Lights out

[beeper man]

I have dinoflagellates. I have based this on what I have read and that I have small air bubbles coming off it. To adress it I need to increase Ph turn lights off for 3 days and water changes. It was caused by new lighting and poor RO/DI water. Can my Bta handle the lights out for 3 days and slowly adding them in after that.

 

[Amphiprion]

The blackout shouldn't be an issue (correction: for a healthy anemone), but be careful manipulating the pH to make sure you don't stress the anemone and other inhabitants.

 

[WDLV]

Do you really have to turn the lights off??? I'm sure a BTA can take it, but why put it through that? How old is the system?

Personally I would do a series of water changes and syphon it out then bump up the flow rate and check your parameters.

 

[beeper man]

Dinos

Dinos

System is 10 yrs old, and like many this old it has had good care and bad. I have good parameters , 0 nit, 0 phos, good ph. The tank went a long time with low lighting 196w pc. Bumped up to mh and got my bta. Then I found that my RO/DI wasn't removing all the phosphate. Now I have this to deal with.

 

[WDLV]

Gotcha... I was under the impression that it might be a young system. I think time and WCs will be your best buddy. You might even bump up your carbon usage.