After being out of the hobby for several years I finally jumped back in.
Setup a Frag 105.4 (4' long, 16" deep, 23" wide).
I added CaribSea Arag-Alive Fiji pink sand Marco Rock dry rock, seeded with Bio-Spira on startup.
After about 2 weeks I started adding Microbacter7 (new tank directions; 4 caps for 100g once daily for 2 weeks) I will finish the new tank startup doses in 3 days. I added 4 yellow tail damsels when I started the Microbacter7 for bioload and feeding small amounts of Formula 1 flake.
Lighting is 2 AI Primes set for 7 hour photo period, levels: all blues at 38% / UV 38%, V 38%, RY 38%, B 38%, G 3%, DR 3%, CW 6%. I kept the light levels low since tank is new and definitely don't want to fuel algae etc.
Skimmer is installed (Bubble Magus Curve 5) but I have not turned it on as of yet since I was trying to allow the bacteria to grab hold and grow.
I just noticed this evening that there are patches of white cloudy whisps growing in several spots on my sand. Please tell me this is not Dynos!!! I had a nasty battle with my last tank (60G cube) and I specifically added a variety of bacteria (live sand, Bio-Spira and Microbacter7) to diversify and out compete the bad stuff like algae and dynos.
ID this please and advice on what to do right now?
Setup a Frag 105.4 (4' long, 16" deep, 23" wide).
I added CaribSea Arag-Alive Fiji pink sand Marco Rock dry rock, seeded with Bio-Spira on startup.
After about 2 weeks I started adding Microbacter7 (new tank directions; 4 caps for 100g once daily for 2 weeks) I will finish the new tank startup doses in 3 days. I added 4 yellow tail damsels when I started the Microbacter7 for bioload and feeding small amounts of Formula 1 flake.
Lighting is 2 AI Primes set for 7 hour photo period, levels: all blues at 38% / UV 38%, V 38%, RY 38%, B 38%, G 3%, DR 3%, CW 6%. I kept the light levels low since tank is new and definitely don't want to fuel algae etc.
Skimmer is installed (Bubble Magus Curve 5) but I have not turned it on as of yet since I was trying to allow the bacteria to grab hold and grow.
I just noticed this evening that there are patches of white cloudy whisps growing in several spots on my sand. Please tell me this is not Dynos!!! I had a nasty battle with my last tank (60G cube) and I specifically added a variety of bacteria (live sand, Bio-Spira and Microbacter7) to diversify and out compete the bad stuff like algae and dynos.
ID this please and advice on what to do right now?