloom, you might use Caribsea's BioMagnet Clarifier (along with filter floss), or a UV sterilizer. Link to comment
PaulMrks Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Bacterial blooms will usually go away on their own. However, to shorten the bloom, you might use Caribsea's BioMagnet Clarifier (along with filter floss), or a UV sterilizer. Have floss. Socks. And Seachem Clarity in there. Don't have a UV. Maybe somebody my local forum has one I can borrow. My only concern is the oxygen depletion. Link to comment
seabass Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Running your protein skimmer should be adequate to keep oxygen levels up. An air stone would add even more, but I wouldn't think it would be necessary. I don't really know why they suggested lights out. Link to comment
PaulMrks Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share Posted October 4, 2016 Running your protein skimmer should be adequate to keep oxygen levels up. An air stone would add even more, but I wouldn't think it would be necessary. I don't really know why they suggested lights out. I battled it all day today with a flocculant and swapping floss every 20 minutes as it became clogged to the point it was backing up. Got a lot of it down. Still some shadows in the light. Someone suggested bio spira. Would that bacteria help clear it ? Link to comment
seabass Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 IDK, people often use it (or similar products) when dealing with bacterial imbalances. However, adding more bacteria, during a bloom of bacteria, only makes sense if it can somehow out compete the other strain, or assists with removal of the source which has caused the bloom in the first place. Link to comment
PaulMrks Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share Posted October 4, 2016 IDK, people often use it (or similar products) when dealing with bacterial imbalances. However, adding more bacteria, during a bloom of bacteria, only makes sense if it can somehow out compete the other strain, or assists with removal of the source which has caused the bloom in the first place. Well what triggered it was I changed my feeding from every other day to two to three times a day. So my fault. So if food which is an ammonia source caused this. Denitrifying bacteria should assist in it? That's my theory anyway I could be wrong. I didn't dose it tho don't wanna add fire on fire. Link to comment
seabass Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Yeah, I'm not sure that adding denitrifying bacteria cultures would help, do nothing, or add to the problem (I'm leaning towards do nothing). However, it sounds like things are improving, so I would probably just stay the course for now. Link to comment
PaulMrks Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share Posted October 4, 2016 Yeah, I'm not sure that adding denitrifying bacteria cultures would help, do nothing, or add to the problem (I'm leaning towards do nothing). However, it sounds like things are improving, so I would probably just stay the course for now. Eh whatever I have carbon running and I'm wet skimming and I dosed clarity again just now let it run over night hopefully tomorrow it's gone. Link to comment
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