colt, a few things. first I think u meant po4 not no3 cuz lanthanum chloride gets rid of po4 by binding to it and being skimmed out.
did u get a bacterial bloom even a slight one?
for some reason I think its important to get a bloom with rice......maybe like highlandreefer said, the bloom is not a good thing, but it might be opposite for rice.
dont worry about ur no3 levels if they are up to 2 or 5, its not a major concern, and I'm sure that within a few days it will drop again.
please let us know how ur NPS corals reacts, as ur the first one with an Nps tank trying the rice.
From COLT:
- I have been running the Rice Train for a week, all the NPS are fine, I have found some new tubastreas (asexual reproduction) and they are not opened yet, but I think this is normal.
- My Rice changed color, I will post pics later
- My skimmer is with less skimming (weird)
Next steps:
- wash and rinse the Rice with high pressure water
- soak the rice with RO / DI water with activated carbon and phosguard in order to abosrb PO4, SI and metals for 24 hrs (I will post pics later)
What do you think about it?
did u get a bacterial bloom even a slight one?
for some reason I think its important to get a bloom with rice......maybe like highlandreefer said, the bloom is not a good thing, but it might be opposite for rice.
before the train of rice, I used a combination of 200 ml of vodka, a tablespoon of sugar and 2 vials of bioptim of prodibio, achieved in only a slight chance the bacterial bloom.
When I started the rice in the reactor, the water was slightly cloudy, but I can not say whether it was rice or the lanthanum.
I want to restart the method at the beginning of the third week
