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Oh and as a side not my skimmer has been consistent as before I started the large dosing. I somewhat expected an increase but so far it has been the same.
Dosing large amount of phytoplankton
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Wow, I could never dose as much ! I dose 1 capful about 2-3 times a week. I get greenish glass because of it so I don’t see the point of dosing more.
The pods feed on the glass or the rocks. Your thread is interesting though.
The pods feed on the glass or the rocks. Your thread is interesting though.
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One thing I forgot to mention is I did not think about the affect on salinity, but I am culturing at 35 so I did notice my salinity creep up by dumping so much in.
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Still at it putting at least 1/2 gallon into 75 gallons a week. Still going good, the one thing I noticed however is I dumped a bunch that I had in my fridge for over a week and it seemed to have caused my skimmer to go a bit nuts. I am wondering if the temp of the phytoplankton somehow matters or if a percent of them die off in the fridge. However when I add fresh currently growing phytoplankton I notice no difference in the amount in the skimmer.
I was dosing 30mL every other day into a 130gal tank. Noticed it was causing a hard encrusting green algae on the glass that was difficult to scrape off (needed to scrape with a razor to remove). It also seemed to suppress the growth of coralline algae.
I noticed this in my 10g frag tank. I culture too much phyto and dump a ton in both the 32 gallon display and my 10gallon frag. I don't have this issue in my display though, but I have tons more flow due to SPS.
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