Well, not much of an update but my replacement chiller from Big Als is on its way. Hopefully it will be here this week.
I know I probably have some harmful bacteria in the tank since the temperature has been around 78 degrees without the chiller. I am planning on doing a major water change or two when the chiller arrives to try and get rid of a lot of this.
When I do get the temperature to an acceptable level with the chiller, will this bacteria die on its own, or are there other steps necessary to ensure that they will not harm the seahorses? I may be over thinking, but just want to do everything possible to better my chances of success.
Also, I have been running carbon and GFO in a BRS reactor for the past couple of weeks to try to eliminate any phosphates that may have not been purged from the live rock during the curing process. I have read a couple of places that GFO may be harmful to horses. Should I discontinue this when they arrive? If so, is this the same for carbon?